Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Famous Martini Preferences

By: Evil Timmy

Evil Timmy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:44:00 +0000

On a pure-randomness blog I wrote a couple years ago about the Redneck Martini, involving standard ingredients and the following directions:

Drink a bottle of gin whilst staring at a bottle of vermouth.

Simple and tasty.

By: alli

alli — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:07:00 +0000

I adore the Queen, but someone needs to explain the Martini. Gin with lemon is not a martini. It is gin. In a glass. With lemon. And neither are the chocolate versions, fruity whatsits or anything other than vermouth, gin or vodka, and big ol’ honkin’ olive. THe others are good, yes, but they are other yummy voddy-based drinks in the swanky glass. I have after all been served both mashed potatoes and ice cream parfaits in a martini glass and weren’t called “tatertinis” or “brrrrrrtinis”

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:09:00 +0000

Not a martini drinker at all these days myself, but I laughed out loud at the image in Lilly’s comment of Churchill “blowing towards France.” Priceless.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:16:00 +0000

I’ve read that Bond prefers his martinis “shaken, not stirred,” because he drinks vodka martinis, and it makes perfect sense to shake a vodka martini.

By: airship

airship — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:25:00 +0000

Juniper flavor? Drinking gin is like putting your mouth over a Christmas tree. Nasty. :P

Vodka all the way. In fact, just go with vodka rocks and you’ll be much happier than with any martini.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:44:00 +0000

“Jaclyn McKewan”

haha my boyfriend loves chocolate martinis. i just sent him that link with the title “Anthony Bourdain thinks you’re an asshole” lol.

I guess I’m an asshole too though , I like chocolate martinis.

By: Lilly

Lilly — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +0000

I thought a Churchill martini was made by pouring gin into a glass and waving a bottle of vermouth over the glass :)

Yes, it’s still just a glass of gin but I like the image of waving a bottle of vermouth over my glass more than blowing towards France. Just my preference.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:36:00 +0000

To anyone interested in learning more about alcohol and cocktails, I highly recommend “Alcoholica Esoterica” by Ian Lendler…not only educational, but really entertaining!

By: Stevi Deter

Stevi Deter — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:46:00 +0000

The argument against shaking has nothing to do with “bruising the gin.”

It has to do with the consistency and texture of the final drink. If you stir, you get a silky smooth, clear drink.

If you shake, you aerate the drink, so the result is cloudy. Especially if you use a reasonable amount of vermouth.

Which I do. My favorite currently is the Astoria, which is 2 : 1 gin : dry vermouth, plus two dashes of orange bitters. And try it with Martini and Rossi Bianco, which is halfway between a dry and sweet vermouth. Delicious. And I always stir mine and garnish with a lemon twist. Stirring takes longer to get good and cold (shaking does get your drink colder quicker), but I far prefer my clear drinks to be clear.

And DennisP, I like that Dorothy Parker quote so much, I named my cocktail blog after it!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0000

I don’t know anything about liquor at all! Wouldl iove to see a post about the different types and what they are made from (gin, vermouth, etc).