I ask this because iv been ask if i want one or the other
2006-10-02 09:28:06 · 5 answers · asked by gelal2003 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
A dry martini is generally gin and dry vermouth, even though there have been all sorts of abominations such as the vodka martini. The flavored martinis are even stranger to a purist.
However, the drier the martini, the less vermouth. When someone orders a dry martini, it is usually mixed at the ration of 4:1 or better.
In Europe very often if you order a martini, you will be served sweet (aka Italian) iced vermouth, usually in a cocktail glass. If you order a martini dry, it refers to dry (French) iced vermouth in a cocktail glass. The drink gets its name from the name of the vermouth.Interestingly, the English really know how to make it complicated as a Medium Martini from an English bar book refers to one part gin, one part dry vermouth, one part Italian vermouth with a dash of bitters shaken over ice and served in a cocktail glass. Frankly this sounds abominable to me, but leave it to the English.
2006-10-02 10:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by Bentley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The person was "F" ing with you. Or he just got "off the boat" and went to bar tending school. They are one and the same. Martini made from Gin and Dry Vermouth. Now you can have some fun. Winston Churchill, Prime minister of England, loved his martinis dry. He would tell his valet as long as there was a bottle of dry vermouth in the same room, it was dry. A bartender tought me another trick for a very dry martini. Just whisper the word "vermouth" over the glass. The deal is all gin no vermouth.
2006-10-03 01:17:59 · answer #2 · answered by andywho2006 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A "dry martini" is an American-invented (like most) cocktail.
A "martini dry" is simply Martini & Rossi brand Vermouth Seco, on ice.
2006-10-02 16:47:00 · answer #3 · answered by Hank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Ofcourse it has! In "Dry Martini", Dry comes first and martini comes later while in "martini dry", martini comes 1st and dry comes later!
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2006-10-02 16:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by timuster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with the amount of Vermouth used. I believe that dry first means less but I am not sure. .
2006-10-02 16:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by mrslititia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