DJL 232 #1 August 30, 2005 Everyone give me their personal favorites and insights. And if anyone says that "this has been discussed here at length..." you can take it to fuckin' talkback. Edit: Include favorite vokda or gin. I prefer vodka martinis, the dirtier the better."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragnarok 0 #2 August 30, 2005 Grey Goose, chilled, straight up with an olive. Maybe a drop or two of Bombay Sapphire in the glass before adding the Grey Goose. Bombay Sapphire, chilled, straight up with an olive. If I am in the mood for a dirty marty, I will add a dash of bitters or a dash of vermouth._________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #3 August 30, 2005 Martinis that involve Gin and/or vegetables are disgusting. I think Gin may be the only hard alcohol I won't drink straight. Gin and tonic with lemon ok, but that's about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #4 August 30, 2005 I don't."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #5 August 30, 2005 QuoteMartinis that involve Gin and/or vegetables are disgusting. I think Gin may be the only hard alcohol I won't drink straight. Gin and tonic with lemon ok, but that's about it. I love gin! Don't exactly know why but I can drink a whole lotta gin in one sitting. I do require juice squeezes to mix though after the first couple of straight up ones. Olives, love em! Those little cocktail onions? Love em! I like Grey Goose and Belvedere and Ketel One for vodka. Tangueray ten and Bombay saphire for Gin. This post is going to lead me to drink tonight! -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #6 August 30, 2005 Put a bottle of excellent gin (or vodka) in the freezer. Put the glass in the freezer. Wait until they are c o l d (saves you messing with ice cubes and diluting the mix) Pour 8cl of gin or vodka directly into chilled glass. Lay 2-3 drops of extra dry Vermouth on top. Cut a thin twist of lemon and run it around the rim and place it in the glass. Olive optional. This is a summary of Salvatore Calabrese's build method. I prefer Bombay Sapphire Gin and Vox Vodka, but there are plenty of other good ones. Oh yeah, if you take cheap Vodka and run it through a Brita filter a bunch of times, you get expensive Vodka. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #7 August 30, 2005 Chopin Vodka, Ice, a tear or olive juice, shake, serve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #8 August 30, 2005 A couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FallingOsh 0 #9 August 30, 2005 I agree with the Momma. Good vodka is good because it's good in your head. Aristocrat maybe an exception, but its pretty much all the same. I like Absolut... little dry... little drity. The girlfriend likes an appletini. Any kind of vodka, apple pucker, melon liquor, and a touch of grenadine -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Elisha 1 #10 August 30, 2005 QuoteI like Grey Goose and Belvedere and Ketel One for vodka. Tangueray ten and Bombay saphire for Gin. This post is going to lead me to drink tonight! Welllllll, I suppose those are fine. Who doesn't like Grey Goose, Belvedere and Ketel One? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelpdiver 2 #11 August 30, 2005 QuoteA couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most! would have to experiment. There is a distinctive flavor to GG and Ketel One, and not the same one. (by the 5th round, you could probably serve water) Dating back (a while) to my Fedco days, their generic vodka sold really well. But plastic containers seem so ghetto. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Girlfalldown 0 #12 August 31, 2005 QuoteA couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most! I love blind tastings for that very reason! You can also pour your normal vodka through a britta water filter a couple of times and the quality goes way up. Try it! -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Maxx 1 #13 August 31, 2005 I really don't like martini, but this one is a killer! vodka martini bacardi orangejuice mix it how you like it, throw in some cubed ice.. Cheers, Max Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #14 August 31, 2005 My favorite martini is a tequila martini. Take some mid-grade tequila (it's a waste of good alcohol to be doing this with Cazadores), preferably a reposado or a dorado.Add a splash of dry vermouth. Stir it (shaken not stirred? Hard alcohol drinks should be stirred, dag nabbit.) in ice and strain into a martini glass. Add a lemon twist to it. A Tequila Martini is really quite delightful! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kai2k1 0 #15 August 31, 2005 Chill Glass, Rinse glass with vermouth, Mix half half of chilled Stolli's and Green olive juice There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jumpchikk 0 #16 August 31, 2005 I like my martinis with vodka. I think gin tastes like pine trees. I love sour apple martinis... I was going to make one tonight with some grey goose vodka, but didn't have the sour apple mix, so I improvised and had pineapple juice and vodka. