Gin Martini - Cocktail Recipe

How to make a Beefeater Gin Martini

1

Chill

Chill your ingredients (and even glassware!) beforehand for ten minutes or longer

2

Stir

Stir your ingredients together with ice. This will dilute the drink.

3

Stir again

Keep stirring! Taste to check how diluted it is, and keep stirring until you’re happy with the taste.

4

Pour

Strain into a chilled martini glass

5

Garnish

Garnish your glass as desired- we like a small orange twist.

WHAT MAKES A DRY MARTINI ‘DRY’?

HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT MARTINI

This classy cocktail has only two ingredients, but several other factors go into creating the very best Martini, and the very best is what you deserve.

First up is the gin to vermouth ratio. A standard Dry Martini is made with a 5:1 ratio of gin to vermouth. We like to use 50 ml Beefeater London Dry Gin to 5 ml Dry Vermouth to make the perfect Martini. If you’re mixing things up and making a different type of martini, you might use a 2:1 ratio to create a wetter serve.

And don’t forget to put everything in the fridge beforehand, including your glass.

Shaken or stirred? Well we like to stir 007’s favourite drink with lots of ice until we get to the perfect dilution. Don’t forget a simple garnish for extra pzazz.

EXTRA DRY OR STRAIGHT UP?

To make an Extra Dry Martini, you’ll need only the smallest splash of Vermouth – literally just a teaspoon full – but keep your gin quantity at 50 ml.

Some people also use “extra dry” to refer to a Martini without any Vermouth at all, so be sure to ask whoever you’re making the cocktail for before you begin. You’ve probably also heard the phrase Straight Up Martini. This means that the Martini is prepared with ice, but then strained into a chilled glass without any ice. Every Martini enthusiast has their own preference.

WHAT DOES A DRY MARTINI TASTE LIKE?

Made With

London Dry Gin

Beefeater London Dry Gin

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