Name: Alberto Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Blanc quinquina/kina; 30 ml Fino sherry; 5 ml Triple sec

Alberto Martini
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 fl oz	Blanc quinquina/kina (e.g. Mattei Cap Corse, Bonal or Kina L'Aér chilled
1 fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry chilled
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This cocktail was originally made with Kina Lillet, and modern-day Lillet does not do it justice. However, when made with a blanc quinquina, this Martini-style cocktail is crisp, delicately herbal, and delicious.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book, where the creation of this cocktail is credited to "A. J. Smith".

ALBERTO
Invented by A. J. Smith
1/3 Booth's Dry Gin.
1/3 Lillet.
1/3 Sherry, Dry.
Dash of Cointreau.
Mix.
Squeeze of Orange Peel on top.
W. J. Tarling, 1937

Martini cocktail and its evolution

Nutrition:

One serving of Alberto Martini contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.11% alc./vol. (40.21° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Olga María Gómez Henderson

10th May at 11:19

It tastes good. You can taste a bit of the orange of the Triple sec but it's not overwhelming at all.

Calvin Grant

11th January 2025 at 02:58

I gotta say, the stem of that coupe is really trippy....and the top reminds me of Victoria boliviana....
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Miguel Perales

28th July 2024 at 15:27

Nice variation of a Martini. I used a dry London Gin, Cocchi Americano and Manzanilla sherry on mine. The orange flavor was nicely prevalent.
Irrelevant side note: I made this for my dad on his 90th birthday a few days ago, since his name is also Alberto. He also thoroughly enjoyed it :)

John Morris

27th July 2024 at 08:39

Very nice wet martini but perhaps a bit sweet for my tastes and more in the Martinez family as is. Very enjoyable though. I upped the gin to 45 ml, dropped the sherry to 20ml and used 15 ml cocchi americano with only 7.5ml triple sec. Next time I’m going to try amontillado as it should go well with the olive leaf gin, lower the triple sec to 5ml and up the cocchi a bit to get some more bitterness.

Melissa Demian

25th May 2022 at 19:27

An odd but beguiling martini variation. Will definitely make this one again - and I don't say that of all of them! Possibly worth mentioning I'm using Aviation gin for my martinis at the moment, and it really works for this one as there's less juniper to compete with the sherry and triple sec.