but I too adhere firmly to Jess's belief that a martini without vermouth is in fact a glass of gin.
I've never understood this coyness with drinking straight gin, and a vodka "martini" without vermouth is pointless. It's cold vodka, and a perfectly acceptable thing to order. I don't think anything magical comes from being shaken (or stirred) with ice and put in an awkward glass, except I suppose ordering a vodka martini saves you the trouble of saying "Cold vodka in a martini glass with a tiny bit of water and an olive." The vermouth aversion has gotten so bad that I now say "Vermouth. I want there to be vermouth in it. Tell the bartender to relax. A drop of vermouth will not cause me to drop to the floor and scream." That is except for the time the bartender, who had probably just put gin in a martini for his entire career, used sweet vermouth.
I like my martinis heavy on the sour apple mix, so I've never understood the horror of anything not bone dry mixing with the gin.
This is why I drink gimlets. Even if someone doesn't know whet it is, I can usually explain it well enough to get something I like. Although I think I remember a debate here about whether a gimlet should contain RoseZs lime juice. (YES)
the great gimlet debate was up there with muffaletta. (FTR, I am bigimletual, I like it both ways)
The drink I like doesn't have a name. It is sad. Although my cousins call it a Tamatini and have been able to add it to the menu at several bars in Seattle.
well, I am bigimletual in that I like Vodka or Gin, but must have roses!
And how do you mix a Tamatini?
Vodka gimlet, straight up. Ketel and fresh lime syrup, please.
Don't have to be organic, or nothing, but feh on Roses.
Citrus vodka, a splash of real lemon juice, sparkling water over ice. Garnish with lemon or lime. Very few bars carry bottled lemon juice behind the bar so several slices of lemon squeezed into said concoction also works.
edited because "slash" and "splash" are apparently two entirely different words.
I've always been a gimlet girl.
For me, it's an excuse to drink lime juice. Gin gives me headaches, so I drinks the waaaadka.
