Unless I have a bartender in his upper 50s, and a fan of Winston Churchill's drinking habits, I prefer to make my own.
I use a frosted glass, coat the inside with vermouth. I put some ice in the shaker, and put enough vermouth to just cover the ice...stir. I strain the vermouth out of the ice throwing it out (I only use the vermouth to coat the ice) I poor Bombay Saphire into the shaker, and stir it softly (the vodka martini was invented for the James Bond films because Shmiernoff was a sponser). I do not shake it because shaking bruses the gin. When you bruse alcohol, that means you water it down. I then strain it into my vermouth coated glass and garnish with 2 olives.
Winston Churchill's recipe for a martini was: Pour gin into a glass and then glance at the vermouth from accross the room. Another favorite recipe I have seen was: Poor gin into a glass, take a shot of vermouth and then blow on the glass of gin.
Although the shaking rule can be over looked if the bartender is well endowed in the chest area
I use a frosted glass, coat the inside with vermouth. I put some ice in the shaker, and put enough vermouth to just cover the ice...stir. I strain the vermouth out of the ice throwing it out (I only use the vermouth to coat the ice) I poor Bombay Saphire into the shaker, and stir it softly (the vodka martini was invented for the James Bond films because Shmiernoff was a sponser). I do not shake it because shaking bruses the gin. When you bruse alcohol, that means you water it down. I then strain it into my vermouth coated glass and garnish with 2 olives.
Winston Churchill's recipe for a martini was: Pour gin into a glass and then glance at the vermouth from accross the room. Another favorite recipe I have seen was: Poor gin into a glass, take a shot of vermouth and then blow on the glass of gin.
Although the shaking rule can be over looked if the bartender is well endowed in the chest area