Perfect Martini

FORMULATION

To make 1 cocktail

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1 1/2 ounces gin

3 to 4 ice cubes

1 strip orange peel

A 4-ounce cocktail glass, chilled

PROCEDURE

Combine the sweet and dry vermouths and the gin in a mixing glass, add the ice cubes and stir with a bar spoon to blend and chill the liquors. Place a strainer on top of the mixing glass and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist the orange peel over the cocktail glass to release the oil, run the cut edge of the peel around the inside rim of the glass, and drop it in.

RESULTS

The problem with rating the martinis is that this is my absolute favorite drink, I know exactly how I like it so anything lesser just doesn't work for me. I would say I liked the perfect martini better than the sweet martini because I have a preference for dry vermouth. I wish there was less sweet vermouth, I wish this drink was shaken, and I wish for more of an orange flavor. It's a fine drink, it is, for me, a 3/5 because I'd have to change it so drastically to make it something I would come back to frequently but I will drink this if it is in my hand. It's not at all bad, it's just not the best for all the reasons I've just given prior.

Here I have the ingredients and procedure in pictures. 1/2 ounce is equivalent to 1 tablespoon. We are stirring this bev, not shaking ladies and gents, be careful not to bruise the alcohol.

DISCUSSION

This drink is the middle of the martini series, the combination of dry and sweet vermouth is why they dubbed it a perfect martini. I, however, disagree since I know how to make a perfect 5/5 martini and that is not this. But to each their own, cheers!