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Martinez (Difford's recipe)
Your choice of genever will make or break this fabulous cocktail. My recipe is based on a medium-dry, rounded, and complex genever (e.g. Rutte Old Simon...
Sally Morgan
4th May at 19:06
Well worth getting top quality ingredients for this one and then it will sing. In addition to a good genever it's worth getting craft vermouths such as Pembrokeshire's Still Wild offerings
21st March at 23:45
60 ml Old Duff Single Malt
60 ml sweet vermouth
7.5 ml dry vermouth
5 ml Cointreau
1 dash angostura bitters
Orange twist
Spectacular!!!!
This is a grown-up drink :)
60 ml sweet vermouth
7.5 ml dry vermouth
5 ml Cointreau
1 dash angostura bitters
Orange twist
Spectacular!!!!
This is a grown-up drink :)
16th March at 23:18
This is a fabulous drink Simon! I used my Bols barrel Aged Genever ..wow!!! Followed to the T!
17th March at 07:18
Thanks, Dave.
22nd February at 14:42
I thought my genever would be too malty so I scaled it down to 5cl, and bumped up the sweet vermouth to 3cl, but that made it a tad too sweet. Great for a nightcap but not quite what I was after. A lesson, once again, to trust those who went before you. ;)
It's a glorious cocktail though. It's a drink that really highlights how good genever can be in the right circumstances. The vermouths and Ango creates almost like a cola flavour which complements the malt splendidly.
It's a glorious cocktail though. It's a drink that really highlights how good genever can be in the right circumstances. The vermouths and Ango creates almost like a cola flavour which complements the malt splendidly.
21st February at 20:04
With Old Simon in my cabinet a “must try” and a local made orange liqueur (what’s in a name: Martinez family, Martin and sons) a very nice cocktail. Greetings from Amsterdam :)
9th January at 19:25
We feel our oude genever was slightly swamped (boompjes 3 year old - my wife, who learned some Dutch when we lived there, tells me this means sapling). Nonetheless - drinkable - and we’ll try again when we have and ‘ouder’ one.
10th January at 09:28
Please see the second paragraph of my comment above. Equal parts may better suit your genever.
8th November 2025 at 21:53
I could drink this all evening
17th July 2024 at 15:11
Thanks for the update on recipe re the different types of genever. The old duff version plus vermouth Di Torino works really well. Brings out the maltiness versus vermouth fruit and depth brilliantly. Still wondering if some slight tweak might balance it even more?
17th July 2024 at 20:09
I've further amended to show the recipe Philip "Old" Duff himself recommends.
22nd April 2024 at 05:53
Given that New York was originally a Dutch colonial town, then named New Amsterdam, it is little surprise that genever would have been the original 'gin' used in this cocktail.
7th March 2024 at 09:40
Used old Simon, which isn’t particularly orange flavoured, but the result was nonetheless quite fruity - not to mention very complex, bittersweet and surprisingly herbal- used Dolin for both vermouths. Would love to try the maraschino version at some point too.
24th September 2023 at 14:50
Not sure about this receipt. I felt the subtle (good quality) Dutch genever was overpowered by the orange Curacao.
29th May 2023 at 01:05
For a lovely version with hints of vanilla, add 20 mL Licor 43 tothis recipe. We call it the Señor Martinez.
12th May 2023 at 13:33
Warning: do you NOT use Old Duff Genever, which I did first thing me. In this recipe, it will totally overwhelm the taste. Use a more subtle, mellow old genever. I agree with Simon choose with care.
3rd June 2022 at 17:42
The genever gives this a really nice and interesting yeasty breadth depth.
13th March 2022 at 01:05
This is my favourite version of this cocktail. The genever adds a different taste more to what the original may have tasted.
We will never really know about the original cocktail. According to Wikipedia the actual origin of this cocktail is not known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez_(cocktail). Since there are many versions here, I suggest trying the all and keeping the one (or ones) you like the best.
We will never really know about the original cocktail. According to Wikipedia the actual origin of this cocktail is not known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinez_(cocktail). Since there are many versions here, I suggest trying the all and keeping the one (or ones) you like the best.
9th February 2022 at 23:13
A Martinez requires maraschino liqueur (cf. Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide).
10th February 2022 at 10:02
Just been corrected by Paloma and my own Martinez page. Craddock stipulates Curacao or Maraschino in a Martinez but Thomas only does in his Manhattan.
10th February 2022 at 08:58
Not according to O. Byron who published the first Martinez recipe in his 1884 ‘The Modern Bartender’. Jerry Thomas omits the Martinez from his 1862 first edition and second 1876 edition but it does appear in the 1887 edition published two years after his death. Vintage cocktail books, including Harry Craddock’s 1930 ‘The Savoy Cocktail Book’ and indeed Jerry Thomas’ 1887 ‘Bar-tenders Guide’ stipulate “Curaçao or Maraschino.” Perhaps an argument for equal parts of both.
22nd November 2021 at 02:44
Stick with mild, minimally-aged vermouths - Cocchi, Lillet, and Carpano overpower the genever. Nothing like a martini.
28th November 2020 at 16:34
Crazy good. Balance is incredibly on point!