Martini Recipe

So just vermouth and vodka? Olive juice as well I suppose.

That's it. Add olive juice to your tastes.

Thanks y'all.

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At restaurants we order vodka martini straight up extra dirty. What ingredients go into this drink and what amounts?

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Dirty refers to the olive juice. A dry martini refers to vermouth. I think a straight up extra dirty martini is simply vodka and olive juice. A dry martini uses vermouth and less olive.

Am I wrong here?

ETA: I am--needs gin for a true martini. I prefer vodka because I will cut your arse after drinking gin.

Vodka stacked
Cricket mad

I like mine dirty.
Coat glass in dry vermouth.
Shake 2:1 Hendricks and olive juice.
Shake until your hands can't handle the cold.
Strain, garnish, fall in love.

Agree with you on the gin, but don't understand how you can consider it a martini without vermouth. Y'all need to get on the small batch vermouth bandwagon and ditch that noli and martini and Rossi shite. Pick you some dolin vermouth and thank me later.

As a traditionalist, my martini recipe is one part vermouth, two parts gin and a lemon twist.

Eta: the martini must be stirred and not shaken. A cloudy martini is

And?