Bond always ordered his Martinis shaken. Why? Obviously we want the cocktail chilled, but depending on your drink you also want to add just a little water to get the flavors to blend. Shaking is good for some drinks and keeps them cold, but tends to leave a lot of ice chips in a Martini, watering down an already mildly flavored drink.
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7. The Martini: The Seasoning – Garnishes
Garnishes can be as dainty as a dehydrated pineapple slice, or a full on cheeseburger meal (I’m looking at you, bloody maries). Sure we “eat with our eyes first” and it’s fun to play with food on a plastic sword, but the garnish’s main purpose is to provide additional complementary aromas and mild seasoning, just as the bitters did to the Old Fashioned.
6. The Martini: The Balance
The balance for a martini is “aromatized” or “aperitif” (nice-smelling, flavored) wine. Classically dry vermouth like Dolin, but it could be any number of other things. Unlike the Old Fashioned, the proportions of aromatized wine to liquor used to balance a Martini are completely up to you when ordering.
5. The Martini: The Core
It’s been said that anything you can fit in a martini glass can be called a martini. But today we are going to explore the classics, not 90’s strawberry syrups, as delicious as they may be. While other cocktails are defined by the strong flavors of mixing many ingredients, the martini is a study of intricate details.
4. The Old Fashioned: Bonus Round!
Now that we know an Old Fashioned recipe follows the 2oz. core booze, 1-3 teaspoons of a balancing sweetener, and 2 dashes of seasoning bitters pattern, you can now swap and replace anything you want!
3. The Old Fashioned: The Seasoning
Bitters are like adding in pepper and spices. They’re typically made from macerated barks, roots, herbs, and dried citrus soaked and concentrated in high proof alcohol. So a little goes a long way, like vanilla extract. 2 dashes usually does the trick.
2. The Old Fashioned: The Balance
Apparently balance in this case means sugar, who knew…In cocktails as with everything else, we just want to find the balance point, where everything is calm, and no one’s fighting.
1. Intro to The Old Fashioned: The Core
Irish & American Whiskey, Scottish Whisky, Bourbon & Rye are combinations of cereal grains, typically corn, rye, wheat & barley that are malted, fermented, distilled, and then most are aged in oak barrels. The older the whiskey, the more woody barrel you’re tasting. Mmmm barrel.
Online School of Cocktailory 🍸
Once a week for fun I’ll be posting info about cocktail making. Shout out to the public library system helping us all survive these #difficulttimes
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