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites IanHarrop 37 #17 August 31, 2005 The James Bond martini appears in his very first book (by Ian Fleming), Casino Royale. In chapter 7, we read: "A dry martini," he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet." "Oui, monsieur." "Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?" Lillet is a type of Vermouth that you can still find in many stores. Gordon's is a gin. Where most martinis are made with gin, and vodka martinis are just made with vodka, Bond wildly mixes them both up. By shaking it, you make the drink cold, which is key for most vodka drinks to taste well. It also mixes the vodka and gin well, giving it a good texture. The next time you're mixing drinks, try making one shaken and one stirred. See if you can taste the difference"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #18 August 31, 2005 QuoteThe next time you're mixing drinks, try making one shaken and one stirred. See if you can taste the difference If drinks like martinis are shaken, it makes the flavors harsher. They should be stirred to maintain smoothness. On the other hand, apple martinis or other drinks that have fruit juices should be shaken. I'll put it this way - do you shake your vodka before you pour it? No. But odds are you shake your orange juice or lemonade before you pour it (even if it's pulpless). It makes fruit drinks taste better. I don't know how, but it does. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ncrowe 0 #19 August 31, 2005 Actually you can shake vodka as much you like, normally when people say you should'nt shake a martini its a Gin martini and they're worried about bruising the gin. Me personnaly I prefer vodka....grey goose to be exact, very dirty "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites swedishcelt 0 #20 August 31, 2005 I just like good vodka, olives or the tomatillos? Is that what they are? I just specialize in drinking them, the dirtier the better... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #21 August 31, 2005 Heck, I learn something new everyday. I'd probably know that if I liked vodka. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thegreekone 0 #22 August 31, 2005 *reaches into his quiver* okay, here is a great martini, espcially if you are eating apps or are about to have dinner. chill glass, shaker....blah, blah premium vodka of choice with Pernod (very very very dry, alittle goes a long way) and then add 3 blue cheese stuffed olives. it all comes together into something really great. you can thank me later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #23 August 31, 2005 So Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. And the bartender says, "Olive or Twist?" Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ragnarok 0 #24 August 31, 2005 Quote*reaches into his quiver* okay, here is a great martini, espcially if you are eating apps or are about to have dinner. chill glass, shaker....blah, blah premium vodka of choice with Pernod (very very very dry, alittle goes a long way) and then add 3 blue cheese stuffed olives. it all comes together into something really great. you can thank me later You should always have an odd number of olives in a martini, more than two - and it is a meal, not a drink._________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #25 August 31, 2005 Martinis go well with boobies. You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. 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skymama 35 #8 August 30, 2005 A couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #9 August 30, 2005 I agree with the Momma. Good vodka is good because it's good in your head. Aristocrat maybe an exception, but its pretty much all the same. I like Absolut... little dry... little drity. The girlfriend likes an appletini. Any kind of vodka, apple pucker, melon liquor, and a touch of grenadine -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #10 August 30, 2005 QuoteI like Grey Goose and Belvedere and Ketel One for vodka. Tangueray ten and Bombay saphire for Gin. This post is going to lead me to drink tonight! Welllllll, I suppose those are fine. Who doesn't like Grey Goose, Belvedere and Ketel One? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #11 August 30, 2005 QuoteA couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most! would have to experiment. There is a distinctive flavor to GG and Ketel One, and not the same one. (by the 5th round, you could probably serve water) Dating back (a while) to my Fedco days, their generic vodka sold really well. But plastic containers seem so ghetto. