2007-10-24 03:26:23 · 16 answers · asked by Lozzo 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Of course, shaken is agitated with dissolved gases. Stirred loses less aromatics.
2007-10-24 03:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by oldhombre 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a coincidence. I just saw an article about this. Some chemists decided to see if they could find a difference between a shaken martini and a stirred martini.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s118518.htm
What is interesting is that most martini drinkers want theirs stirred, not shaken. Bond was a non-conformist I guess.
2007-10-24 03:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an ex Barman let me tell you! if you shake a Martini it goes cloudy. If you stir it it remains clear.
Why Bond would want his cloudy I have no idea but stirred in ice is the correct way to prepare a Martini cocktail.
Try it at home!
2007-10-24 05:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Puppet Dictator 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's good that you're interested in the classics. A good martini is one of the true pleasures of adulthood. bdawg's answer is completely backwards. Gin is bruised during the shaking process. The bruising is evident by the tiny air bubbles and as Lone Rider correctly points out, the cloudiness. It's not that someone would want a cloudy martini (Lone Rider) it's that they wish for it to be more cold than stirring alone will result in.
2007-10-24 10:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
absolutley, as shaken causes shavings of ice to remain in the drink, diluting it as the ice melts. Not for the other crazy reasons I have read here. And any bartender will tell you-bruising the liquor is a MYTH! No such thing happens. The only difference is the ice. Nothing else, yes..it is that simple.
2007-10-24 04:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by Jaime S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bond drinks Vodka martinis.
A true martini is made with GIN and should be stirred NOT shaken.
Only a pretentious poseur would drink a martini made with vodka that has been shaken.
The reason poseurs like their vodka martini shaken is that it makes them look impressive to have a cocktail waiter shake his mixer in fromt of them
2007-10-24 03:33:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just to put you right, James Bond didn't ALWAYS like it shaken not stirred. It depends which of Ian Flemming's books you are reading.
And yes it does taste different.
2007-10-24 03:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a shaken martini is colder and slightly weaker. It is shaken with ice and this dilutes the drink a little as it is chilled.
2007-10-24 03:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 08:05:02 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shaken a better mixing, stirred is light mixing!
2007-10-25 03:05:32 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