Tom Sawyer Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Uhm, Vodka or Gin?Dry?Vermouth?Olives? How many?Olive juice? A litte or a lot? I'm experimenting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 The martini, AKA vodka. not a fan myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 None of the above...make a Manhattan instead. :P But seriously, whatever you do, use quality ingredients. If you use gin, select Plymouth or the like. Save the rail gin for...for...well, nothing. There are a million different variations. I'd start classic and work from there: quality gin, dry vermouth (I'm of the opinion that if you omit the vermouth, you don't have a Martini; it's merely straight gin), and a couple of blue-cheese stuffed olives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Uhm, Vodka or Gin?Dry?Vermouth?Olives? How many?Olive juice? A litte or a lot? I'm experimentingI LOVE martinis. Only use gin and dry vermouth (for a traditional martini - never vodka). Also, stirred, not shaken. I like green olives in my martini. Three. I'm not picky at all, I swear! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Dirty Bombay Gin martini ( having one right now ) :martini: Edited December 18, 2013 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Uhm, Vodka or Gin?Dry?Vermouth?Olives? How many?Olive juice? A litte or a lot? I'm experimentingI LOVE martinis. Only use gin and dry vermouth (for a traditional martini - never vodka). Also, stirred, not shaken. I like green olives in my martini. Three. I'm not picky at all, I swear!That's a true martini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Uhm, Vodka or Gin?Dry?Vermouth?Olives? How many?Olive juice? A litte or a lot? I'm experimentingI LOVE martinis. Only use gin and dry vermouth (for a traditional martini - never vodka). Also, stirred, not shaken. I like green olives in my martini. Three. I'm not picky at all, I swear!That's a true martini.It sounds sooo good right now. I haven't had a martini in a while. I'm a fan of gin. Gin and Tonic is my second favorite drink. With a big slice of lime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 So, Tom? How'd your experiment go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 So, Tom? How'd your experiment go?Since he has yet to respond, I'd say the experiment must have gone well. Perhaps too well. We may need to peel him off the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonfrippy Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Vodka martini for me. A Mardi Gras over 20 years ago is the reason I have not had gin since! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sawyer Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 So, Tom? How'd your experiment go?So, Tom? How'd your experiment go?Since he has yet to respond, I'd say the experiment must have gone well. Perhaps too well. We may need to peel him off the floor. Eh, I'm going to try Janies ideas.I used vermouth soaked olives, really expensive ones. MMmmmm they were gooood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrlobjUhnc8It's the only thing...that keeps us together... Edited December 19, 2013 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Vodka martini for me. A Mardi Gras over 20 years ago is the reason I have not had gin since! I too had a bad experience with gin many years ago and have never had any since.I do want to try making a vodka martini though. My wife picked me up 4 nice martini glasses last week.Do I need sweet vermouth? Do you just swirl the vermouth around in the glass without adding any extra? Ice?I do know that olives are important. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonfrippy Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I like martinis chilled, very little ice. I keep my vodka in the freezer at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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