Gin vs Vodka (Martini)

[jamespowers]

This is wholly awesome.

Three sprays will do you just fine.

 

[jamespowers]

No kidding. I just got back from picking up gin and vermouth. I should have never read this thread.

Was it expensive vermouth?
I'll have to make an Aviation Gin Martini this evening. :cheers1:

 

[Fletch]

A steak in a glass?

You'd need an awfully big glass.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi, I'm the one neither vote. My wife likes the fruity Martini things, but I've tried several real Martini's at good bars and don't like them. I like Gin, but in G&T. I don't drink any Vodka drinks, and I'm pretty sure I hate Vermouth. I guess I should try it on it's own to be sure.

I know Blasphemer!!!

 

[jamespowers]

You'd need an awfully big glass.

Nah:

 

[Mav]

Was it expensive vermouth?

Nah. The only reason I even use vermouth is so I can say I'm drinking a Martini, instead of a glass of cold gin.
Which still sounds pretty good.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Hi, I'm the one neither vote. My wife likes the fruity Martini things, but I've tried several real Martini's at good bars and don't like them. I like Gin, but in G&T. I don't drink any Vodka drinks, and I'm pretty sure I hate Vermouth. I guess I should try it on it's own to be sure.

I know Blasphemer!!!

My girlfriend is a big gin lover, but she's not much for martinis. She also loves Gin and Tonics, but her heart is usually set on a "The Business", which is gin, tonic, honey and lime.

As for myself - if I'm drinking gin, it's probably in a martini.

 

[jamespowers]

Nah. The only reason I even use vermouth is so I can say I'm drinking a Martini, instead of a glass of cold gin.
Which still sounds pretty good.

mmmmmm cold gin.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Gin has a taste, which is augmented by the vermouth, bitters, and so on. Vodka doesn't, so vermouth, etc., provide the flavors in a vodka-based drink.

For me a martini is gin and vermouth. Western-style democracy allows for cocktail latitude resulting in dirty martinis and whatnot.

 

[Dr Doran]

For me a martini is gin and vermouth. Western-style democracy allows for cocktail latitude resulting in dirty martinis and whatnot.

I disapprove of the license/latitude in our society as well. Results in too many bad options that offend my aesthetics, morals, etc.

 

[Fletch]

<makes rude forearm sign>
Ehhhh...Fascista!!1!
<spits on ground>
<goes back to sipping Cinzano>

 

[DerMann]

Gin is far superior to vodka in almost every sense, especially for martinis.

Vodka doesn't have any flavor or character. As vodka gets more expensive the only thing that changes is that there is less flavor and its smoother. On the other hand, as gin gets more expensive the flavor gets more complex and of course its smoother.

A bottle of good vodka like Smirnoff or Stolitchnya can hardly compare to a bottle of a decent gin like Gilbey's or Beefeater.

For the perfect martini, I construct mine in the manner Sir Winston Churchill preferred:

Pour a cocktail glass full of gin and then "I would like to observe the vermouth from across the room while I drink my martini."

Dry as possible.

Sometimes I'll add a splash of vermouth, but wholeheartedly prefer straight gin.

No olive. It displaces too much gin.

 

[rumblefish]

Gin has a taste, Vodka doesn't

[huh] I think vodka has a taste,,, it tastes like what I used to put on boo boos.

 

[Dr Doran]

Sometimes I'll add a splash of vermouth, but wholeheartedly prefer straight gin.

No olive. It displaces too much gin.

I can't do it. I can't hang with straight gin.

 

[PADDY]

Line em up Tim..

Just what I need my good fellow at 9am in the morning here

Always gin. Stirred. Three large olives. A GOOD amount of vermouth, none of that "just hold the martini glass NEAR the vermouth bottle" attitude for me.

 

[Fletch]

I can't do it. I can't hang with straight gin.

There's always pink gin lol

 

[Ethan Bentley]

I like both, my preference is Gin.
I usually go for a 6:1 ratio using Noilly Prat as a preference.

I'm intrigued to try Martini stones though.

Of course there is only one way to drink you Martini; as you like it.

 

[LocktownDog]

I hit a bar on Cinco De Mayo (completely coincidentally) and had what the bartender called: a Tequitini (sp?). Far better than I had thought it would be. 3 parts silver tequila, 1 part sweet vermouth, shaken and poured into a martini glass with a couple of pickled chili peppers.

 

[Wally_Hood]

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. -(some attribute this to Voltaire)

To Fedora-ize this, I may not agree with your version of the martini, but I will defend to the limits of my comfort zone your right to mix it.

If I order a martini, I want a martini. If I wanted anything else, I would order it.

 

[Dr Doran]

All this talk has made me crave a martini. It's 2:51 PM. I must drive at about 5 PM to pick up my daughter.

Is it safe to have one (1) martini right now?

I would have 2 hours to absorb it.

Please advise.