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The Martini Chronicles Pt.15: The Graham Greene

Ever since cleaning up some of my posts on here, I've been thinking about my Martini Chronicles and whether I should add yet another update. For those who aren't familiar with what they are: I used to not know the littlest thing about Martinis, until one day I decided to

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.14

And here it is, the 14th instalment of your most favourite series. Let’s get down to business: This, Ladies and Gentleman, is the perfect Martini. At least when it comes to being true to what creating a Martini is all about. Which would be to create the perfect Martini,

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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

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.12 - Dusty

Equipped with Bombay Gin, Noillit Noilly Prat (edit: did I actually misspell that? I’m such a chump!) and a solid Single Malt, I yesterday added another chapter to my glorious Martini Chronicles. Have a look: What you see is a variant of the Dusty Martini. While the original Dusty

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The Martini Chronicles P.11 - Ice Age

With the advent of the Bombay Sapphire Gin, I also introduced a new way of chilling the Martini glasses to perfection: I looked up that technique from a pro barkeeper demonstrating the preparation of a Martini Dry on the Bombay Sapphire website itself. Unfortunately I can’t link to the

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.10

And here we are, part ten of my, I dare say, infamous Martini Chronicles. As with all anniversaries, something special and exciting was in order, and well, here it is: Yes, it’s the famous Bombay Sapphire Gin, recommended to me by Max in a comment to the very first

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.9

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

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.8

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

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.7 - My own creation

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

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.6 - The Perfect Martini

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?

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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The Martini Chronicles Pt.1

And in my quest to find new and enticing chronicles for this blog, here’s my latest. I have decided to become the world’s best mixer of Martini Dry, that one and only of cocktails. It won’t be an easy feat, considering how many people lost their lives