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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:22 PM
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Poll question: Martinis contain which liquor?
:shrug:
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:23 PM
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1. Gin. And vermouth. And an olive. Thassall.
nm
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:24 PM
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2. Gin and vermouth
If vodka, it's a vodka martini.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:32 PM
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8. Mine all have Vodka, lots of Vodka.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:24 PM
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3. Gin.
Gin and vermouth. Not vodka.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:25 PM
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4. Unless I am seriously mistaken, martinis contain
both gin and dry vermouth.......:shrug:
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:29 PM
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5. Where's rabrrrr?
When I hear martini, I think Gin. If someone wants a vodka martini, they need to specify. Of course, when ordering a martini one usually calls the brand anyway.

Me, Bombay, very dry, stirred, olives.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:30 PM
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6. It's so easy, I don't know why people get confused: a Martini has gin,
Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 05:40 PM by Rabrrrrrr
and Vermouth, and an olive.

A Vodka Martini has vodka.

A Gibson has gin, Vermouth, and an onion.

It's all perfectly simple, people: remember, vodka keeps its name in the drink: Vodka Martini.

Without the name of a liquor in the name, it's gin.





on edit: I had some of the capitalizations fucked up
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:39 PM
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10. Another name for a martini with an onion .........
is a Gibson.....IIRC......

:hi:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:40 PM
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12. Whoops! Thanks - I brainfarted!
Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 05:40 PM by Rabrrrrrr
Gibson is what I meant.

A Gimlet is the Rose's Lime Juice and gin one.

By the way, Martini is capitalized.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:45 PM
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17. You're welcome, my dear Rabrrrrrr......
I don't feel like editing in that capital M, however!

But in the future, you can be sure that I will capitalize the word Martini!

See?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:42 PM
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38. So, any suggestions on a good Gin? I've tried some...
that had an aftertaste to it. That's why it's been years since I've drunk any.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:48 PM
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39. Try Hendricks - has a very smooth, refreshing, cucumbery aftertaste
(and though that might sounds gross, it actually isn't).

Also really good is Magellan Gin, which is sonically hard to find.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:08 PM
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42. I'll have to pick up some on my next run to taste test...
Some I've had before had a "fuel" taste or something. I'd only drink that with juices.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:01 PM
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41. Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray #10 are both good and available
A specialty store (like this one) has a lot more available too. I'm partial to Damrak.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:10 PM
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44. I recall seeing the Bombay before. I'll have to try them. Thank you. :-)
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:32 PM
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7. Dang! Now I'm thirsty!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:35 PM
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9. Hee hee hee!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:39 PM
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11. I don't know, just gimmie one please?
:cry:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:42 PM
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14. One Peach Schnapps, Triple Sec, and Orange Juice Martini coming right up!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:43 PM
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15. With a straw?
ass :grr:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:45 PM
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18. And a little umbrella!
you bastard.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:54 PM
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20. make sure you use extra-pulpy orange juice
Don't want no smoove drink
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:56 PM
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22. Oooh, you know, our demographics studies, before we introduced
this drink, showed us that most drinkers, who are women age 21-27, don't like pulp, so we don't put any in at the factory where we make these pre-made Martinis.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:58 PM
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26. well, I suppose I'll have to add some milk then
to make it lumpy
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:57 PM
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23. Here's a little umbrella, if you'd care to give it to him.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:05 PM
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31. Is outrage!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:41 PM
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13. A Lemondrop Martini made with Stoli... yummy
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:44 PM
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16. No, see, you are wrong. There is no such drink as a Lemondrop Martini.
There is a Lemondrop COCKTAIL, yes.

But no Lemondrop Martini. Because they are both cocktails.

Asking for a Lemondrop Martini is like asking for a Prius Escort; or a Ribeye Sirloin; or granite linoleum.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:47 PM
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19. THey do exist, because I hoover them down alot
Especially when I'm going low-carb and laying off the Guinness. *giggle*
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:59 PM
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27. No, they don't exist -
those are cocktails, not Martinis.

Lemondrop COCKTAILS exist - I've made them.

But Lemondrop Martinis DO NOT exist. A drink is either a Lemondrop OR a Martini. Not both.

Like I said, it's like asking for a Prius Escort. Or a Mustang Cadillac. Or a Crossfire Hummer.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:26 PM
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35. In other words, calling it a Martini doesn't make it so.
BTW - I agree with you on the vodka thing. I only drink the vodka variety, which is why I don't ask for just a "Martini."
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:58 PM
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40. But if you put it in a martini glass, isn't it, technically, a martini??
:sarcasm:

I'm kidding, I'm kidding...

I used to tend bar and I don't think I ever made a "martini" with anything but Gin!! Maybe one Vodka martini...but I doubt it.

Made a lot of Tanqueray Gibsons, though!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:09 PM
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43. They are Lemondrop Vodka Martinis
giggle
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:04 PM
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29. It is an abomination and it must be stopped!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:05 PM
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30. What's an abomination?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:07 PM
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32. a "lemondrop martini", what a farce!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:33 PM
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36. Abomination
Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 06:34 PM by EstimatedProphet
3 parts gin
1 part tequila
1 part bourbon
dash Grenadine
dash bitters
garnish with a twist of tomato.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:16 PM
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34. I'd like a granite linoleum, please. Shaken, not stirred.

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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:54 PM
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21. I say...
Drink 'em any way you want.

When I was younger, I drank them with gin and vermouth. That was back in the mid 80s before the new age shit came along. Now anything that seems to have an olive in it is considered a martini..lol.

The purists will only accept gin, but there is no real "law" that dictates how to make a genuine martini.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:35 PM
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37. Tell it to the Martini Police.
Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 06:36 PM by EstimatedProphet
EstimatedProphet: proud subscriber of the Martini Policeman's Ball
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:58 PM
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24. if you order "Martini, please" you'll get Gin and vermouth. for Vodka
you'd have to specify same.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:58 PM
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25. Gin. Only a vodka martini contains vodka.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:01 PM
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28. .
:popcorn:
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:08 PM
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33. A Martini contains gin.
A Vodka Martini contains vodka.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:56 PM
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45. I don't know from Martini's, but
the Gin and Tonic (that I went way heavy on the gin with) the other night, sure ginned up my dreams all night long. There must me something a bit hallucinoginic (sic :)) in the juniper berry.
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 08:12 PM
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46. if i ask for a martini and it has vodka in it, it gets sent back
and if barkeep isnt reticient, he gets no tip.

friggin vodka martini wankers.... what's next apple schnapps mart... oh, nevermind..
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