Name: Dry Martini (7:1 ratio) Embury's
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 70 ml Gin; 10 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

2 ¹⁄₃ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered green olive or lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish &/or garnish with skewered olive.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dry Martini (7:1 ratio) Embury's contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
30.13% alc./vol. (60.25° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

In his The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury writes of this drink "After extensive experimentation I have arrived at the ratio of 5 to 1 as the proportion most pleasing to the average palate. Personally, I like a ratio of about 7 to 1 even better, and I know some who prefer a ratio as high as 10 to 1."

See: the History and Evolution of the Dry Martini.

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 23w

Dipping a toe into the drier end of the martini range (not that I haven’t been known to drink gin neat or gin & water). Ford’s gin. Halfsy on this occasion. Gave a good stir. Utterly drinkable and slipped down easily indeed. All the gin characters on show to very good effect.

John Hinojos Premium Member 1y

Made this is Empress 1908 Indigo Gin. Cocktail was outstanding and the dark purple-violet was very striking in the modern martini glass.

Ian Lockley Premium Member 1y

Apparently 7:1 is also Dale DeGroff’s preferred ratio

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Had again using a local, San Diego, gin called San Miguel. It is made with many of the herbs which are local. It is a bit more robust in flavour with a hint of pepper.
Cocktail turned out outstanding, as it did before. Very different flavour profile.
Would encourage people to try other brands. Some of small boutique distillers are coming out with some very interesting blends.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Excellent. The herbal qualities of the gin are much more present than in other Martinis. Had this to salute Queen Elizabeth II on her passing, and to toast King Charles III.