Martini

I have had many M's in my days. During the 1960's because of the James Bond novels, I drank the vodka variety. In the mid 1970's I switched to the gin type and never looked back.They say that a martini is like a woman's breasts. One is not enough and three is too many.Here’s the correct response to the offer of a twist of lemon or orange or an olive: “Thank you, but if I wanted a fruit punch, I would have ordered one.”

Not something I care for,especially,but I'm told I make an excellent Martini.Start out with a quality Gin ( Blue Sapphire or such).Add a whisper of vermouth in a chilled mixer,stir,pour into a chilled martini glass over an olive or two & you're golden. NOTE : if you use vodka,it's a VODKA Martini. If you use a pearl onion instead of an olive,it's a GIBSON. All this flavored martini crap is for novices.If you want girly drinks,order a friggin pink squirrel !

You can keep the Gin variety and I can barely stomach a Vodka Martini. Might have been popular with the James Bond "shaken not stirred crowd", but who wants a watered down slushy mixed with Vodka? Wait a minute! I bet 7-11 would see record profits if slushy machines dispensed Margarita's and Martini's.

Make this one at home! A classic gin martini is excellent, if you are so inclined to have one. 3 parts gin to 1 part vermouth is the classic way to go. A little of the "juice" from the olive jar and you have it dirty. A little too snobby and expensive for me to order while out at a bar, but a good drink nonetheless.

A classic, or very mildly modified martini is actually pretty damn good. I'm a sucker for a dirty martini. They get 4 stars in my book. There should be a separate ranking for the wretched abortions that bartenders are thinking up today with their plethora of flavored vodkas these days. 1 star.

Hate the vodka verison, I do like me Gin maybe I should a gin martini.

Sure, if you are Double-Oh-Seven. Or Double-Oh-Douchebag. I mean really, is anyone drinking the martini anymore? It might be fun to say, but leave it on the shelf!

A martini is not made with vodka - at all-, and its an absolute travesty to muddy a drink so pure, crisp and icy with olive juice. Your accent should be a drop of Angustora bitters, not olive juice. A quick flash of vermouth drained over the ice is my preferred method of blending -- coating the glass is next to nonsensical. Stirring will prevent bruising a good vermouth (Noilly Prat is the only one I'll use) and blend it with the gin far more effectively. Gin is an aromatic liquor, so I usually chill it, but either take it out of the freezer awhile before, or keep it in the fridge. Keeping it too cool will make it clam up, and become too viscous for mixing. Your ice, however, should be very cold and in large cubes to avoid fracturing and melting (another reason to stir). Chilling the glasses is optional, I suppose. I personally like them cold, but not so that the glass is fogged, which detracts from the aesthetic of the drink -- like those broken shards of ice you find in a shaken ma... Read more

i hate gin

Silver bullets- the quintessential American cocktail- as Soviet Premier Khrushchev said. Cold, crisp and deadly- a classic cocktail- no nonsense. Just making them is a ritual. With vodka- I use a shaker- with ice cubes- let set for a few minutes- the trick to a great martini is the interaction of the liquor, vermouth & ice with a ratio of 1 to 5 with dry vermouth- which is a dry martini- and is close to the modern ratio- chill the cocktail glass in the freezer overnight- a couple of olives- I am set to drink! With Gin- ice cubes in a pitcher with dry vermouth-same ratio- stir please- strain into chilled cocktail class with olives. Martini is with gin- vodka martini is a vodka martini not a martini.   For Vodka, I use RU Classic (Russian Classic)  Fris, Viking Fjord, or Finlandia, For Gin, Bombay is wonderful, & Beefeaters potent- and for less Proof and alcohol content Gilbey's is most pleasant- while Gordon's has a stiffer infusion of Juniper and dryer.

vermouth is so discusting

I have a slight preference for the vodka version over the gin, but this is the classic cocktail, and a good one is worth going a long way to find. And on a side note, I make an excellent one. I use Grappa instead of Vermouth, just dampening the inside of the shaker, and a single drop of Angostura bitters. Shaken vigorously, served with three olives.

update........found a new vodka...yyyyyuuuuuuuuuuummmm: I cant pronounce it though!  LUKSUSOWA.....oh and don't always have to have the bleu cheese! hic Martinis are my new addiction.  Svedka Vodka, a little olive juice, and bleu cheese stuffed olives...better known as a dirty maytag.

For the real alcoholics

I'm just glad to see that the world has come to its senses and stopped calling any gin or vodka based cocktail served in a long-stem glass  a martini or a "something-tini".  While there is nothing wrong with those drinks like the crantini, or the sour-tini (provided you are wearing a sexy low cut top, fitted skirt and stylish pumps) the Sex-In-The-City inspired martini craze got out of hand.  The Cosmopolitan could stand on its own, it didn't have to be a Cosmopolitan Martini.  It watered down the image of the Martini in the worst way.  Now if you don't mind, I'm going to slip into that little black number and go out for a cocktail.

