Classic Martini: Pinnacle Vodka and
dry vermouth, served with an olive or a twist
Quarantine, Manilla, The Philippines Ingredients: 45ml white rum, 7ml gin, 7ml
dry vermouth, 7ml lemon juice, 7ml orange juice, 7ml simple syrup, 5ml dry anis or 2 dashes absinthe, 1 egg white, lemon peel to garnish.
The Brumtini has gin,
dry vermouth and grapefruit bitters, grapefruit garnish while the Midlands Mojito combines the gin with fresh lime, sugar, mint and ginger ale.
My mentor always told me:
Dry vermouth is a suit, sherry is a tuxedo.
The team have also created the Garden Punch, a signature mix of gin, green tea, midori melon liquor,
dry vermouth with cucumber and lemon, which is presented in a self-serve barrel.
Liverpool Vodka Martini Ingredients: 20ml
Dry Vermouth, 75ml Liverpool Vodka, dash olive brine, squeeze of fresh lime, 3 dashes of bitters, fresh olive to garnish Method: Pour the
Dry Vermouth into a martini glass, add the olive brine, squeeze of lime and bitters then finish with the Liverpool Vodka and garnish with the olive.
For a vodka martini - shaken not stirred - it is 80ml Belvedere, 10ml
dry vermouth and a twist of lemon.
A traditional approach is 2 ounces vodka, ⅓ ounce
dry vermouth, olive garnish.
To make the cool cocktail take 75ml Snow Leopard Vodka, 5ml
dry vermouth and a sprig of rosemary.
I switch my drink to kiwi martini, it comes refreshing--the gin,
dry vermouth and twist of kiwi combining so beautifully that I order seconds.
A classicist would balk at such creative deviations from the original, which started life as a simple cocktail made with gin ( Old Tom was the original favourite) and
dry vermouth stirred together ( not shaken, as James Bond would want it) in the ratio of five to one in a Boston shaker with ice, strained into a chilled glass, and served with a green olive or a twist of lemon.
Pour in another few drops of
dry vermouth in a chilled martini glass and swirl to coat the inside of the glass.
