National Martini Day falls on Saturday, June What better way to celebrate the holiday and weekend than with a Martini or two? For all the Martini lovers out there, try making one of these this National Martini Day. Hazelnut Espresso Martini. Another Round. Emerald City. Umami Martini. Clover Club. Gunpowder Martini. Broken Martini. Partida Anejo Cristalino Martini. Classic Cocktails for National Martini Day.
Classic Cocktails: The Martini. Sadie Hawkins Day. National Pickle Day. America Recycles Day. National Fast Food Day. Homemade Bread Day. What is a Martini? History of the martini It is always fun to discover the origin of some of our favorite cocktails. Fun Facts about Martinis Brush up on your knowledge of martinis with these fun facts. James Bond may have liked his martinis shaken, but many bartenders suggest stirring them for a more velvety drink. Harry Craddock, author of the Savoy Cocktail Book popularized the martini with his dry martini recipe in the s.
The martini glass was used for other drinks before the actual martini became popular. Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart were both martini lovers. As gin became more available after the prohibition, the drink became progressively dryer.
Bars in America often feature a martini glass with an olive on their establishment signs. It is garnished with a real diamond! Other garnishes to try are cherries, sour apple slices and spicy peppers. Just be sure to pair the taste of the drink with the garnish so that they compliment each other.
Here are some ideas: Green olives for gin martinis Pickled pearl onions for a Gibson martini Lemon twists for dirty martinis Citrus for a vodka martini Cherries for fruity martinis Maraschino cherries for chocolate martinis Green apples for appletinis Spicy peppers to give your martini a kick Orange peel, or grapefruit peel to enhance the botanicals in some gin martinis Bitters to alter the color and change the flavor slightly Types of Martinis Since the martini is such a popular drink, it stands to reason that there will be many varieties of them.
Here are some commons ones: Dry and Wet Martini — You have more dry vermouth in a wet martini. Shaken and Stirred Martini — Stirred is preferred so as not to dilute the alcohol. Straight up and on the rocks Martini — with or without ice? Dirty Martini — adds a splash of olive brine for a cloudy look Gin and Vodka Martini — Gin was the original version. Invite your friends over for a Martini Party and share your favorite version with them.
Keep your martini really cold by serving it in copper martini glasses. Watch a James Bond movie while enjoying a martini. Read a book about the history of drinks, cocktails and bartending. Give your favorite guy a necktie decorated with martini glasses. Try one of the Martini Recipes featured below for a new take on the popular drink. Use the hashtag NationalMartiniDay to spread the word about the day on social media.
Mocktails are all-the-rage, but these are the best. These, and various other concoctions, have been billed as martinis — or at least martini variants — since the s, when the martini made its surprising comeback after being dismissed for years as a relic of the Eisenhower era.
And after the TV show "Sex in the City" popularized the cosmopolitan, it became customary to see all kinds of exotic, fruity, frouffy liquids served in martini glasses. For true believers, the rules of what constitute a martini are as rigid as a soldier at attention. Vermouth — as little as humanly possible. The end. True connoisseurs will compete with each other about the Saharan, Gobian, Kalaharian lengths they will go to reduce the vermouth to a trace element. Really strict martini lovers will argue whether vodka is even permissible, or whether a twist is beyond the pale.
And let's not even get into the infamous question: shaken versus stirred. Perhaps we should all relax. Have a drink. We called Martini Grill in Wood-Ridge, whose staff — judging by the name — ought to know. They serve more than 20 martini variants. All of them — they say — are legit.
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