cocktails The Martini Chronicles P.13 It’s been awfully quiet round here lately, which fortunately is not due to me losing my limbs in a horrible freak-accident, but mainly due to my preoccupation with things not more important, but certainly more pressing. Nevertheless, here’s another installment of my ‘tini Chronicles (‘tini, as compared to
cocktails The Martini Chronicles Pt.5 - Venturing into the forbidden territory 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
cocktails The Martini Chronicles Pt.4 I have to admit it, I am a man of extremes. While the last chronicle featured a very sweet Martini, this here chronicle will detail a rather dry affair. The recipe used, as mentioned last time, I got from here. The thing that sets it apart from most other recipes,
cocktails The Martini Chronicles Pt.3 And as promised, here’s the recount of sweet Vermouth Martini preparation. I used the Martini&Rossi Bianco, which I think is the sweetest one you can get. The ratio was 4 parts Gin to 2 parts Vermouth, which is the ratio recommended on the Noilly Prat bottle, only
cocktails The Martini Chronicles Pt.2 So here we are, it’s part two of the Martini Chronicles. I yesterday produced my first Martini Dry, and let me tell you, it’s so much different from what I’d expected. First of all, in the name of full disclosure, I’ll have to admit something. It