Only with vodka.

Never had one but wants to try it. Ive heard its good.

Apple,please!

strawberry basil martini yum!

call me pretentious but I love martinis.

Like the vogue of Mercedes automobiles, the martini is one of those bourgeois things whose popularity can't be explained on the basis of inherent beauty or pleasure. A martini is not a great-tasting thing, and it's not even all that pretty with that sickly green olive perched above it. Yet many people think it is proper to drink them. Since you're ordering them for the style, you must drink them comme il faut, which means a pungent British gin. Vodka is unacceptable because it is a lower-class liquor: that's not my personal snobbery, it's just one of those basic unexplainable rules of style, which I did not write.

For all the hype about martinis, they're the next thing to being just straight gin or vodka, not that there is anything wrong with that...

ouch my aching head!

I'm not a fan of martinis, gin or vodka. I don't care for olives, but I can see why those who do would like a dirty martini.

A proper martini is made with gin. A vodka martini is made with...obviously, vodka. There is a difference! Anyhow, this is about as classic, in the most literal and metaphoric sense of the word, cocktail of all time. It can only be enjoyed properly with high quality spirits. The flavor and character of the drink is very versatile, yet subtle. By adding more or less vermouth, and adding a twist versus an olive can change the flavor dramically. All and all a great drink. Fans of sweet and fruity drinks be warned, this is DEFINATELY not for you.

I'd have to hedge on this one. Make mine with vodka please, and I'll rate it 5 stars. However, a gin martini is like drinking lighter fluid.

depends on the kind apple yum others ok

Martini has come to mean Cocktail, there are so many possible versions. Lets return to the best version: 2 parts good gin [Plymouth, perhaps?] 1 part good Dry Vermouth [Noilly Prat or Martini & Rossi] and a dash of orange bitters over ice in a cocktail shaker. Just stir a bit and serve really cold. Civilization!

This is direct-dialing drinking that can be quite elegant. People who don't like martinis probably didn't mix them properly or used crappy ingredients. Mix the martinis in a pitcher rather than shaking them. Pour the high-quality dry vermouth in the iced pitcher and stir vigorously. Then pour all the liquid out of the pitcher, so that only the hint of vermouth remains on the ice cubes and glass. Add high-quality vodka and stir, strain into a chilled glass. Olives, pearl onions, a lemon twist, whatever you like to garnish it. This will do the trick effacaciously, believe me. You know the old adage: "Martinis are like breasts: one's not enough and three's too many."

One day while in college, some friends and I decided to make some martinis. None of us had ever had one, so we looked forward to it. I had some reservations because I had been reading a bartender's book, and it said that British martinis were wonderful and that American martinis were pretty much "swill" because we used a cheap liquor called "vermouth" to make them. After one swallow, all my friends and I were convinced that the book was right on the money. Martinis are a nasty drink.

The martini gets five stars because it's my own personal favourite. But some people I know can't drink them. It's worth remembering that this cocktail is a strong drink and generally the "Coke with my Chivas Regal please!" crowd will find it an aquired taste. It's also easy to screw a martini up by not mixing it properly. In some cases, the hostility of some to the martini can be ended by making them one that hasn't been butchered. It IS an art form.

The most clasic starter ever. It's strong and help to smooth formal situations. It's said that Roosevelt served Stalin with "Dry Martini" at the Teheran Conferense in 1943. After that the russian gave the drink the name "Americans deadliest weapon". Receipt: Use Manhattan glass, 3 cl dry vermut (Noilly Prat), 6 cl London Dry Gin, Olive (Everything Cold).

Tastes so awful unless you love vodka. Two of them will get you to not remember the night. The olive at the end tastes so good after the vodka.

Extra dry with extra olives. Vodka martinis can hit the spot when looking for a smooth non-fruity drink. Go easy on the dry vermouth, swill a few drops in a chilled glass and pour out the excess vermouth.

Great drink! I prefer the vodka martini. More olives the better. If you want better taste, upgrade the vodka instead of using the house vodka. It tastes a lot better.

Tastes like crap. If you need to be holding a certain type of drink to feel like you're cool, then enjoy the olive.

Welcome to the world of the perfect drink. When made properly (and this is the hardest thing to find) Martini's ( and when I say that I mean Vodka Martini's) are the best. I like mine dirty with a whole string of olives. Mmmhh good stuff. And as Apu says they pack "such a mighty wallop!"

Straight, dirty, shaken, stirred - you can keep 'em. Be sure to wear your 3-button suit to the bar, light your cigar, and sneer a lot. One day, if I work really hard, maybe I can be that cool.

Inexplicably, these taste even worse than straight, warm vodka.

You can make these with the finest or cheapest gin and they all taste like lighter fluid. forget James Bond, we are talking the choice of Alcoholics here.