Name: Dickens' Dry Martini
Total time: 2 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 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
0.42 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Cocktail of the day:

7th February 2026 is Charles Dickens' birthday

Review:

A 5:1 Dry Martini served without any garnish (i.e. no olive or twist). The name is a reference to Charles Dicken's novel Oliver Twist.

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History:

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)
22.1 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

8 hours ago

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

Gustavo Alejandro Fucito

14 hours ago

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

Gareth Hives

13 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

Cassandra Adams

14 hours ago

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.