|
I'll Drink to That! What is your favorite beverage to have with a cigar? Juice? Cola? Beer? Port? Single Malt Scotch? This room is for the discussion of beverages, especially alcoholic beverages that go well with cigars! |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
02-27-2009, 10:58 AM | #1 |
Club Member
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Mobile, al
Posts: 3,740
|
Martini's
Now I do not consider myself a martini drinker. In fact
I rarely every drink anything other then beer & wine. I was at a very nice function recently, and they had a bar dedicated to strictly martini's. When they asked what I would like, I told them a traditional martini with gin. They asked me if I wanted it dirty. It seemed that there was some confusion. They have all these new concoctions which a lot of women like to drink. After the martini was made, I tried it and all I could taste was the gin. It was decent gin Bombay. I have had martini's at other functions that were out of this world.
__________________
"The way to be safe is never to be secure". |
02-27-2009, 05:28 PM | #2 |
Contributing Editor
Herf God
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Naperville IL
Posts: 44,579
|
getting a good martini is not easy. there seems to be a conspiracy against vermouth and good old olives. And just because they put it in a martini glass does not make it a martini... appletini, choclotini, poopshootatini by fat butt
__________________
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant |
03-02-2009, 07:30 AM | #3 |
Herf God
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Wankelwerke AKG, Friedrichshaf
Posts: 15,009
|
I have never understood that vermouth conspiracy. Dangit, ya want gin on the rocks thats one thing but when you want a martini, its gin, vermouth, and an olive.
__________________
"Hey, I found a live one!" - Red Skelton as Freddy the Freeloader, picking up a discarded, but still smoldering cigar butt. |
03-02-2009, 09:42 AM | #4 |
Herf God
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Indiana
Posts: 23,607
|
I have s'oftened my s'tance on the exxxxxxtra dry martini s'omewhat.
I us'ed to just add a few drop's. (or add it to the room humidifier ) S'ome place's go overboard with the vermouth, though. It i's much cheaper to fill a gla's's with vermouth than it i's a good quality gin.
__________________
Kercheval Bros. LLP Professional Procrastination Consultants 1 - (900) - GO# - SAND The Great State of Confusion Just because I may be paranoid, it doesn't mean there aren't people out there trying to get me. Visit us on The Facebook: Kercheval Bros. Procrastination Consultants ! Galatians 5:24 - NLT Last edited by SmoKerch; 03-02-2009 at 10:19 AM. |
03-02-2009, 10:38 AM | #5 |
Herf God
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 11,099
|
I thought "dirty" meant adding some of the olive juice to the martini and had nothing to do with the amount of vermouth used.
__________________
When in doubt.... ATTACK! |
03-02-2009, 10:46 AM | #6 |
Herf God
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Indiana
Posts: 23,607
|
Correct, but I refuse to discuss such an abomination.
__________________
Kercheval Bros. LLP Professional Procrastination Consultants 1 - (900) - GO# - SAND The Great State of Confusion Just because I may be paranoid, it doesn't mean there aren't people out there trying to get me. Visit us on The Facebook: Kercheval Bros. Procrastination Consultants ! Galatians 5:24 - NLT |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Tuseday Oct. 30-- Martini's in Mobile, Alabama. | ReV | Herf's Up!! | 2 | 10-28-2007 12:36 AM |
the only real martini's are made with gin | moob | I'll Drink to That! | 46 | 07-26-2003 03:21 PM |
F-Martini's | sambo | I'll Drink to That! | 1 | 07-09-2003 09:23 AM |