Name: Wild and Dirty Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Birch eau-de-vie; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Lemon bitters

Wild & Dirty Martini
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Serve in a Martini (small) glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Birch spirit/birch eau-de-vie
1 oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini (small) glass.
Prepare garnish of kalamata olive & rosemary sprig.
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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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Pine (birch) notes mix well with the vermouth in this 2:1 Martini with lemon bitters adding citrus freshness the olive and rosemary sprig garnish adding to the cocktail's aroma and complexity.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Dean Railton at Vice & Virtue, Leeds, England. Deans original recipe called for 50ml Freya Birch Spirit, 25ml Noilly Prat vermouth and 1 dash lemon bitters.

Nutrition:

One serving of Wild & Dirty Martini contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.76% alc./vol. (25.76° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Paul Holdsworth

2nd August 2022 at 16:16

Instead of Freya I used JJ Corry Fierfield birch spirit. I don't know how it compares, but it made a very nice drink! Astringent and sappy, with the powerful kick you'd expect from a true martini.

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