I just realized....

ForMud

I'm 54 years old and never drank a martini......I'm on a mission.

What does one need? And how do I make one?

( I know I could just google it.....But what fun would that be )

CAcigarguy007

Depends on vodka or gin. But one sure fact is you have to bump Frank Sinatra "Nothing but the best" while you quaff that! Trust me on this! 

CalvinAndHobo

Add a cap full of vermouth, aka a teaspoon, and 3 ounces of your preferred gin to a metal shaker, and cubes of ice. ( not crushed ice, it melts in the alcohol and waters down the martini.) stir it (don't shake it, it breaks the ice and broken ice melts, James Bond drinks like a sissy). Take a martini glass, swirl olive juice in it to coat the entire surface, then pour it out. Add 3 olives on a toothpick, and put those in the glass, then fill it up with your martini.

- trust me, I'm an alcoholic lol

firehouseguy

I just did these for the first time tonight. Freakin awesome!!! Try a Gibson martini with a little lemon twist and the pearl onions and add about a half teaspoon juice from the pickled onions. Gotta use Gin.

Markwell

Hawkeye just used potato mash and an olive. Sounds like a money saver to me

ForMud

I know what I'm doing next weekend....

jd50ae

This, from the coldest part of your refrigerator.


 And from a chilled bottles of good olives some juice and 3 to 5 berries.
Stir and drink.

jlmarta

Martini recipes are like azzholes - everybody’s got one. 

To start with, if you go into a cocktail lounge and order a martini and your server asks if you want gin or vodka, leave and go somewhere else. A martini IS with gin!  If I wanted a vodka martini I’d have said so. There’s a martini or a vodka martini and a knowledgeable server will know that. 

If theyre offering, say, an apple martini or a blueberry martini, run, don’t walk to another lounge. These are abominations, NOT martinis. 

A martini consists of gin and vermouth - the vermouth in varying amounts depending on your personal preference. In my family, for instance, you put the gin and ice in the shaker, take the bottle of vermouth off the shelf, clutch it to your chest and bow toward Italy, then put it back on the shelf. Give the shaker a few shakes (not so much as to melt the ice) and decant it into a chilled glass. Add the olive (a pearl onion makes it a Gibson, not a martini) and enjoy. 

Youre welcome...... 

90+_Irishman

Marty I’m sure I’m not the only one on here but I swear I read everything you post. Short on filler and long on common sense and wisdom. Thanks for sharing and keep posting my friend

jgibv

I just can’t do gin.....tried it a bunch of times but just no.

Dirty martini with vodka (preferably ketel one) is my go to.

2 parts vodka
1 part vermouth
1 part olive juice

shaken 

garnish with 2 high quality stuffed olives (either jalapeño/garlic stuffed or blue cheese stuffed)

CharlieHeis

Markwell said:

Hawkeye just used potato mash and an olive. Sounds like a money saver to me

I thought of Mash too. https://youtu.be/Mq0IChJXJ14

90+_Irishman

If you’re looking for a good and surprisingly cheap potatoe vodka check out Monopolowa. 

jlmarta

Another reasonably reliable recipe if you count on a ‘tini or two after work is to start with a new bottle (.750) of your favorite gin. Remove the cap and pour in 1oz of vermouth. (There’s usually room for it). Then replace the cap, shake the bottle well, and place it in the fridge. 

Now you’re ready for instant gratification as soon as you get home from work. 

Amos_Umwhat

jgibv said:

I just can’t do gin.....tried it a bunch of times but just no.

I'm with you on that.  I like martini's, but Gin makes me nuts.  It's weird, I can drink way more (decent) Scotch than is good for a human, make sense all night, and wake up with no hangover at all.  I think it might be genetic, I'm about 93% Gaelic, a small percent Cherokee, and some other off-brand DNA.  

If I drink more than 2 shots of Gin, I apparently drink a lot more, have no memory whatsoever of what happened, and none of my friends who were present will talk to me for at least a month.  Some never again!  No foolin'.

90+_Irishman

In some ways I really do get what you mean about can’t do certain drinks or how they change your behavior Amos. I can’t do anything more than a shot or two of tequila, I turn into a disaster and it’s always ugly. Scotch, bourbon, whiskey or beer and I’m fine. My guts may hate me but personality wise I just get mellow and chatty. Tequila as much as I like the taste just does something to me in higher quantity. 

jlmarta

I remember my first taste of gin. I was a teenager and i told my buddies it tasted like I was drinking a Christmas tree....

Years later, my child bride re-introduced me to gin in the form of a nice, dry martini. I was hooked. Both on her and on martinis.... 

90+_Irishman

I like gin only two ways, with some tonic and lime, or if it’s good enough gin then just gin with a bit of ice straight. Hendricks comes to mind as what I will drink straight or with a splash of tonic. 

NOGILLS2

You made me realize I have never had a martini either! I had one of those jobs that if I was charged with a dui I would lose my job, so I didn't drink for 38 years, the last 10 years I started drinking again, but it was beer and usually only one. Now that I am retired I have been learning HOW to drink! My friend Phil in Houston has reintroduced me to cigars and alcohol. My first Scotch was Talisker 18 year, then he educated me on Bourbon, and Rye, so I have more liquor in my possession now, than the last 40 years. I have 18 year old Scotch, from Sherry cask finish, from Kirkland (COSTCO), I have Willet Rye, Buffalo Trace Bourbon, and Jameson Irish whisky. So my next new drink is going to be a martini. Thanks!

dirtdude

^^^^I am coming to visit^^^^

YankeeMan

My Dad used to put a little vermouth in the glass, swish it around and dump, he then added the gin.

Yakster

I've hardly tried gin.  Someone fixed me an Aviator which I enjoyed.

silvermouse

When I was 16 I went to the senior class party and had my first falling down, puking, blackout drunk on gin. That was the first and last time for that adult beverage.

ForMud

I had a Sargent in the Army who used to drink gin right from the bottle....I'm talking guzzling half a bottle before taking a breath....I was amazed, shocked and a little afraid all at the same time. 

Sketch6995

Try a virgin gimlet.....

What would that even be?  An olive in a martini glass?

NOGILLS2

dirtdude said:

^^^^I am coming to visit^^^^

Just let me know when your flight lands and I'll pick you up at the airport, and take you on an adventure in Louisiana you will never forget!

jlmarta

Sketch6995 said:

Try a virgin gimlet.....

What would that even be?  An olive in a martini glass?

A gimlet is 2 oz gin. 3/4 oz lime juice, 3/4 

jlmarta

As I was saying, a gimlet is 2 oz gin, 3/4 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz simple syrup and a garnish - lime wheel or ?
P
A virgin gimlet is without the gin..

0patience

I have no idea what any of you are talking about. LOL!
Although, my mom used to drink something called a Gin Daiquari.
Then again, she always had some drink or another in her hand.

Diver43

Mine was a Arminius .357 Mag Revolver with a 6" barrel.

Diver43

^^^^^^^
This post was made on another forum WTF

silvermouse

^ one too many martinis?