Posted on 11/14/2024 3:58:04 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
If there’s one thing to be learned from the Martini renaissance, it’s that everyone is looking for something different when they order the classic cocktail. There are shot-size Martinis and Martinis made by the bottle (or porrón), extra-dry regional takes and fashionably wet variations. Bartenders’ preferred gins for the drink are equally varied.
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For example, I once had about 8 major vermouth in a row, and the only one I enjoyed was Dolin Dry. I can drink that straight and be happy, or in a spritz.
Very partial to Plymouth Navy Strength. I also use Ernest Hemingway’s recipe, which has a ratio of 15 parts gin to 1 part vermouth. He called it The Montgomery.
https://www.ciprianidrinks.com/en/recipes/cocktails/gin/montgomery/
ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND GENERAL MONTGOMERY
The Montgomery cocktail is more than a just simple cocktail, it is the legacy Ernest Hemingway has given to the world of Mixology. When he visited Harry’s Bar, the writer used to order a Dry Martini with a slightly modified recipe, yet with precise proportions. “He preferred that the Vermouth, in respect to the Gin, not exceed a proportion of one to fifteen. The same proportion – Hemingway would say – with which the famous English General Montgomery was fighting his battles during the Second World War: fifteen of his soldiers against for each of his enemy’s” (source: “Harry’s Bar Venezia, Le ricette della tradizione“, Arrigo Cipriani).
I was blessed last year to visit the bar in Venice, Italy where that drink was invented and enjoy one. Memorable.
https://www.cipriani.com/harrys-bar
Beware of the humble martini!
Have one or two at most,
but three and you’re under your host!
I’ve never had a Martini , I don’t drink I drank enough in my Army days ,LOL
“The Best Well Spirits in 2020”
“Most Popular: Beefeater
The quintessential London dry, Beefeater was the runaway winner in this category, ticking all the boxes for the majority of the panel. “We choose Beefeater for its notable juniper and citrus notes,” says Taylor. MacDonald calls it “one of the most underrated spirits on the market—versatile, dependable and affordable.” When people want a G&T, “this is the style of gin that they are looking for,” concurs Wiseman.”
https://punchdrink.com/articles/best-well-spirits-according-to-bartenders-in-2020/
I’m not a vermouth guy, I’m in it for the gin.
“There is no vodka in a Martini.”
Except for vodka martinis.
I’ll give that a try...
Bernard DeVoto’s homage to the martini:
“The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.”
https://quotefancy.com/bernard-devoto-quotes
Here is a neat article published in the American Heritage magazine back in 1997. I still have the paper copy somewhere around in my library.
https://www.americanheritage.com/there-something-about-martini
There Is Something about a Martini
IT’S MORE THAN JUST A POTENT DRINK, AND MORE THAN THE INSPIRATION FOR SOME HANDSOME ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT. IT IS MODERN TIMES, BROUGHT TO YOU IN A BEAUTIFUL CHALICE.
by Max Rudin
July/August 1997
Volume 48 Issue 4
Ford’s is my choice for martinis. Tanqueray for Gin and Tonics.
For drinkers: the best flavor for the cost
For bartenders: the one which produces the biggest tip
For bar owners: the cheapest variety one can get away with that tastes like what the customer expects
I prefer a vodka martini myself…. Ketel One. And the secret is…. You just wave the bottle of vermouth over it!
Martinis are like a woman‘s breasts: one is not enough, three is too many, but two are just perfect!
I totally agree. And great G & T with Fever Tree...
And the Bond Martini. See Ian Fleming’s recipe...
Of course it does contain Gin too...
Gray Whale Gin
Never even heard of those listed in the article.
Bombay Sapphire is my go to.
I simply refer to it as a Vesper. It’s Ian Flemings concoction and I like it.
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