Martini

Name: Martini
Yield: makes 1 drink
Ingredients: Ice; 3 ounces gin; 1 ounce dry vermouth; 1 lemon twist , for garnish

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The original martini, allegedly invented in the U.S. in the 1860s, was made with sweet vermouth. One of the first recipes for a dry martini, made with dry vermouth, appeared in Frank P. Newman's 1904 American Bar. More Classic Cocktails

By Jim Meehan

January 2010

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Recipe Summary

Yield:

makes 1 drink

Ingredients

Ice
3 ounces gin
1 ounce dry vermouth
1 lemon twist, for garnish

Directions

Step 1

Fill a pint glass with ice. Add the gin and vermouth and stir well. Strain into a chilled martini glass or coupe and garnish with the lemon twist.

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Gary Williams

02/24/2019

I believe Hemingway used 15 parts gin to 1 part vermouth, known as the Montgomery Colonel Cantwell in his novel "Across the River and Into the Trees" very specifically orders one in that proportion, calling it a "Montgomery" Named for the General who supposedly liked his Gin to Vermouth in the same ratio he liked to outnumber his enemies in the field.

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