News to hollers: tequila is the most overpriced yuppie cocktail.Quote:
Originally Posted by sledneckripper
Hell, decent gin is close to the same price as JD.
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News to hollers: tequila is the most overpriced yuppie cocktail.Quote:
Originally Posted by sledneckripper
Hell, decent gin is close to the same price as JD.
no way eh, the little flecks of ice are an integral part of a proper martini. Not big hunks just a light flecking thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
Hmmm. I would like to try that sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
There was a time when I went through a few bottles of V.E.P. chartreuse (not the regular screwcap variety, but the real deal aged and corked and made by the monks in limited batches).
Will also look for that gin. thx.
I prefer to keep the vodka and gin in the freezer at all times. Then when poured on the ice, you can get the full icy goodness of it without watering it down too much.
I'll have to try the no. 209. I like no. 10.
Has anyone tried Rangpur?
Or passing out with a beer pitcher in your hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
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Yes - if you make martinis at home, it's worth it to spend the extra 5 bucks on a bottle of something better than Martini and Rossi.Quote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
I think I'm supposta post somewhere in this thread.
http://www.bevmo.com/115images/59454.jpg
and 110 proof too!!!
stick closer to home irul:
http://www.beveragewarehouse.com/sea...ducts/4673.jpg
I tend to like a good ol Belvedere martini, very dirty with a couple/few olives.
On a side note, there is this place in Vegas called Red Square which is a martini bar. The bar is made of ice and I have had some of the best martinis I have ever had there. I highly suggest checking this place out when in sin city. Also, depending who is tending bar, you can see some pretty fancy pours, like the 6 martini waterfall. I was impressed.
This guy does eleven, but I personally have never seen this much in person:
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Originally Posted by StroupSkier
Better yet, try the stuffed Jalepeno from Swabs High Sierra
http://www.swabshighsierra.com/image...d-jalapeno.gif
IMHO Beefeater makes the best gin and tonics. Nothing better on a hot day, especially after golf. For a martini, Bombay Saphire. No olives for me, hate em. Best martini ever was at the Granary in Jackson. Sitting at the bar overlooking the Tetons, the bartender made me a Gray Goose martini. It was like drinking air.
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Originally Posted by cj001f
Not this stuff: http://www.wineglobe.com/12822.html, which is best value around. I've seen it in the 20s.
i prefer vodka over gin these days, but as long as either one is high quality, am good to go with both. i also prefer a few cocktail onions vs olives. ahhh, its 10am and i am on a con call (yawn) typing about martinis...may have to have one at lunch now :FIREdevil
had a feeling this would turn into a heated 'debate'.
I am with you coreshot, at THE MOST i use a small spritzer bottle and spray a little coating of vermouth on the inside of the glass, with Gin, but never with vodka. If you are gonna use a good vodka don't ruin it with vermouth. You are better off using a little Olive brine than vermouth.
Gin: I second Hendricks. Great gin. Spritz of vermouth, shaken with a cucumber slice or twist.
Vodka: Pravda. This is great vodka. Polish. Pass the vermouth, glance at the bottle, or acknowledge that there is indeed vermouth in the house, half a teaspoon of olive brine and several olives. (this is NOT dirty, just enough brine to get the taste of it.)
(also, Ciroc vodka is nice for a change of pace).
Only Gin is considered a Martini, a 'vodka martini' is another drink all together and therefore doesn't 'require' vermouth.
-Some of us graduated college and got jobs that pay us money.Quote:
Originally Posted by sledneckripper
-PBR is swill.
-Cuervo Gold is filtered diarrhea.
Now go back to being "core." Don't you have some thuper duper thledneck film to be in?
Word. Best martini I've ever had went like this:
Two caps Hendricks
1 cap french appertif wine (forget the name, super sweet)
Normal pour of Cold River Vodka (made by friends in ME)
$$$$$
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Originally Posted by Flexon Phil
I think he's talking about bartenders who shake up the cocktail and smash up the cubes. Broken ice cubes = water in your drink. That's why stirring is way better, and why James Bond doesn't know what he's talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
Really? I like stronger tasting gin in my martinis and lighter gin in my g & ts. More refreshing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Millsie
Nice move, doctor.Quote:
Originally Posted by lph
And sledneckdumbass- there's a time and place for everything.
Do you ask for PBR to be microwaved? I hear it's the shiznitQuote:
Originally Posted by sledneckripper
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Did ya catch that line in Casino Royale from the new Bond, when the bartender asked "shaken or stirred?", and the new Bond responded "Do I look like someone who gives a fuck?"
Tanqueray is my favourite gin so far. More taste than Bombay Sapphire, which is also a nice one. I rarely bother with the ice though. Too much work :)
I agree that a martini requires vermouth. If you don't like vermouth that's fine, but then you're ordering chilled, straight gin, not a martini.
Just because something is served in a martini glass doesn't make it a martini.
By the way, did anyone catch the story on--I think it was--20/20 about vodka? They called a few "vodka snobs" on the carpet by having them blindly taste several different vodkas at room temperature. There wasn't a clear winner, but the clear loser was Grey Goose, which, of course, many previously professed to be their favorite vodka! They also did a taste test using mixed drinks with vodka. Most people couldn't really tell the difference, but there definitely wasn't a preference for the higher priced vodkas at all.
I do that sometimes with my wife who comes with a set of very strong vodka preferences, she does better than me usually although on occasion I can trip her up. That said, she absolutely detestes potato "vodka" and nails me on that stuff every damn time.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Also, straight vodka should be served at refigerator temp, not the freezer…which is not to say that I don't have some in the freezer.
But.....but....who the fuck drinks Vodka at room temp?
The point is any off flavors will be more readily detected at room temperature. Since the idea if vodka is to be tasteless, this is the best way to measure that characteristic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane