Bergamot Martini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (38 ratings)

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 23 oz Ketel One Vodka
56 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Italicus liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Rosolio di Bergamotto liqueur adds zesty complexity to clean grainy vodka and delicately gin botanicals.

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History:

Created at the suggestion of Nick Hopewell-Smith who advocates "75ml of the hard stuff and around 10ml of the adulterant" and says "for a lemony variant, I use Nardini Acqua Di Cedro."

Nutrition:

One serving of Bergamot Martini contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 29.13% alc./vol. (29.13° proof)
  • 26.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
15th September at 10:24
If this is too sweet for one's palate, an alternative is to reduce the Bergamot to 10ml and make up the difference with 5ml Massenez Gingembre (which, as we understand it, is a ginger eau de vie), and maybe even consider a drop or two of Ginger Bitters.
Anna Thompson’s Avatar Anna Thompson
9th August 2024 at 18:11
Still too much Italicus 😞
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
7th June 2024 at 14:15
A very nice martini take. Perfect balance of the ingredients.
John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
22nd July at 14:56
Fragrant, fruity and delicate. Much more in the historical Martinez styles with loads of character and flamboyance compared to the austere dry martini that has come to dominate. Viva la revolucion!
22nd April 2023 at 11:32
Delicious!
30th May 2022 at 22:15
not going to lie, this was a pretty epic martini.