Comments on: How to Make the Perfect Martini http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dusty Baker http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-103749 Dusty Baker Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:43:07 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2844#comment-103749 Survival Kit: One ounce bottle (airplane bottle) of Gin. A small bottle of Dry Vermouth with an eye dropper. One martini glass. All packaged vinto a shockproof container. If you get lost in the forest, desert, ot wherever... Open the container. Place the martini glass on a convenient flat surface. Pour the contents of the one ounce gin bottle into the glass. Open the sweet vermouth and proceed to put two drops of dry vermouth into the gin already in the martini glass. Within three minutes, you'll have at least 25 people telling you that you are making the martini incorrectly. You are saved. Survival Kit:
One ounce bottle (airplane bottle) of Gin.
A small bottle of Dry Vermouth with an eye dropper.
One martini glass.
All packaged vinto a shockproof container.
If you get lost in the forest, desert, ot wherever…
Open the container. Place the martini glass on a convenient flat surface. Pour the contents of the one ounce gin bottle into the glass. Open the sweet vermouth and proceed to put two drops of dry vermouth into the gin already in the martini glass.
Within three minutes, you’ll have at least 25 people telling you that you are making the martini incorrectly.
You are saved.

]]> By: Michael http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-103246 Michael Fri, 28 May 2010 19:47:48 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2844#comment-103246 The recipe looks fabulous and inspires me to become a martini aficionado. I may give up single malts in favor of the mysterious martini... just to enjoy the perfect martini with my beautiful, delightful gal! The recipe looks fabulous and inspires me to become a martini aficionado. I may give up single malts in favor of the mysterious martini… just to enjoy the perfect martini with my beautiful, delightful gal!

]]> By: Matt Welsh http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-100991 Matt Welsh Fri, 07 May 2010 23:36:51 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2844#comment-100991 Also, one of the best pieces of advice ever given me about martinis: Martinis are like women's breasts - one isn't enough and three is too many... Also, one of the best pieces of advice ever given me about martinis:

Martinis are like women’s breasts – one isn’t enough and three is too many…

]]> By: Kurt http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-100937 Kurt Thu, 06 May 2010 19:40:51 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2844#comment-100937 To the people who say it can't be,.....Gin can be bruised. Any alcohol can. It's just a fancy way of saying that your introducing oxygen into the gin by shaking it vigorously with ice cubes acting as a tumbler. Most good gins are infused with an array of herbs and flavors when they are created. In order to unlock those flavors, you need to shake it up. It's the same as adding a splash of water to scotch to open up the "bouquet" of flavors. The water is just acting as an agitator without adding to the flavor. Also, our tongues require O2 in order to taste things. The more O2 in your mouth when drinking, the more intense the flavor. My guess is that nostalgia is the main reason many traditionalist prefer the flavor brought on by stirring (that's how they remember it tasting back in the day, so it MUST be the right way). Bottom line, if you want a cocktail with flavor that's 3-dimensional instead of just two, take it shaken, not stirred. To the people who say it can’t be,…..Gin can be bruised. Any alcohol can. It’s just a fancy way of saying that your introducing oxygen into the gin by shaking it vigorously with ice cubes acting as a tumbler.
Most good gins are infused with an array of herbs and flavors when they are created. In order to unlock those flavors, you need to shake it up. It’s the same as adding a splash of water to scotch to open up the “bouquet” of flavors. The water is just acting as an agitator without adding to the flavor. Also, our tongues require O2 in order to taste things. The more O2 in your mouth when drinking, the more intense the flavor.
My guess is that nostalgia is the main reason many traditionalist prefer the flavor brought on by stirring (that’s how they remember it tasting back in the day, so it MUST be the right way). Bottom line, if you want a cocktail with flavor that’s 3-dimensional instead of just two, take it shaken, not stirred.

]]> By: Justin http://artofmanliness.com/2009/05/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-martini/comment-page-1/#comment-100527 Justin Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:58:40 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2844#comment-100527 You can like a martini if you dislike Frank. You cannot LOVE a martini unless you love Frank. The chairman of the board. I happen to revere both appropriately. Which is to say: I think Frank Sinatra records and the martini are the 2 greatest things the world has to offer. And don your tuxes--or smoking jackets--gentlemen. You can like a martini if you dislike Frank. You cannot LOVE a martini unless you love Frank. The chairman of the board. I happen to revere both appropriately. Which is to say: I think Frank Sinatra records and the martini are the 2 greatest things the world has to offer. And don your tuxes–or smoking jackets–gentlemen.

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