Medium Dry Martini

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄4 oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
1⁄6 oz Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth
0.08 oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist (expressed & discarded) & skewered Fragata Green Olive.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Review:

My preferred five-to-one Dry Martini ratio, but with the fortified wine split between dry vermouth, bianco vermouth and fino sherry.

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History:

Created in April 2023 by yours truly at The Clocktower, Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Medium Dry Martini contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 29.18% alc./vol. (29.18° proof)
  • 26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Fred Nevis’ Avatar Fred Nevis
25th August 2024 at 10:02
Great drink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6gtPS788JM
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Anthony Hale’s Avatar Anthony Hale
2nd May 2023 at 09:38
Wow what Cocktails i was never seen before.
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Chris Lowe’s Avatar Chris Lowe
23rd April 2023 at 09:48
Love this! I have been adding fino to my dry martinis for a while now but am still not sure about the ‘modern’ addition of bitters
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Lee Clarke’s Avatar Lee Clarke
21st April 2023 at 21:39
Hi Simon. There are two Dry Vermouths listed in the ingredients. Should one be Bianco?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
22nd April 2023 at 07:40
Whoops! Many thanks, Lee. Now corrected.
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