Strain and Serve: Empty the ice water from your now chilled martini glass. Strain the liquid from the shaker into the glass, ensuring that no ice shards make their way into the final drink. Garnish: Finally, garnish your drink with a large slice of lemon peel, just like Bond would have it. While the Vesper remains the quintessential James Bond
Opinions vary. Some say to mix 4 parts vodka with 1 part vermouth; others recommend just rinsing the glass with vermouth before pouring in the vodka, and some drinkers forgo the vermouth altogether! A vodka martini is a cocktail made with vodka and vermouth, a variation of a martini. A vodka martini is made by combining vodka, dry vermouth and ice in a cocktail shaker or mixing glass. The ingredients are chilled, either by stirring or shaking, then strained and served "straight up" (without ice) in a chilled cocktail glass. James Bond helped make the vodka martini a cultural icon. “Gone are the days of the 9-oz. steakhouse-style martini steadily getting warmer and less appealing as the night goes on.”Always knew you were a man of substance How to make the perfect Martini. 50ml Beefeater gin. 15ml Martini Dry. Combine gin and vermouth in shaker. Stir until chilled and double strain into
Thanks to an Absolut vodka advertising campaign featuring artwork by Andy Warhol and later, work by other art, music and fashion world icons, sales of vodka (and vodka-based martinis) surged.
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