Saturday, February 23, 2013

VODKA OR GIN MARTINI COCKTAIL

                                                   

                                              VODKA MARTINI COCKTAIL OR GIN MARTINI

                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjLTeEq9NU
                             
                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=thbYZ-aMjRU&feature=endscreen

    GIN DIRTY MARTINI         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GZH-qgsybI


MARTINI COCKTAIL IS ALWAYS YOUR CHOICE

VODKA OR GIN MARTINI
STIRRED OR SHAKEN
LEMON OR OLIVES
WET OR DRY
DIRTY OR EXTRA DIRTY




vodka martini, is a cocktail made with vodka and vermouth, a variation of a martini.
A vodka martini is made by combining vodka, dry vermouth, and ice in a cocktail shaker or mixing glass. The ingredients are chilled, either by stirring or shaking, then strained and served "straight up" (without ice) in a chilled cocktail glass. The drink may be garnished with an olive, a "twist" (a strip of lemon peel squeezed or twisted), capers...
James Bond famously drinks a "Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred"..
The vodka martini has become a common and popular cocktail, but purists maintain that, while it is a perfectly fine drink.








SHAKEN MARTINI---



- 1/2 oz vodka
- splash of  dry vermouth

Shake vodka and vermouth together with several ice cubes in a shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with an olive and serve.








STIRED DRY VODKA MARTINI

 for 2 martini glasses stired


Things You'll Need


  • 4 oz Vodka
  • teaspoon Dry Vermuth
  • Lemon peel

  • Instructions

      • 1
        Gather all the stuff you will need
        Large mixing glass , ice , dry vermuth , vodka , lemon peel , olives
        2 Martini glasses
      • 2
        First fill the martini glasses with ice & let chill while you are making the Martini
        Get a large glass , Like a pint beer glass
        Fill it half way with ice.
        Twist the lemon peal over the mixing glass & drop it in.




  • Now pour in the teaspoon of Dry Vermuth
    Now pour in the 4 ozs of vodka.
    Now sitr the mixture , DO NOT SHAKE IT, Sorry 007.
    You should never shake a Martini

  • 4  Empty the ice out of the Martini glasses & strain your drinks into the Martini glasses
    Add a olive or 2 & serve
    ENJOY

  • 5 The better the vodka is ,the better the drink will be ( Expensive Vodka isn't alway better than cheap Vodka, just be cause they want to charge a arm & a leg for it doesn't make it a quality product!!!!)


  •  http://www.rdwarf.com/users/mink/martinifaq.html

    Dirty Martini. It's the sophisticated drink of choice for a lot of people. 

    However, because the cocktail is almost purely all alcohol, it certainly is an acquired taste. Not everyone can drink a dirty martini. 

    That said, what makes this drink dirty? It's simply the addition of olive juice. Usually, if someone asks for this cocktail, you can add a dash, or a teaspoon, of olive juice. 

         Extra dirty just means extra olive juice. Nothing too crazy, right? 



    Martinis can be made with either gin or vodka. So I would ask whomever is ordering, whether they want gin or vodka. This cocktail typically gets garnished with olives

    More often than not, you'll use a toothpick and stick a few olives, usually three or four, through it.
         

    If you don't have that, you can add the olives themselves into the martini glass, however, the former way is usually the conventional garnishing method. 

    The last ingredient - vermouth. Because organic vermouth may be hard to come by, use the following instructions on how to make your own organic vermouth. 





    Served with Olives

    Shaken or Stirred? 

    You can shake or stir a martini. It doesn't really matter. But some customers might request that a martini be shaken or stirred. To shake a martini is simple.

    Shake the mixture in a shaker as you would any other drink. To stir, requires a metal stirrer with which you slowly stir the mixture in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. 

    Ingredients
    • 2 oz. of Organic Vodka or Gin
    • 1/2 oz. of Vermouth
    • 1/4 to 1/2 oz. of Olive Juice
    • Several Olives for garnishing
    Directions
    • Chill a martini glass
    • In a metal shaker, add vodka or gin
    • Top off with olive juice
    • Shake or stir
    • Pour into martini glass
    • Add olive garnish
    • Serve





    Martini origins and mixology

    The exact origin of the martini is unclear. Numerous cocktails with names and ingredients similar to the modern-day martini were first seen in bartending guides of the late 19th century. For example, in the 1888 Bartender's Manual there was a recipe for a drink that consisted of half a wine glass of Old Tom Gin and a half a wine glass of vermouth. In 1863, an Italian vermouth maker started marketing their product under the brand name of Martini. This product is still available today, although it is now better known as Martini & Rossi.
    Another popular theory suggests it evolved from a cocktail called the Martinez served at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco sometime in the early 1860's, which people frequented before taking an evening ferry to the nearby town of Martinez. Alternatively, the people of Martinez say the drink was first created by a bartender in their town. Another theory links the first dry martini to the name of a bartender who concocted the drink at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City in 1911 or 1912. The self-styled Court of Historical Review in San Francisco ruled that the martini was invented in San Francisco. A court in Martinez, California, recently overturned this decision. (These "courts" have neither legal nor academic authority and are primarily for entertainment.)
    But it was Prohibition and the relative ease of illegal gin manufacture that led to the martini's rise as the predominant cocktail of the mid 20th century in the United States. With the repeal of Prohibition, and the ready availability of quality gin, the drink became progressively dryer. In the 1970's and 80's, the martini came to be seen as old-fashioned and was replaced by more intricate cocktails and wine spritzers, but the mid-1990s saw a resurgence in the drink and an explosion of new versions.
    Some newer drinks include the word "martini" or the suffix "-tini" in the name (e.g., appletini, peach martini, chocolate martini, espresso martini). These are named after the martini cocktail glass they use and generally contain vodka like the kangaroo cocktail, but share little else with the drink.






