Dry Martini
Two ingredients, nowhere to hide. Get everything painfully cold.
Ingredients
- 60 ml Gin
- 10 ml Dry vermouth
Method
Stir with plenty of ice until the mixing glass frosts. Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Lemon twist or an olive — pick a side
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Strong
- Style
- Stirred
- Tastes
- spirit-forward
Where it comes from
Descended from the sweeter, vermouth-heavy Martinez of the late 1800s. The proportion of vermouth fell steadily through the twentieth century — Victorian recipes were close to half and half, and by the 1950s some drinkers were barely wetting the glass with it.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
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