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Dry Martini 'Preferred' (5:1 ratio)
This is my go-to Dry Martini, although I arrive at the same 5:1 ratio with a generous 75ml (2½oz) gin to 15ml (½oz) dry vermouth. I chose a 5:1...
simon kitchen
29th June 2020 at 15:30
Considering this is "the classic" cocktail, I always want to enjoy it, but find it a tad too alcoholic for me; maybe I've just not found the right recipe, I'll just have to keep trying all the variations :)
26th June 2020 at 07:22
How does a 5:1 ratio translate to 112.5:12.5 ml?? Am I missing something here or is there a mistake in the volumes?
26th June 2020 at 13:48
Many thanks for pointing this out. It should be 62.5:12.5 and the error was due to a fault on the way our CMS handles measures. Thanks to your flagging this is now fixed.
19th May 2020 at 01:43
GREAT!
14th May 2020 at 15:00
A Martini without Vermouth is just a chilled shot of gin; akin to a Manhattan without Vermouth being just a chilled shot of Bourbon. Tossing an olive, onion or twist into gold gin does little to remedy that state; anymore than tossing a cherry into Bourbon does. One might as well leave the gin in the icebox and forego the charade?
25th April 2020 at 10:44
hat a delght to see a fellow old school dry martini defender speaking out against froofy pretenders, the silly-named usurpers of the martini name. I’ve always favored the (apocryphal?) Churchill recipe: shake gin over ice, glance at a bottle of vermouth across the room, and serve. And I herein propose an even drier dry: shake gin over ice, imagine a bottle of vermouth, and serve. Here’s to holding out!