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re: How do you take your Martini?
Posted on 4/10/12 at 12:02 pm to Cold Cous Cous
Posted on 4/10/12 at 12:02 pm to Cold Cous Cous
i am absolutely a traditionalist. there is no such thing as a vokda martini unless you mix gin and vermouth and then pour vodka in it.
run water over the martini glasses and place in freezer. pour gin (i like sapphire or plymouth)into shaker of ice. rotate wrist to stir the gin around (i am also against bruising the gin by shaking it with the ice). place shaker in freezer. after giving sufficient time to chill, remove glass, rim with lemon peel then twist and drop peel into glass. spritz with dry vermouth from atomizer. fill with gin.
perfection.
run water over the martini glasses and place in freezer. pour gin (i like sapphire or plymouth)into shaker of ice. rotate wrist to stir the gin around (i am also against bruising the gin by shaking it with the ice). place shaker in freezer. after giving sufficient time to chill, remove glass, rim with lemon peel then twist and drop peel into glass. spritz with dry vermouth from atomizer. fill with gin.
perfection.
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Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:24 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Also, please don't bruise my gin. Leave the shaken crap to James Bond wannabes.
Agreed. I prefer mine stirred.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:26 pm to Rickety Cricket
appletini easy on the tini
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:30 pm to Rickety Cricket
As long as it has very expensive vodka I'm cool with it.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:34 pm to Rickety Cricket
COLD grey goose, COLD martini glass, little vermouth swirled in the glass & dumped, slightly dirty, rim the glass with lemon, serve on the rocks w/ a twist & 2 olives. Oh...shaken, not stirred.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:46 pm to TIGERFANZZ
I've switched to tequilla, ice, cap of dry vermouth, olive juice and an olive.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:53 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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I find it odd that we call something with vodka in it a "martini" in the first place. What people call a vodka martini is pretty clearly its own drink, and it should have its own name.
"Martini" has come to mean virtually any adult beverage served very cold in a martini glass. That's just the way it is. When I bartended, I bet I would make 10 vodka martinis to one gin. And if a woman was drinking it, it was usallu very very dirty.
Concerning shaking vs stirring....I'd bet money nobody on this board could tell if a gin was 'bruised'. And shaking in a shaker filled to the top with ice is a great way to get the gin (or substitute) really really cold.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 2:00 pm to BayouBlitz
i'll take that bet.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 2:52 pm to Rohan2Reed
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Also, please don't bruise my gin. Leave the shaken crap to James Bond wannabes.
How does adding oxygen 'bruise' gin?
Posted on 4/10/12 at 3:38 pm to Zach
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I find it odd that we call something with vodka in it a "martini" in the first place. What people call a vodka martini is pretty clearly its own drink, and it should have its own name.
This is not to say that the martini is "better" or "more authentic" than a vodka martini (really, who cares about whether your booze is "authentic?") But it really is a different thing.
If I order a martini and they bring me vodka I'd be pissed. That's as bad as calling a sandwich served on a long bun a poboy or a big donut with sugar sprinkles a king cake. There is a fine line between the language evolving and the language degrading. Each preference is fine to the beholder, but don't muddy the water for the rest of us.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:09 pm to andouille
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If I order a martini and they bring me vodka I'd be pissed.
Does this ever happen? I assume the default is gin. I've never heard anyone order a "gin martini" but I've heard lots of people order "vodka martinis."
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:06 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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How do you take your Martini?
I'm so glad to find out this wasn't a thread about Martini the Tiger Droppings poster.
Ketel One, up and dirty, shaken, with olives, although a martini is not one of my drinks of choice.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:02 pm to Degas
I'm already taken.
And I take my martini the same way I take my single malt scotch. To the front porch to watch the sun go down and the soccer moms race walk.
Or to watch my wife cut the grass.
And I take my martini the same way I take my single malt scotch. To the front porch to watch the sun go down and the soccer moms race walk.
Or to watch my wife cut the grass.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:10 pm to BayouBlitz
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Concerning shaking vs stirring....I'd bet money nobody on this board could tell if a gin was 'bruised'. And shaking in a shaker filled to the top with ice is a great way to get the gin (or substitute) really really cold
I was about to say the same thing....The ice fragments may give away that its shaken, but I seriously doubt anyone can taste if their gin is 'bruised'...
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:19 pm to Rickety Cricket
Beefeaters, shaken, vermouth to clean the glass, an olive for me, bleu cheese stuffed olive for Mrs. Net. 
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:22 pm to supadave3
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....I'd bet money nobody on this board could tell if a gin was 'bruised'.
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I seriously doubt anyone can taste if their gin is 'bruised'...
I'll take that bet. When I worked at the Chimes, we had a bar meeting one Sat AM where Doug mixed the two and asked us which one we liked better.
The one that tased like metal was the one that was bruised
So if you use a pilsner glass, with a small solo cup (10 oz I think) on the end, you can shake gin properly this way without bruising it.
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:29 pm to BRgetthenet
I'm having Ketal One slightly dirty right now...it's damn good.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:34 pm to OTIS2
I like vodka martinis too.
But somebody gave us some crap about how real martinis were poured with gin, blah, blah blah.
Churchill said this, Churchill said that.
I tried a few with Beefeaters one night with the mrs., and she fell asleep at the dining room table. It was great. 3 hours of peace and quiet.
But somebody gave us some crap about how real martinis were poured with gin, blah, blah blah.
Churchill said this, Churchill said that.
I tried a few with Beefeaters one night with the mrs., and she fell asleep at the dining room table. It was great. 3 hours of peace and quiet.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 7:25 pm to BRgetthenet
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But somebody gave us some crap about how real martinis were poured with gin, blah, blah blah.
That somebody was right.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 8:25 pm to Rickety Cricket
Filthy Stoli or Priviet, straight up.
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