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Vesper Dry Martini
Yes, yes, it's a spirituous drink without fruit juices that best shows its crystalline beauty when stirred rather than shaken. However, it's the one Martini...
Robert Cameron
31st December 2021 at 17:14
I do my own "Vesper in Absinthia" by pouring the once-made Vesper into a chilled, absinthe-rinsed glass. I like the body that the vodka somehow adds in the Vesper, I just like the absinthe favor, and I am ever the punster, here on Vesper (& Ian Fleming) no longer being with us, plus the "in absentia" phrase frequently being applied both to trials and awards.
1st January 2022 at 17:43
Thanks Robert, you come up with a clever and delicious variation.
28th May 2021 at 13:23
Happy Birthday Mr Fleming. To quote “Well, I like to do some things the old-fashioned way.” So I will be toasting messers Fleming and Bond with the original 3-1-0.5 including Lillet Blanc. Shaken of course!
7th January 2021 at 14:49
is the choice of celery gin deliberate? You don't comment on it. I wondered whether it was especially well matched to the vesper over say rutte normal gin?
23rd April 2022 at 09:47
Now I understand why it says Plymouth gin on mine. But thinking about it, Plymouth would make a very good Vesper, Cocchi Americano being basically a sweet bianco. Must try it.
7th January 2021 at 15:26
I use Rutte Dry Gin in this cocktail, not Rutte Celery. If you are seeing Celery Gin in this recipe it is because your Celery Gin is the last gin you added to Your Ingredients so our clever database thinks this is your preferred gin.
31st October 2020 at 18:14
I'll be making one of these later in honour of the original screen James Bond. "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." I am going traditional proportions of 3:1:0.5 but the 0.5 is Cocchi Americano. And yes, shaken, not stirred!
17th August 2020 at 15:35
I also tried out of curiosity, and didn't really enjoy it, I prefer Lillet blanc in some other cocktails :)
3rd July 2020 at 22:57
Yes, Yes, Yes Mr Bond! You have good taste.
29th June 2020 at 15:46
I didn't really enjoy this, I tried the Reverse too and was equally as disappointed. Sorry not for me.
23rd May 2020 at 00:45
Meh. Martinis are highly personal. I still prefer two-to-one Plymouth/Noilly Prat, or for something more aromatic and unusual, Uncle Val's/Noilly/Lillet Blanc.
18th November 2022 at 20:01
Yes, 2:1 Plymouth/N.P. works very well. Thank you.