"It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
- A. Solzhenitsyn
Kill all the telemarkers
But they’ll put us in jail if we kill all the telemarkers
Telemarketers! Kill the telemarketers!
Oh we can do that. We don’t even need a reason
I prefer to keep the vodka and gin in the freezer at all times. Then when poured on the ice, you can get the full icy goodness of it without watering it down too much.
I'll have to try the no. 209. I like no. 10.
Has anyone tried Rangpur?
Living vicariously through myself.
I think I'm supposta post somewhere in this thread.
Points on their own sitting way up high
and 110 proof too!!!
Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.
stick closer to home irul:
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Elvis has left the building
I tend to like a good ol Belvedere martini, very dirty with a couple/few olives.
On a side note, there is this place in Vegas called Red Square which is a martini bar. The bar is made of ice and I have had some of the best martinis I have ever had there. I highly suggest checking this place out when in sin city. Also, depending who is tending bar, you can see some pretty fancy pours, like the 6 martini waterfall. I was impressed.
This guy does eleven, but I personally have never seen this much in person:
Last edited by advres; 05-31-2007 at 10:18 AM.
IMHO Beefeater makes the best gin and tonics. Nothing better on a hot day, especially after golf. For a martini, Bombay Saphire. No olives for me, hate em. Best martini ever was at the Granary in Jackson. Sitting at the bar overlooking the Tetons, the bartender made me a Gray Goose martini. It was like drinking air.
Not this stuff: http://www.wineglobe.com/12822.html, which is best value around. I've seen it in the 20s.
i prefer vodka over gin these days, but as long as either one is high quality, am good to go with both. i also prefer a few cocktail onions vs olives. ahhh, its 10am and i am on a con call (yawn) typing about martinis...may have to have one at lunch now![]()
had a feeling this would turn into a heated 'debate'.
I am with you coreshot, at THE MOST i use a small spritzer bottle and spray a little coating of vermouth on the inside of the glass, with Gin, but never with vodka. If you are gonna use a good vodka don't ruin it with vermouth. You are better off using a little Olive brine than vermouth.
Gin: I second Hendricks. Great gin. Spritz of vermouth, shaken with a cucumber slice or twist.
Vodka: Pravda. This is great vodka. Polish. Pass the vermouth, glance at the bottle, or acknowledge that there is indeed vermouth in the house, half a teaspoon of olive brine and several olives. (this is NOT dirty, just enough brine to get the taste of it.)
(also, Ciroc vodka is nice for a change of pace).
Only Gin is considered a Martini, a 'vodka martini' is another drink all together and therefore doesn't 'require' vermouth.
"I'm on the High-T and all I need is a little gravity to bring me back...back to the fringe"
I think he's talking about bartenders who shake up the cocktail and smash up the cubes. Broken ice cubes = water in your drink. That's why stirring is way better, and why James Bond doesn't know what he's talking about.
Really? I like stronger tasting gin in my martinis and lighter gin in my g & ts. More refreshing.
Nice move, doctor.
And sledneckdumbass- there's a time and place for everything.
Last edited by Steven S. Dallas; 05-31-2007 at 11:26 AM.
Did ya catch that line in Casino Royale from the new Bond, when the bartender asked "shaken or stirred?", and the new Bond responded "Do I look like someone who gives a fuck?"
Tanqueray is my favourite gin so far. More taste than Bombay Sapphire, which is also a nice one. I rarely bother with the ice though. Too much work![]()
Last edited by Kroenen; 05-31-2007 at 01:52 PM.
I agree that a martini requires vermouth. If you don't like vermouth that's fine, but then you're ordering chilled, straight gin, not a martini.
Just because something is served in a martini glass doesn't make it a martini.
By the way, did anyone catch the story on--I think it was--20/20 about vodka? They called a few "vodka snobs" on the carpet by having them blindly taste several different vodkas at room temperature. There wasn't a clear winner, but the clear loser was Grey Goose, which, of course, many previously professed to be their favorite vodka! They also did a taste test using mixed drinks with vodka. Most people couldn't really tell the difference, but there definitely wasn't a preference for the higher priced vodkas at all.
Last edited by The AD; 05-31-2007 at 11:49 AM.
I do that sometimes with my wife who comes with a set of very strong vodka preferences, she does better than me usually although on occasion I can trip her up. That said, she absolutely detestes potato "vodka" and nails me on that stuff every damn time.
Also, straight vodka should be served at refigerator temp, not the freezer…which is not to say that I don't have some in the freezer.
"It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
- A. Solzhenitsyn
But.....but....who the fuck drinks Vodka at room temp?
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