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #12 August 31, 2005 QuoteA couple weeks ago, 20/20 did a blind taste test of 5 different vodkas, Grey Goose was one of them. Most of the people there were Grey Goose snobs and said they would know if it was Grey Goose or not. They didn't. If I recall correctly, they liked the cheap stuff the most! I love blind tastings for that very reason! You can also pour your normal vodka through a britta water filter a couple of times and the quality goes way up. Try it! -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx 1 #13 August 31, 2005 I really don't like martini, but this one is a killer! vodka martini bacardi orangejuice mix it how you like it, throw in some cubed ice.. Cheers, Max Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #14 August 31, 2005 My favorite martini is a tequila martini. Take some mid-grade tequila (it's a waste of good alcohol to be doing this with Cazadores), preferably a reposado or a dorado.Add a splash of dry vermouth. Stir it (shaken not stirred? Hard alcohol drinks should be stirred, dag nabbit.) in ice and strain into a martini glass. Add a lemon twist to it. A Tequila Martini is really quite delightful! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #15 August 31, 2005 Chill Glass, Rinse glass with vermouth, Mix half half of chilled Stolli's and Green olive juice There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpchikk 0 #16 August 31, 2005 I like my martinis with vodka. I think gin tastes like pine trees. I love sour apple martinis... I was going to make one tonight with some grey goose vodka, but didn't have the sour apple mix, so I improvised and had pineapple juice and vodka. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #17 August 31, 2005 The James Bond martini appears in his very first book (by Ian Fleming), Casino Royale. In chapter 7, we read: "A dry martini," he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet." "Oui, monsieur." "Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?" Lillet is a type of Vermouth that you can still find in many stores. Gordon's is a gin. Where most martinis are made with gin, and vodka martinis are just made with vodka, Bond wildly mixes them both up. By shaking it, you make the drink cold, which is key for most vodka drinks to taste well. It also mixes the vodka and gin well, giving it a good texture. The next time you're mixing drinks, try making one shaken and one stirred. See if you can taste the difference"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #18 August 31, 2005 QuoteThe next time you're mixing drinks, try making one shaken and one stirred. See if you can taste the difference If drinks like martinis are shaken, it makes the flavors harsher. They should be stirred to maintain smoothness. On the other hand, apple martinis or other drinks that have fruit juices should be shaken. I'll put it this way - do you shake your vodka before you pour it? No. But odds are you shake your orange juice or lemonade before you pour it (even if it's pulpless). It makes fruit drinks taste better. I don't know how, but it does. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #19 August 31, 2005 Actually you can shake vodka as much you like, normally when people say you should'nt shake a martini its a Gin martini and they're worried about bruising the gin. Me personnaly I prefer vodka....grey goose to be exact, very dirty "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #20 August 31, 2005 I just like good vodka, olives or the tomatillos? Is that what they are? I just specialize in drinking them, the dirtier the better... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #21 August 31, 2005 Heck, I learn something new everyday. I'd probably know that if I liked vodka. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #22 August 31, 2005 *reaches into his quiver* okay, here is a great martini, espcially if you are eating apps or are about to have dinner. chill glass, shaker....blah, blah premium vodka of choice with Pernod (very very very dry, alittle goes a long way) and then add 3 blue cheese stuffed olives. it all comes together into something really great. you can thank me later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #23 August 31, 2005 So Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. And the bartender says, "Olive or Twist?" Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragnarok 0 #24 August 31, 2005 Quote*reaches into his quiver* okay, here is a great martini, espcially if you are eating apps or are about to have dinner. chill glass, shaker....blah, blah premium vodka of choice with Pernod (very very very dry, alittle goes a long way) and then add 3 blue cheese stuffed olives. it all comes together into something really great. you can thank me later You should always have an odd number of olives in a martini, more than two - and it is a meal, not a drink._________________________________________ Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006 Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008 Blue Skies Forever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #25 August 31, 2005 Martinis go well with boobies. You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
