Martinis, page 2
43 recipes, page 2 of 2
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Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen is vodka and Bénédictine at two to one with a dash of Angostura, stirred and served up. It is a very simple drink and an unusual one, because it uses vodka the way
Hanky Panky
Ada Coleman ran the American Bar at the Savoy from 1903 to 1926, the first and for nearly a century the only woman to hold the post, and mixed for Mark Twain, the Prince of Wales
Income Tax
The Income Tax is a Bronx with two dashes of Angostura in it. Gin, both vermouths, fresh orange juice, and then a small levy of bitters entered against the sweetness. The name is
Japanese Cocktail
The Japanese Cocktail has nothing to do with Japan. Jerry Thomas created it in 1862 at his New York bar, naming it in honour of the Kanrin Maru mission, the first Japanese
Last Word
The Last Word is one of the great equal-parts cocktails: gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice in identical measures, shaken and served up. No component
Left Bank Martini
The Left Bank Martini puts dry white wine where the vermouth would go. Gin leads, elderflower liqueur supplies the sweetness and the perfume, and a crisp unoaked white does the
Martinez
The Martinez is the oldest documented ancestor of the Martini and the drink from which the entire stirred gin cocktail tradition most likely descends. It appeared in Jerry
Martini
The Martini is the most argued-about drink in the history of bartending. The disputes over ratio, gin versus vodka, stirred versus shaken, olive versus twist have run for over a
Metropole
The Metropole is a brandy martini: cognac and dry vermouth in equal measure, with two dashes of Peychaud's and one of orange bitters. It was the house drink of the Hotel Metropole
Poet’s Dream
The Poet’s Dream is a martini with Bénédictine in it at full measure rather than as a barspoon, which is the whole point. Gin, dry vermouth and Bénédictine at forty-five,
Pornstar Martini
The Pornstar Martini was created by Douglas Ankrah at the Townhouse bar in Knightsbridge, London, in 2002, and became one of the most successful cocktail creations of the
Sherry Martini
The Sherry Martini is a Martini variation in which fino sherry replaces dry vermouth as the modifier, producing a drink that is lighter, more saline and more delicate than the
Tomatini
The Tomatini is the savoury martini rebuilt from the fruit bowl. Jimmy Barrat created it at La Petite Maison in Dubai in 2011 and carried it to the World Class bartending final in
Turf Club
The Turf Club is one of the oldest named drinks in the martini family, appearing in the bar books of the 1880s when gin and vermouth together was still a new enough idea to need
Tuxedo
The Tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, the Hudson Valley enclave whose club gave the dinner jacket its American name, and the drink is dressed accordingly: Old Tom gin and
Vancouver
The Vancouver is gin and sweet vermouth with a barspoon of Bénédictine and two dashes of orange bitters. It is the house drink of the Sylvia Hotel on English Bay, poured there
Vesper
The Vesper was created by Ian Fleming for his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, published in 1953. Bond orders it in chapter seven, dictates the recipe to a bartender
Vodka Martini
The Vodka Martini is vodka and a very small measure of dry vermouth, stirred and served extremely cold. It started life in the 1950s bar books under the name Kangaroo, which was
Watermelon Martini
The Watermelon Martini is the fresh-fruit martini school’s summer graduation: the London style of the 1990s and 2000s that muddled real produce into vodka and called the result a