Comments on: Vermouth is it http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Walt http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4199 Walt Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:41:29 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4199 Indeed, wetter is better. Unless a Martini is ordered dry to bone dry, my customers get a good half ounce of dry vermouth. Making wetter Martinis, in turn, helps take care of the freshness issue. Also, I tell my customers that the secret to a better Martini lies not in less vermouth but in good vermouth. Several months ago I switched to Vya extra dry and sweet vermouths. These are pricier, to be sure, but I won't use anything else, although I am curious to try Carpano Antica Formula (sweet). Indeed, wetter is better. Unless a Martini is ordered dry to bone dry, my customers get a good half ounce of dry vermouth. Making wetter Martinis, in turn, helps take care of the freshness issue. Also, I tell my customers that the secret to a better Martini lies not in less vermouth but in good vermouth. Several months ago I switched to Vya extra dry and sweet vermouths. These are pricier, to be sure, but I won’t use anything else, although I am curious to try Carpano Antica Formula (sweet).

]]> By: KenLac http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4195 KenLac Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:33:41 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4195 I saw the Rolls-Royce mentioned in an article about Bourbon and Branch, and from the first sip it became my favorite before-dinner cocktail -- truly a throwback, completely unexpected by the modern drinker because of its edge, yet it quickly becomes easy to like. Add those qualites to the fact that it contains both sweet and dry vermouth and this is a drink that fully supports the proposition. Mr. Boston lists it as .5 dry, .5 sweet, 1.5 gin and 1/4 teaspoon benedictine, stirred with ice. I would suggest it is a drink one can turn to when asked for an example of a "classic" I saw the Rolls-Royce mentioned in an article about Bourbon and Branch, and from the first sip it became my favorite before-dinner cocktail — truly a throwback, completely unexpected by the modern drinker because of its edge, yet it quickly becomes easy to like. Add those qualites to the fact that it contains both sweet and dry vermouth and this is a drink that fully supports the proposition.

Mr. Boston lists it as .5 dry, .5 sweet, 1.5 gin and 1/4 teaspoon benedictine, stirred with ice. I would suggest it is a drink one can turn to when asked for an example of a “classic”

]]> By: Adam http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4192 Adam Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:58:33 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4192 Hmmm, I had no idea this stuff went bad. And I will admit that I do have 3/4 of a bottle of M&R dry vermouth from around 2001 sitting here... And I used it in a drink not long ago. Not a bad drink, either, but I'll take your word for it and get a new bottle :) Hmmm, I had no idea this stuff went bad. And I will admit that I do have 3/4 of a bottle of M&R dry vermouth from around 2001 sitting here… And I used it in a drink not long ago. Not a bad drink, either, but I’ll take your word for it and get a new bottle :)

]]> By: Stephen http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4180 Stephen Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4180 my favorite introduction to the dry is the cuban alto cucina.... from a socialist culinary school's cocktail contest.... i wonder if castro voted for or against it? oh wait an election would be democratic.... so how did it win? that is almost as enigmatic as the flavors.... 1 oz. aged cuban rum (bacardi ocho anos) 1 oz. dry vermouth (make sure its fresh) 1 spoonful of coffee liqueur (tia maria) make sure you stir.... right now at the restaurant my own sweet vermouth is available.... i've surprisingly gotten many people to drink it on the rocks.... its in the style of punt y mes and i advocate drinking it in a marconi wireless. the drink creates this after midnight late summer flavor profile.... very sexy. 2 oz. apple brandy (laird's apple jack) 1 oz. bittered vermouth (my own) 2 dashes reagan's orange bitters stir the highly regaurded vya vermouths are available at brix in the south end for anyone that catches the addiction.... my favorite introduction to the dry is the cuban alto cucina…. from a socialist culinary school’s cocktail contest…. i wonder if castro voted for or against it? oh wait an election would be democratic…. so how did it win? that is almost as enigmatic as the flavors….

1 oz. aged cuban rum (bacardi ocho anos)
1 oz. dry vermouth (make sure its fresh)
1 spoonful of coffee liqueur (tia maria)
make sure you stir….

right now at the restaurant my own sweet vermouth is available…. i’ve surprisingly gotten many people to drink it on the rocks…. its in the style of punt y mes and i advocate drinking it in a marconi wireless. the drink creates this after midnight late summer flavor profile…. very sexy.

2 oz. apple brandy (laird’s apple jack)
1 oz. bittered vermouth (my own)
2 dashes reagan’s orange bitters
stir

the highly regaurded vya vermouths are available at brix in the south end for anyone that catches the addiction….

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4178 ljclark Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:09:18 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4178 Oooh, yes, Erik. I hesitated giving an advanced lesson right away. Oooh, yes, Erik. I hesitated giving an advanced lesson right away.

]]> By: erik_flannestad http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4176 erik_flannestad Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:04:28 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2007/08/16/vermouth-is-it/#comment-4176 Nice article! Even better, get them to try a "Martinez" with sweet vermouth and orange bitters. Yummy! Nice article! Even better, get them to try a “Martinez” with sweet vermouth and orange bitters. Yummy!

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