Name: Old Martinique Special
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 2.5 ml Orange Curaçao

Old Martinique Special
Jump to

Photographed in a Bespoke Martini

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Old Martinique Special lifestyle thumbnail

Review:

Drinks writer, Robert Simonson describes this as "basically an Improved Martini Cocktail." He's right.

View readers' comments

History:

An adaptation of a 1930s cocktail from New York City's Hotel Martinique courtesy of The Mix with Robert Simonson, March, 2023.

Nutrition:

One serving of Old Martinique Special contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
26.49% alc./vol. (26.49° proof)
24.5 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 3 comments for Old Martinique Special.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

John Hinojos

13th November 2024 at 01:09

Had this cocktail again, but with a slight modification. Lowered by vermouth by 1/4 and used blue Curacao. Cocktail sightly more dry with a interesting ice aqua blue colour. The gin flavour was a bit more prominent.

1

reply

G. M. Genovese

2nd March 2024 at 13:40

Looking at these specs, I couldn't see why one would measure that small amount of Curacao. I opted to give the glass (Nick & Nora) a heavy rinse of Pierre Ferrand. My St. George Terroir really sticks out in this. I think I would've preferred a gin more spicy and herbal. At any rate, this turned out good with what I used. Just enough orange character. I think it's growing on me.

1

reply

John Hinojos

3rd May 2023 at 00:16

As with most martini cocktails, the quality of your ingredients will dramatically impact the final flavour. We used a Southern California local gin from the lower Mojave desert. It has light citrus hints which pared excellently with the dry curacao. Perfect and well worth a try. Into my favourites.

2

reply

See discussion in the Forum