Name: Dickens' Dry Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 62.5 ml Gin; 12.5 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Dickens' Dry Martini
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Serve naked, without garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

7th February 2026 is Charles Dickens' birthday

Review:

In an ironic reference to Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, a "Dickens' Martini" is served without an olive or a twist. The ratio of gin to vermouth is a matter of personal taste; mine is as specified in this recipe, five parts gin to one part vermouth.

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History:

See the Evolution of the Dry Martini.

Nutrition:

One serving of Dickens' Dry Martini contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
29.37% alc./vol. (58.73° proof)
22.2 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.

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Stephen Lawrence

7th February at 18:16

Go on - go 15:75. You can add 15mos of him to the vermouth and then do another 60.

Gustavo Alejandro Fucito

7th February at 12:43

I would like a class that teaches how to achieve that measurement accuracy without laboratory equipment.

Gareth Hives

7th February at 13:44

Ha ha let’s be honest we’ve all done 60 and 15. You can’t go over 60 on the Diffords jigger anyway

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Ignacio Seligra

7th February at 11:26

Quite contradictory named, since it goes no-Olive(r), no-Twist. Maybe should be No-Dickens' Martini?

Cassandra Adams

7th February at 12:40

Or maybe "What the Dickens?! Martini"...

Kevin Haynes

6th February at 19:03

I might try the 5:1 ratio, but I love olives so much, even the cheap ones, that I can't go without them for my martinis.

But to each their own!

Gareth Hives

6th February at 18:41

Genuinely look forward to the Friday night emails , this is being made shortly.
PS the auto save feature is now perfect thank you

Nikolaus Linder

7th February 2025 at 15:58

Straight'n'clean, no veggies -- just as it should be. Conceptual purity-wise only surpassed by the Churchill Martini which I find a tad reductionist :)

John Hinojos

1st October 2022 at 00:12

This is one of my favourite martinis. It has the wonderful herbal flavours with a slight hint of bitter orange at the end. Perfect for a before dinner cocktail or just an afternoon sipper.

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