As you may have gathered from above image, I’ve now finally come around to producing a Gibson. According to Wikipedia, the origin of the Gibson is still disputed. It is most likely that it was named after Charles Dana Gibson, the American graphic artist we all of course know and love. Rumour has it that Gibson challenged a barkeeper to improve on the Martini recipe. Which he did by substituting the olive with the pickled onion.
Whatever the real origin of the drink is, I’ve noted that the taste of the pickled onion really changes the tone of the drink. At first it tasted like any ordinary Martini, but after a while, the sweet pickled onion turned it into a bitter-sweet symphony (ha, I still can’t get over the fact how awesome I am).
I won’t go as far as to say that this is the best of the Martini variants I’ve had so far, but it’s definitely a contender.
By the way, I’ve read up on a few of the rather obscure Martini variants, and you may actually see something exotic like a Saketini for my next installment (being the tenth one and all that).
And here’s part eight of your most favourite recurring feature on any blog you’ve ever read!
This time with a very special creation, created and conceived by none other than myself: A Perfect Vodka Martini! Having finally mastered the art of not caring whether it’s a real Martini by anyone’s standards, I’ve now embraced the Vodka Martini as a real Martini too. It just opens up that window of opportunities a bit wider for a Martini-adventurer like myself.
So the Perfect Vodka Martini was prepared exactly like the original Perfect Martini, only that instead of Gin, I used, well, Vodka.
And here’s another difference: instead of Noilly Prat, I used Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Vermouth*. It’s not the Vermouth of choice for total Martini snobs, but for someone like me, who values variety, it’s a welcome change.
At least to my girlfriend and me, the result was quite an agreeable concoction. Will drink again!
*Having brought my 2/3 full bottle of Noilly Prat to the Tupalo bash on Friday, I was forced to improvise, as my ordinary grocer doesn’t stock that finest of Vermouths. But I’ve heard, that some people prefer the Martini & Rossi Dry Vermouth anyway. In the end, it doesn’t really matter, considering that Martini & Rossi actually own the Noilly Prat brand.
And in rapid succession, here comes the latest installment of the Martini Chronicles. On a whim, I decided yesterday to create a 50-50 Martini, but with a twist. A Vodka twist! That’s right, I made a Vodka Martini, with three parts Vodka and three parts dry Vermouth.
Glasses of course were chilled to perfection, and the lemon wedge was big. I think I like the Vodka Martini more and more, but always with the caveat that it isn’t of course a real Martini.
Nevertheless, I’ll try to fill up a small bottle of Vermouth tonight, so that I may be able to have a Vodka Martini at the Tupalo bash (which, according to the invitation, is sponsored by Absolut Vodka). I do hope they have lemons too.
So you really thought after a mere seven six (ah, alcohol!) installments of the Martini Chronicles I’d have perfected the art of the Martini? Of course not! I’m still a bloody, humble beginner.
The latest Martini simply has the name “Perfect Martini”. Why it’s called that way? I don’t have a clue. But it is quite tasty, and that’s all that matters.
I used four parts Gin, one part sweet Martini & Rossi Vermouth and one part dry French Vermouth. As garnish I had the freedom of using either an olive or a lemon wedge. As you can see, I used both.
Even though I’m not a big fan of sweet Vermouth, the mix really had something. We might have that one again.
Let’s start off with a quote, shall we?
“It has come to my attention that some people believe a martini can be made with vodka instead of gin. While it is true that you can follow the above recipe, substituting vodka for gin, and produce a liquid that some people will drink, believe me, it is not a martini, not no way, not no how. It is a concoction suitable only for those who have no soul and less guts.” #
Well, there’s a time to have a soul and guts and there’s a time to just have leave those behind. Especially when you’re bound to the rules of scientific experimentation and general awesomeness. So here’s the latest Martini:
Yes, that is a Vodka bottle, and a cheap one too.
I prepared the Martini as I had done with the first one, but instead of Gin, I used 4 parts of Vodka. Instead of an olive, a lemon was cut up and a wedge put into the chilled glass before pouring.
The bitter flavour Gin adds to a Martini is of course not present in a Vodka Martini. Instead, it just tastes a lot like Alcohol with a tad of lemon.
Not my favourite Martini, but the girlfriend liked it. Reason enough to consider making it again, even though, by any standards, it’s not a real Martini.
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