re: How do you take your Martini?

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I'm disappointed in many here

Gin. Dry. Up.

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This.

ETA:

1. Hendricks and Beefeaters are both okay. Bombay and Sapphire drinkers probably like to wear cologne (Hayman's Old Tom is the only gin that can get away with that shite).

2. The concept of "bruised gin" is a fallacy and an anachronism from days gone by. That's not to say someone may legitimately preferred stirred.

3. There's nothing wrong with a "vodka martini", but it's not a true or classic martini.

4. People who drink Grey Goose are falling for a marketing ploy by a very shrewd dude named Sidney Frank who is now deceased. He is also responsible for the otherwise inexplicable popularity of the sludge known as Jagermeister in the U.S. Grey Goose truly is nothing special . . . at all.

Only one way to make a Martini and thats with Gin. Anything else is not a martini...watermelon martini, chocolate martini, vodka martini..

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served 1000's of martinis. I've NEVER had a customer return a drink because it was shaken and not stirred, or vice versa

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I absolutely believe this to be the case.

Ethereal, junipero, Plymouth, boodles, millers, Hendricks and aviation are the best gins for martinis (which is why our bar is always stocked with a bottle of each)

ethereal is the best IMO

Once in a blue moon a crave a dirty vodka martini which is the only reason I have a bottle of stoli (grey goose sucks)

3 or 4 ice cubes in a shaker

splash of sweet vermouth, shake, pour off excess vermouth

jigger of vodka (usually Finlandia), shake it 'til it's cold

pour over two olives in a frosted martini glass