Classic | Martini | from Anders Erickson
Cocktail historian David Wondrich has traced the origins of the Dirty Martini back to 1901 and a bartender called John E. O’Connor, who served a Dry Martini with muddled olives at New York’s Waldorf Astoria.
The first written reference to brine being added to a Martini-style cocktail appears in G.H. Steele’s 1930 My New Cocktail Book.
| Amount | Ingredient | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| 2 oz / 50 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 oz / 100 ml 6 oz / 150 ml | Vodka | Grey Goose |
| 1 oz / 25 ml 1 1⁄2 oz / 38 ml 2 oz / 50 ml 3 oz / 75 ml | Olive Brine |
| Amount | Ingredient | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| 2 whole 3 whole 4 whole 6 whole | Olives | |
| 1 barspoons 1 1⁄2 barspoons 2 barspoons 3 barspoons | Olive Brine | |
| 1 1⁄2 oz / 38 ml 2 1⁄4 oz / 56 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 1⁄2 oz / 113 ml | Gin | Plymouth |
| 3⁄4 oz / 19 ml 1 1⁄8 oz / 28 ml 1 1⁄2 oz / 38 ml 2 1⁄4 oz / 56 ml | Dry Vermouth | Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry |
| 1 to 2 dashes 1 1⁄2 to 3 dashes 2 to 4 dashes 3 to 6 dashes | Orange Bitters | Regan’s No. 6 |
| Amount | Ingredient | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| 1 1⁄2 oz / 38 ml 2 1⁄4 oz / 56 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 1⁄2 oz / 113 ml | Gin | Plymouth |
| 1⁄2 oz / 13 ml 3⁄4 oz / 19 ml 1 oz / 25 ml 1 1⁄2 oz / 38 ml | Dry Vermouth | Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry |
| 1 barspoons 1 1⁄2 barspoons 2 barspoons 3 barspoons | Olive Brine | |
| 1-2 dashes | Celery Bitters | Scrappy’s |
| 1 rinse 1 1⁄2 rinse 2 rinse 3 rinse | Fino Sherry | Valdespino “Ynocente” |
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