I used to swear by the Gin Martini, after all it that was the original.

Lately though, I have been finding myself breaking out the Kettle One and Grey Goose more and more.

Even though I still call myself a gin guy, I think the Goose is starting to win me over.

Any good Martini variations out there?

I like three parts Vodka one part Grand Marnier - very tasty

TCK

Grey Goose, for me.

Bombay Blue Saphire. Up and dry. One olive. I'm on a diet.

No martini for me. Ketel One gimlet on the rocks, please.

jb

I also had this conversation with Stealthman last night over dinner. My preference is always Belvedere and I like it slightly dirty with 2 olives.

Personally I prefer Branvin to Grey Goose, in my Martini's. Straight up, one shake with a twist of lemon zest.

you might try the Precis vodka. Jeff Smith (who also owns Hourglass) is using winemaking techniques to reduce the amount of impurities that would otherwise have to be filtered.

\bob

Welcome to Vinocellar, Bob!

For the record, I'm a fan of Belvedere (haven't tried Goose yet...).

Anchor Junipero Gin is the stuff

Grey Goose, Dry Vermouth, shaken with cracked ice, strained into a Martini Glass, two blue cheese stuffed olives.

tanq ten straight up and dry baby! two, no more no less, olives.

Alway's been a grey goose fan but recently switched to Chopin. Pure potato vodka in my mind's eye is the way to go. Very dry with a little "dirty" and two olives.

As a side note if anyone is a Mash fan. Watching Hawkeye describe a dry martini in just about every episode is priceless.

I'll take tanq ten also but I do like it with a little vermouth. Mine turns in to a Gibson 'cause I like it with cocktail onions... and as many as I can get!

david - what does a cocktail onion taste like? Since I like olives so much I have never gone the onion route...

Gordons! If it's good enough for the Queen's mum (she did last to 101) then it's good enough for me.

Ddb,

Gibson Onions

Interesting article - thanks.

I want my martini so dry I can feel sand in my teeth. Goose does it best for me. I'll have two olives, thank you. When I'm drinking these....to heck with the diet.

You know what a extra dry martini has in common with golf clubs?

With the martini you put the iced gin in you glass and pass it over the top of a sealed bottle of vermouth.

I think my titanium golf clubs were made the same way. They made the clubs, put them in a truck and drove down the highway past the titanium factory.

LOL!

I'm sure there are some cars out there like that to!