What Does Your Martini Say About You?
The most iconic cocktail tells a great story about a person…
The martini is an intensely personal cocktail. You can make it in a seemingly infinite different number of ways by tweaking any one of the below variables:
- Different gins
- Different vermouths
- Different ratios of each
- Additions of bitters
- Different garnish choices
And because we don’t know exactly where or how the martini came into being, there’s never been a hard and fast rule on the ratio of gin to vermouth like there is for, say, a Manhattan, which is a very clear 2:1 ratio of rye to vermouth.
Which means everyone has a personal preference. So, what does your preference say about you?
Churchill martini
Churchill was reputed to drink a glass with 3oz of cold gin while looking at an unopened bottle of vermouth. In other words, he was just drinking straight gin, ice cold.
That’s not a cocktail, it’s called alcoholism. Seek therapy if this is your martini of choice.
Wet martini
Probably as close to the original as you can get. 2oz gin to 1oz dry vermouth. It’s a…
