Wet Gin Martini | The Whisky Exchange

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Gin

Discover the Martini, an iconic cocktail of elegance and strength – a classic should always be approached with care.

How To Make It

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Place the Martini glass and stirring glass in the freezer three hours beforehand to chill. Martini recipes are very personal – the amount of vermouth used is open to debate – but a standard 5:1 formula is generally accepted as the best. However this is a wet recipe, calling for an increase in vermouth which takes some of the strength away and is best enjoyed in the early evening.

Wet Gin Martini | The Whisky Exchange

Ingredients

  • 60ml gin
  • 30ml dry vermouth
  • cubed ice
  • lemon twist or olives

Equipment

  • chilled martini glass
  • mixing glass
  • shot measure
  • julep strainer
  • stirring spoon

Method

  1. Pour the gin and vermouth into the chilled stirring glass.
  2. Fill the stirring glass half with ice.
  3. Stir the liquid for at least 3 minutes. This doesn’t have to be constant stirring but the liquid needs enough time with the ice to reduce the temperature.
  4. Strain into the chilled Martini glass.
  5. Garnish with a lemon twist or olives.

Did you know?

It’s unclear by whom, or exactly when, the first true Dry Martini was mixed – that is to say a cocktail using Plymouth or London dry gin with French vermouth and using no syrup of any kind. However it did happen and by 1900, the Dry Martini had managed to eclipse all other versions.

Make this Cocktail

Ingredients

The following are available from The Whisky Exchange:

  • Rutte Celery Gin

    70cl / 43%

    £28.95

  • Noilly Prat Original Dry

    75cl / 18%

    £13.75

£42.70

Ingredients & Equipment

All of the ingredients, plus this equipment:

  • Bonzer Japanese Stainless Steel 2.5 & 5cl Jigger

    £5.95

  • Roma 1960 Crystal Martini / 22cl

    £10.75

  • Cocktail Elephant Biwa Lake / Large Mixing Glass

    £37.50

  • Cocktail Elephant Julep Strainer

    £12.95

  • Stainless Steel Cocktail Spoon / 45cm

    £9.95

£119.80

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Drinks

  • Rutte Celery Gin
    Rutte Celery Gin

    70cl / 43%

    Rutte's Celery Gin is a combination of traditional old-world methods with a contemporary new-world twist. Celery has been used in Rutte's gins since it began producing, and this is a light and citrusy gin with a hint of celery. This will make a great Red Snapper – just use this instead of vodka in a classic Bloody Mary recipe.

    £28.95

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  • Noilly Prat Original Dry
    Noilly Prat Original Dry

    75cl / 18%

    A superior French dry vermouth. The white wine base is allowed to age in the open air during a year of oak maturation before flavouring and fortification. The blend is then aged for a further year before release.

    £13.75

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Equipment

  • Bonzer Japanese Stainless Steel 2.5 & 5cl Jigger
    Bonzer Japanese Stainless Steel 2.5 & 5cl Jigger

    These Japanese-style jiggers are all the rage – make sure you are on trend with this elegant measure.

    £5.95

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  • Cocktail Elephant Biwa Lake   Large Mixing Glass
    Cocktail Elephant Biwa Lake / Large Mixing Glass

    A large-sized mixing glass from multi-award-winning German glass producer Eisch. This is the version with diagonal lines.

    £37.50

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  • Cocktail Elephant Julep Strainer
    Cocktail Elephant Julep Strainer

    A great cocktail strainer from Cocktail Elephant, specially shaped for use with a mint julep before straws were invented.

    £12.95

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  • Stainless Steel Cocktail Spoon   45cm
    Stainless Steel Cocktail Spoon / 45cm

    A 45cm bar spoon with a twisted shaft and round end – perfect for layering cocktails.

    £9.95

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Glasses

  • Roma 1960 Crystal Martini   22cl
    Roma 1960 Crystal Martini / 22cl

    A stylish cut crystal Martini glass from Luigi Bormioli's Roma 1960 range.

    £10.75

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