The Seven of Hearts or Gin Ricky

The drink for today was the Gin Ricky.   

1 1/4 oz of Gin

1/4 oz of Lime Juice

Club Soda

Pour the Gin and Lime over ice in a highball glass and fill with club soda.  It's ok. The  gin and lime are very diluted, making the flavor much more subtle then I want in a cocktail.   Maybe I need an actual highball glass for measurement or a Gin with a bolder flavor.

I don't know if I try it again.

The Six of Hearts-The Dry Martini

The Dry Martini, the classic drink.  Simple and elegant yet misunderstood.

The original was the Martinez cocktail from 1887 that evolved in to the three note drink of today.   I prefer them bone dry, that is little to no vermouth, and stirred because if its too cold you don't get the full favor.

But today I used the recipe on the card.   1 1/3 oz of gin and 1/3 oz of vermouth.   Shaken and garnished with an olive or lemon twist.   It's not my thing, the vermouth overwhelms the gin and I am not able to make a lemon twist.   I'll finish it but I won't use these ratios for my next cocktail

Variations: To make a sweet martini substitute sweet vermouth for the dry  To make a vodka martini substitute vodka for the gin. To make a Gibson substitute a cocktail onion for the olive


Oh and while we're on the subject of martinis, just because its served in a cocktail glass does not mean its a martini or -tini.    You're drinking a cocktail be it apple, ginger, or mint chocolates.  There are not in anyway related to the martini.