Name: Special Brew Martini
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Vodka; 37.5 ml Byrrh; 37.5 ml Sake; 1 dash Absinthe

Special Brew Martini
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Byrrh aperitif aromatised wine
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Hopefully, it's 'Special'! 'Brew' refers to both the use of Byrrh (pronounced beer) and sake (which is brewed). To be a true 'Martini' a cocktail should have both gin and vermouth – we tried gin but vodka worked so much better. Byrrh doesn't qualify as a vermouth as while an aromatised wine it lacks wormwood – an omission made up for in this drink with a dash of absinthe.

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History:

Created 21st February 2015 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Special Brew Martini contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
19.78% alc./vol. (19.78° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

13th November 2024 at 02:11

Elegant and attractive pale rose-gold color. Simple formulation allows for the delicious fruit of the Byrrh and the Daiginjo sake to lead the flavor with the vodka vanishing into the background. A very nice vodka martini/saketini variant.

Simon Sedgley

17th August 2024 at 05:39

Unlike Agent 007, we are not big fans of the Martini but perhaps this one will encourage us to experiment with other aromatised wines, such as Lillet Blanc and Cocchi Americano.

Mike Ummels

16th January 2023 at 01:34

Easy to make with few ingredients and yet it tastes so complex. The relatively low alcohol content also works well. A good reason to try and buy sake for a change!

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