Gin or Vodka, sweet or dry, up or rocks? New age flavored or old school straight.
I’ll start how I take mine.
4 parts Stoli 100proof
1 part Martini&Rossi Dry Vermouth
Shaken, served Up with 3 olives, either stuffed or not depends on mood.
Ok, anyone else a Martini person?
why shaken?
been a loooong time…
3 parts Tanqueray- fuck vodka
1 part Extra Dry
2 olives - stuffed, no stake
mixed in dry shaker, poured into frosty iced shaker- NOT bucket ice- two or three violent shakes, strained as fast as possible.
it’s because of how snobby you have to be about martinis that i don’t drink them anymore. :laugh:
You don’t have to be snobbish to have a good old fashioned drink. I just can’t stand these new fad drinks. I stick with the old standards. That is a nice gin martini by the way. I only do vodka cuz the wife won’t drink my Bombay Sapphire, she doesn’t like the taste of gin.
C’mon whats wrong with juniper berries?:laugh:
I’m not a martini guy per say but if it has gin in it I’ll drink it!
Ken Hackathorn, that epitome of sin, got me hooked on dirty martinis years ago.
Since then, I’ve played around with a few twists and turns, and came up with my own take on it:
2 shots Plymouth gin
1 shot Lillet Blanc
3 dashes Angustura Bitters
1 squirt lime juice
two olives
olive brine
I call it a “Dirty Headshot.” I frequently mix it in the glass, for some reason it’s good at room temperature, but I occasionally mix it over ice and strain it.
Dry Vermouth splash in glass, spin it around to coat glass and dump it out
Lemon twist run over edge of glass and toss it
2 parts Citadel Gin
cracked ice
shaken
tiny splash out of olive bottle and 3 olives stuffed with garlic
pour in Gin and drink:D
I love those garlic-stuffed olives. They make great martinis.
Garlic or the Bleu Cheese stuffed mmm, yummy.
Gray Goose in the freezer, dry vermouth in the fridge. Metal shaker half filled with ice. Throw a half a shot of dry Vermouth on the ice, shake twice, drain off liquid and discard. Add cold Gray Goose for volume needed. Shake vigorously. Poor into Martini classes with two olives on stick.
Just took the wife out for dinner for her b-day. Took the bartender three rounds to get it right 
“Does it look like I care if it is shaken or stirred?”
I feel you CDH, it sucks when you don’t have a true mixologist at the helm but a mere hack. Did an ice bar at a wedding few weeks back, Vodka shots and beluga and roe pretty good along with 6-9 count shrimp.
PM to me, sounds interesting.
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Can’t post in GD - Chocolate Martini
Chocolate martini:
Equal parts:
Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka
Chocolate liquer
Kahlua
Whole milk
then add a shot of Everclear
finally line the inner rim with Hershey’s syrup.
A couple of these and anyone wearing pants at the beginning will be lacking them upon completion.
Everclear, there’s a funny story in bottom of every bottle.
Never did like diary products and alcohol. Egg nog is soooo good by itself.
You guys ever try Vespers, using Lillet? My wife really likes them.
Yep, I’ve made Vespers. I liked them, but I modified the recipe into my ‘Dirty Headshot’ and find I like those better.
This frikken thread is proof about why Martini drinkers are snobby…
Find me two people in this thread that make their martini the same way.
Well if you make one like mine then that will be 2!:sarcastic:
A little Michael Cain, a few desperate British soldiers, ten thousand Rampaging Zulus and a large dash of Martini-Henry’s in 577-450- all on the African rocks…
That’s the best Martini recipe!
Sounds like you’re gonna have to stop shooting M4s then too:p
Vodka Martini’s for me.
Up, Shaken, Dry (not very dry) with olives. Bleu Cheese stuffed olives are OK, but I’d prefer gorgonzola. Tried a dirty Martini but it was too olive-y.
At home I’m using Tito’s Handmade Vodka - good stuff, better than the fancy bottle imports but more cost effective. Made in Texas. Add a little Dry Vermouth and an olive. For speed I just mix it on the rocks, but I asked the wife for a shaker set for Christmas to do it right.
Other than that, I’m really liking Irish Whisky on the rocks w/Jameson. I like Red Breast single malt 12 year old neat even better. And my local store has Middleton, and I’m going to get a bottle for New Years.
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I like a Vodka Martini dirty w 3 olives. No particular vodka required, though I’ll choose Absolute as a default if I’m out at a Bar. Tito’s is really good. Polish potato vodka is really nice also. Svedka vodka is good on the cheap side. Garlic stuffed Olives are tasty along with the different cheese stuffed olives.