Stirred, not shaken. The shaking of Martinis was a joke by Ian Fleming and it just got away. Shaking is for fruit and sugar drinks, not clear or straight liquor.
I can’t abide gin – even the smell, which reminds me of horse liniment . However, I have great affection to a really good, dirty vodka martini, and occasionally, might even show warmth to a well-made very dry vodka Gibson, or a well behaved vodka Gimlet.
Keep the gin or vodka and the glasses in the freezer then put a little vermouth in the glass swirl it around thin dump it out the put as much of your choice of vodka or gin as you like!
edclectic over 10 years ago
It’s nice to be needed.
edclectic over 10 years ago
Olives, not onions.
dorotheac928 over 10 years ago
Don’t water it down. Keep the gin in the freezer!
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
Stirred, not shaken. The shaking of Martinis was a joke by Ian Fleming and it just got away. Shaking is for fruit and sugar drinks, not clear or straight liquor.
pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago
Is that what they mean by “nursing a drink”?
DixieNormous_69 over 10 years ago
YES! if you make that a Vodka Martini …………..
Then I will drink to that ……………..{Hic} !
Linguist over 10 years ago
I can’t abide gin – even the smell, which reminds me of horse liniment . However, I have great affection to a really good, dirty vodka martini, and occasionally, might even show warmth to a well-made very dry vodka Gibson, or a well behaved vodka Gimlet.
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 10 years ago
Never could abide gin – tastes like a Christmas tree.
RoninBob over 10 years ago
Keep the gin or vodka and the glasses in the freezer then put a little vermouth in the glass swirl it around thin dump it out the put as much of your choice of vodka or gin as you like!
boldyuma over 10 years ago
(old joke)..“Bartender…give me a Martini so dry I’llsee dust in the urinal.”
danlarios over 10 years ago
tiny bubbles