What are you drinking right now?

[archetypal_yuppie]



3) if you put olive juice in it GTFO.

Is this what "dirty" means? A martini with olives doesn't necessarily have additional olive juice added, right?

 

[b1os]



Is this what "dirty" means? A martini with olives doesn't necessarily have additional olive juice added, right?

Yes.

 

[turkoftheplains]

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Agreed. I'm sure I'm treading old ground here, but a Martini must meet the following criteria: -Gin (London Dry, Plymouth, or New American) -Dry vermouth (from a fresh bottle) -ratio between 1:1 and 6:1. (2:1 - 3:1 is optimal.) -+/- orange bitters (this is traditional) -absolutely no other liquid ingredients– you wouldn't dump cherry syrup in your Manhattan, after all, even from the Luxardo cherry jar. -Be stirred. (Bond is right about knit ties and wrong about this.) Acceptable garnishes: -lemon twist -lemon peel expressed then discarded -cocktail onion (homemade pickled pearl onions, most of the store-bought ones are lousy)– call this a Gibson if you want, though the original Gibson probably didn't have an onion -pimento-stuffed olive Martini drinkers (and cold Vodka drinkers who fancy themselves Martini drinkers) tend to believe there is room for personal idiosyncrasies beyond the options listed above, and seem to think that the more of these they have, the more "personality" they are showing. I suspect these are the people who add 10 minutes to your morning coffee with their asinine special orders. The Martini is not and will never be "your" drink, and you should be grateful God is lending it to you.

 

[b1os]



The Martini is not and will never be "your" drink, and you should be grateful God is lending it to you.

According to your criterias, there are already hundreds of variations possible, so I suppose there is quite of a bit of personal preference involved.

 

[turkoftheplains]

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Within those guidelines, sure, there's an entire universe of different (and good) Martinis. My comment was aimed at crimes against the Martini justified as "personalization."

 

[Piobaire]

I posted this somewhere recently:

I used to be a martini "purist," which by the way, turkoftheplains ain't one. Here's a definitive guide to martini service by the man himself:

[VIDEO][/VIDEO]

As I said in an earlier post a "vodka martini" actually means something. Sure, there's technically not such thing, but order a "Kicker" or "Kangaroo Kicker" and you'll get blank stares (that's the real name for a "vodka martini"). Hell, as I said in a prior post, talking about a "martini glass" is actually bullshit as that bad boy is a cocktail glass.

I too chuckle at someone that pours vodka and olive juice into a shaker and calls it a "martini" but it's a real thing these days. I'll also say I have a recipe of my own for martinis that includes .25 of olive brine. Three oz of my chosen gin or vodka, 1 oz of my picked vermouth, and .25 of olive brine and a dash of orange bitters. Yes, turkoftheplains, if it doesn't have orange bitters it's not a martini!

What I'm drinking right now: a nice portion of the cask aged manhattans I put down at Thanksgiving with a splash of Luxardo liqueur, my homemade chocolate bitters, and an orange rind.

 

[Master-Classter]

sipping on a rather large glass of Taylor Fladgate 20yr Port. Too sweet in the opening, nice woody dry fruity finish.

 

[turkoftheplains]

Quote: I agree wholeheartedly on the orange bitters and regret the +/-. I also agree that a Martini is whatever the hell Jamie Boudreau says it is. I have also played with the Martini– olive brine (or similar flavors) can be incorporated in a handful of interesting ways. The spirit in which this is done is completely different from ordering a "Martini" made by shaking vodka and olive brine with exactly seven ice cubes in a flower vase and setting it next to a bottle of vermouth facing the equator. I don't drink many Martinis these days. Brown, bitter, and stirred is more usual for me. Your barreled Manhattans sound good. What I'm drinking right now: Oogie, neat. It's cold here.

 

[turkoftheplains]

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Speaking of homemade bitters, I just filtered, sweetened, and diluted my first attempt at homemade garam masala bitters. Cardamom is too dominant. I'm calling them chai bitters now. I'll use less cardamom next time, or add it later.

 

[Piobaire]



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Speaking of homemade bitters, I just filtered, sweetened, and diluted my first attempt at homemade garam masala bitters. Cardamom is too dominant. I'm calling them chai bitters now. I'll use less cardamom next time, or add it later.

Yeah, playing with the timing of the ingredients for steeping can really make a difference.

 

[aravenel]

Finally found a cocktail my wife will drink--an Aviation. Which I happen to enjoy as well. So, we bought some Creme de Violette and are drinking a couple right now.

 

[kwilkinson]

Nice! My greenfrog barely ever drinks but she'll get down on an Aviation, too.

 

[erictheobscure]

^ I hope that's the work of autocorrect rather than a Freudian slip I'd prefer not to think about.

 

[Huntsman]

Laphroaig 18. Thanks boss. I really miss having a non-scotch-drinking boss who gave me very decent 18yo scotch for Christmas, after finding out that I liked Lagavulin and asking around for something 'along that line' that I might like.

~ H

 

[indesertum]

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