why is the drink called dry martini?

Answer 1

It was in the early years of the 1900's that we began seeing the Martini recipe evolve to closer to what it is today. Several books would list the ingredients as gin, sweet vermouth, and orange bitters, thus making it a simplified Martinez. Some of these books would also list a "dry" version of the Martini, in which they simply substituted dry vermouth for the sweet, and sometimes left out the orange bitters.

Answer 2

Dirty martini has nothing to do with it being dry or not. Dry martini deals with the vermouth drops. A regular martini is made with gin and 8 to 12 drops of white dry vermouth with three olives. If you want the martini to be dirty then you add some olive juice. You can have a dry dirty martini, just use less vermouth and add olive juice. For a desert dry martini it just straight gin all we do pretend to add vermouth in a circular motion it just depends on if you bartend in a classy uppity place or not. Less than three olives were considered an insult but now a days it doesn't matter. You use white vermouth because the gin is clear. Vermouth is a chemically altered wine to prevent it from aging. Dirty martini's are good for people who need something to smooth over the taste of the gin. Nowadays vodka martini's are more popular for example the apple martini's. Many customers tend to ask for a vodka martini over a regular martini. Vodka is usually tasteless and some handle it better than gin.

I forgot to mention the sweet vermouth is for manhattans which is similar to the martini, it is whiskey with, sweet red vermouth and orange bitters garnished with cherry. It is put in a martini glass also. Some customers ask for it on the rocks.

Answer 3

Because it has a really dry taste, yum yum, the best Dry Martini is one where the bartender or mixologist barely takes the lid off the Martini when he puts it in the mixer or as one New York barman said when asked how to make the perfect Martini said all the normal things fill the mixer with ice pour in a good slug of gin lots of cubed ice make sure the glass is freezing and have the capers or green olives ready and then go to the other end of the bar and open the bottle of Martini for a very short time before closing it, then finish the drink as normal by shaking it vigorously and then pouring straight, no ice add the caper berry or green olive and serve.

Answer 4

1. Martini's are made with Gin, not Vodka.

2. A Dry Martini is called such because it has very little, if any, vermouth. So, it is almost all Gin.

Marvelous drink.

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Answer 5

it got the name because martini & rossi vermouth (sweet & dry originally) was used in the beginning. the recipe mutated to the use of dry vermouth only. nowadays, if you order a "very dry" martini, most bartenders don't use vermouth at all, instead of adding a few drops to the glass, swirling it, to coat it, and pouring out the excess.

Answer 6

The Classic Martini

Two parts gin
One part dry vermouth
Dash orange bitters

MARTINI first produced their vermouth in 1863 at a distillery in Pessione, close to Turin, Italy. The unique recipes remain a closely guarded secret.

Available in 3 varieties:

MARTINI Bianco vermouth – smooth & refreshing, with a hint of vanilla.

MARTINI Extra Dry vermouth – aromatic, with its fruit scents belying its dry finish.

MARTINI Rosso vermouth – both sweet and pleasantly bitter, its rich colour originating from caramel

Answer 7

There are many "dry" counties in the rural South of the USA where drinking is prohibited. Maybe by calling it a dry martini, they could get away with drinking it legally there.

Answer 8

With regard to beverages the word dry doesn't refer to lack of moisture, but lack of sugar...hence you have a dry white wine as opposed to a sweet one.

To make a martini drier, you reduce the amount of vermouth you put in it.

Answer 9

Use dry not sweet vermouth. Sweet vermouth in Manhattan with bourbon I think.

Answer 10

Because its made with dry vermouth, as opposed to rosso and bianco, and vermouth is made by Martini