What is a martini?

Question

I've never tried one before but I'm curious about what it tastes like. Does it taste like hard liquor or wine? Sweet or sour? What type of liquor is used in it? Can you get different flavours? What is your favourite?

Answer 1

A traditional martini involves olives, vermouth, and gin. Basically just tastes like strong hard liquor with a VERY distinct taste of the olive juice. Generally, martinis are always strong because they are mostly just liquor. Not usually sweet or sour at all. However, there are other versions of martinis, like vodka martinis, which are usually just like flavored vodkas mixed. For example, an apple martini is apple liquor and vodka. Those are slightly more sweet, obviously because of the apple, however, they are still stronger than a mixed drink. Sometimes places will have a HUGE variety of martinis, because there really are as many as you can possibily think of. Where I live, it's very trendy right now, so there are a lot of martini bars which will offer probably about 20 types or more. (take a basic apple martini, and jazz it up with some carmel sauce, and fun sugar around the rim of the glass) Check local places for specials, or search the web to get ideas.

Answer 2

Technically a Martini is simply vodka or gin, chilled and served with an olive or onion. A sweet or dry martini is the difference of putting vermouth in your martini or not. Sweet=vermouth, dry= no vermouth. There are so many different twists and flavors to the martini. Try to find a local martini bar that offers a wide variety on their menu. Good luck.

Answer 3

a true martini is 2 parts Good dry gin to one part dry vermouth with a couple of big green olives on a spike, a variant is the Vodka martini which has 2 parts of a great vodka like absolut or ketel one, mixed with one part of dry vermouth. Now there are literally hundreds of variations. The popular one right now is the sour apple martini. it is made from this recipe:

2 oz citrus vodka preferably a good one like Skyy
1/2 oz Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1/2 oz orange liqueur or triple sec
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

Bottoms up!.

Answer 4

A martini is a mixed drink; the "basic" martini is made with gin and dry vermouth; I personally don't care for them, but some people swear by them.

There are about a million recipes out there. Try the link below.

Answer 5

CLASSIC MARTINI



3/4 cup gin
2 teaspoons dry vermouth
Green olives, with pimiento

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; add gin and vermouth. Shake and strain into 2 chilled Martini glasses. Garnish with an olive.

Serves 2.

But they have some flavored with apples or chocolate if you like sweet ones.

James Bond made one with vodka famous.

Answer 6

A traditional martini is gin, dry vermouth, and olive. If you are not a gin drink you can use vodka. If you are going to try one go top shelf. Cheap liquer makes a disquisting martini. If you don't like hard liquer staight up try a sour apple martini

Answer 7

A martini is vodka or gin with vermouth. It is generally garnished with a green olive. They are stronger than others think. I don't drink them.

Answer 8

A type of alcholic drink, and the ingredients are vodka, vermouth and if its a dirty martini it has olive juice in it.

Answer 9

a martini is the name of a spanish man who lives on the same street as i do.

Answer 10

a martini is an alchohal drink with a flavor to it with a lime or u can have lime salt
and i dont drink this cause i dont want to drink cause i am young