It’s worse than that. Brats who wanted a classic-sounding drink, but decided they didn’t like gin, started ordering vodka martinis until now if you order a martini at a bar you’re likely to get vodka by default.
Still worse, the same kids tend not to like vermouth either, hence ordering “dry” and “extra dry” martinis (more and more liquor; barely a splash of vermouth). So you have a group of people who like neither gin nor vermouth ordering basically a shot of vodka and calling it a martini.
I’m not a big fan of gin, but instead of turning a real drink into a tasteless shot, I just drink stuff I prefer. Like whiskey sours.
Whiskey sours are great.
To truely appreciate a good martini, one has to alternate a good gin with a cheap, crappy gin. Why? You develop a taste for the botanicals that are used to in the gin. The correct amount of vermouth (at least an eyedrops worth, less than a tablespoon-depends on the gin) also brings out these flavors. I wish people would understand that.
The sig O is a martini drinker. He uses gin and Noilly Prat in the old FDR proportions. More vermouth than they ordinarily use now.
Wonder what’s wrong with the new forumula and why NP is changing?
Jameson on the rocks.