The Perfect Holiday Cocktail Is Right Under Your Nose

A good dry martini is like an Ernest Hemingway short story: It’s deceptively simple (only three ingredients, after all), but the product of a deft, confident hand. You don’t just throw a good martini together — it’s the cocktail that many bartenders find the most difficult to mix. There’s nowhere to hide with a martini. With just gin, vermouth and a garnish, if the balance is wrong the customer is either faced with a hit of raw booze or a drink awash with vermouth. Add to that the fact that the term martini is now used to cover up a multitude of sins — including the use of vodka — and the senseless…
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