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Vodka or Gin?

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Some good Bombay Sapphire GIN over ice...and keep the vermouth at least ten feet away! Garnish with bleu cheese-stuffed olives. Now, THAT is a good martini!

glenn514 :mug:
 
Some good Bombay Sapphire GIN over ice...and keep the vermouth at least ten feet away! Garnish with bleu cheese-stuffed olives. Now, THAT is a good martini!

glenn514 :mug:

Oh, my. You just made me very very thirsty. It's 8 AM though, and WAY too early for a martini.

Oh, wait. I'm retired! But I only have Beefeater and Tangeray right now. Hmmm.
 
Sorry, I was commenting on liquor in general. In the debate at hand, gin. Vodka is boring, by legal definition.

Title 27, Sec. 5.22
(1) “Vodka” is neutral spirits so distilled, or so treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials, as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.

Which is the point. It is a neutral spirit. meant to provide the kick and nothing else.
 
Oh, my. You just made me very very thirsty. It's 8 AM though, and WAY too early for a martini.

Oh, wait. I'm retired! But I only have Beefeater and Tangeray right now. Hmmm.

I've never been one to follow this "rule". Same with food. If I feel like eating a rack of ribs for breakfast so be it, my stomach doesn't care what time it is. And food doesn't know whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
 
+1. Vodka in a martini glass is not a martini.

Pretty much this.

Call me low-class, but to my mind, Beefeater makes the best martinis.

Oh, I prefer a twist rather than an olive. But this is just because I don't like olives.
 
Greylock Gin, local craft distillery
"five parts gin and a quick glance at a bottle of vermouth"
 
Fill a glass with Gin, set the gin bottle down in front of the vermouth and top the glass off with Green Olive juice and a few olives.
 
Some good Bombay Sapphire GIN over ice...and keep the vermouth at least ten feet away! Garnish with bleu cheese-stuffed olives. Now, THAT is a good martini!
glenn514 :mug:

Yes

Brown Martinis?

Key lime martinis??? Gin and tonic with a lime rules for me.

more Yes

Gin and it's gotta be Hendricks!

Sapphire, Hendricks, both excellent gins!
(if you think Sapphire is sporty, double down for the Hendricks...)
 
I like my glass rinsed with Vermouth, Then filled with Grey Goose, some olive juice and 2 spears of green olives aka "Extra Dirty Goose". I have about 4 a year, if that many.
 
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