Dry Martini #5 (Montgomery’s 15:1 ratio)

Glass:
Martini

Garnish:
Lemon zest twist

We Say...

Dry Martini #5 (Montgomery’s 15:1 ratio) Bone dry - a superbly cleansing Martini. Through experimentation we have found that 15:1 Martinis are better shaken rather than stirred. Conversely 3:1 Martinis are better stirred rather than shaken.
London dry gin Martini Extra dry vermouth Orange bitters SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
2 shot London dry gin
⅕ shot Martini Extra dry vermouth
1 dash Orange bitters

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Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Comment:

Bone dry - a superbly cleansing Martini. Through experimentation we have found that 15:1 Martinis are better shaken rather than stirred. Conversely 3:1 Martinis are better stirred rather than shaken.

Origin:

Unknown but this 15:1 gin to vermouth Martini was said to be Ernest Hemingway's favourite formula and is named after British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, who it is said, liked the gin in his Martini to outnumber the vermouth in roughly the same ratio as he liked to outnumber his opponents in battle.

Nicknamed ‘Monty’, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) fought and was seriously wounded in the First World War and was one of the most notorious British commanders in the Second World War. He commanded allied troops at the Battle of El Alamein and was a key planner of the Normandy D-Day invasion. On 4 May 1945 he took the German surrender at Luneburg Heath in northern Germany.

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