    Martini History and Origin Theories
    Even with its celebrated reputation, the Classic Martini’s origin is unknown. The Martini’s history is vague and mysterious with several plausible theories about its creation. The theories behind the Martini’s history are curious and captivating with multiple people claiming to have invented one of the most recognized cocktails of all time. Although there are many theories on the Martini’s History, this article includes the most prevalent.


    Jerry “Professor” Thomas was a legendary bartender who worked at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco, California. Thomas was known for mixing spectacular concoctions and creating new cocktails. Jerry Thomas is considered by many to be the father of mixology. He wrote the very first bartending book, How to Mix Drinks, in 1862 and it was published in 1887.
    In 1850, a traveler en route to Martinez stopped by the bar for a drink. He tossed a gold nugget on the bar and asked Thomas to make him something special. Thomas mixed a cocktail containing Old Tom Gin, Vermouth, Bitters, and Maraschino. He called it a “Martinez” because of the traveler’s destination. The Martinez was included in Jerry Thomas’s book.
    Martinez California Martini Theory
    In 1870 a gold prospector struck it rich mining gold. To celebrate the miner went to Julio Richelieu’s Saloon for Champagne. The bar was completely out of Champagne so the bartender mixed up a special cocktail. Richelieu gave the miner a small cocktail with an olive in the glass. He called it the Martinez after the California town.
    Martini and Rossi Martini Theory
    Martini and Rossi was created out of the partnership between two Italian men, Alessandro Martini and Luigi Rossi. The men worked in the production and sales of wines, vermouth, and liqueurs. In 1863 Martini and Rossi created the Martini Rosso Dry Vermouth. They began exporting the vermouth all over the world. Upon its arrival to the United States, a creative bartender mixed the vermouth with gin and called it a Martini.
    Knickerbocker Hotel Martini Theory
    Martini di Arma di Taggia was the head bartender for the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York, New York. In 1911 Martini concocted a new cocktail using gin, vermouth, and orange bitters. He chilled the ingredients on ice and strained into a chilled glass. He named the drink Martini after his first name. Visitors to the hotel asked for variations and added the olive.
    Whether the Classic Martini’s history began with a thirsty traveler on his way to Martinez, California, two Italian entrepreneurs, or a bartender at the Knickerbocker Hotel, the Martini remains one of the most recognized and popular cocktails worldwide.






    Wednesday, February 20, 2013

    DAIQUIRI- COCKTAIL-CLASSSIC

                                                     

                                                                  DAIQUIRI- COCKTAIL

                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytdoY7PTVZE


     Daiquiri  is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum Rom Havana Club Anejo Blanco   lime juice, and sugar or other sweetener.
     
     The Daiquirí is one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. In the book, he also suggests some variations.
     A similar cocktail that's very popular in Brazil is the Caipirinha, which includes cachaça, Brazilian sugarcane rum.


     The name Daiquirí is also the name of a beach near Santiago, Cuba, and an iron mine in that area, and it is a word of Taíno origin. The daiquiri was supposedly invented by an American mining engineer, named Jennings Cox, who happened to be in Cuba at the time of the Spanish-American War.
     Originally the drink was served in a tall glass packed with cracked ice. A teaspoon of sugar was poured over the ice and the juice of one or two limes was squeezed over the sugar. Two or three ounces of white rum completed the mixture. The glass was then frosted by stirring with a long-handled spoon. Later the Daiquirí evolved to be mixed in a shaker with the same ingredients but with shaved ice. After a thorough shaking, it was poured into a chilled flute glass.



    Variations



                                                                               Banana Daiquiri, regular daiquiri with a half a banana







    Strawberry daiquiri - regular with strawberry added





    Frozen daiquiri

    A wide variety of alcoholic mixed drinks made with finely pulverized ice are often called frozen daiquiris. These drinks can also be combined and poured from a blender eliminating the need for manual pulverization. Such drinks are often commercially made in machines which produce a texture similar to a smoothie, and come in a wide variety of flavors made with various alcohol or liquors. Another way to create a frozen daiquiri (mostly fruit-flavored variants) is by using frozen limeade, providing the required texture, sweetness and sourness all at once.
    Variations on the frozen daiquiri.













    FRENCH 75 -CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

                                     

                                                                        FRENCH 75
     






    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARYIdJz3zO8
     French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar.

     The drink was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris---later Harry's New York Bar---by barman Harry MacElhone. The combination was said to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled with the powerful French 75mm field gun, also called a "75 Cocktail", or "Soixante Quinze" in French.
     The French 75 was popularized in America at the Stork Clubin New York.








    The drink's recipe was first recorded in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930. The recipe in the Savoy Cocktail Book uses gin. A later cocktail book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David Embury, claims that the French 75 is a Cognac-based drink.
           

    Prep Time: 3 minutes

    Total Time: 3 minutes

    Yield: 1 Cocktail

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 oz lemon juice
    • 1 oz gin
    • 1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
    • Champagne

    Preparation:

    1. Pour the lemon juice, gin, and Cointreau into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
    2. Shake well.
    3. Strain into a chilled Champagne flute.
    4. Carefully add the Champagne.


    WHISKEY SOUR COCKTAIL

                                 

                               WHISKEY SOUR COCTAIL

         

    Whiskey Sour recipe          







         2 oz whiskey 
     juice of 1/2 lemons
    1/2 tsp powdered sugar
    1 sherry
    1/2 slice lemon
    Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate 
    with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.


     The whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing whiskey (often Bourbon), lemon juicesugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white to make it a Boston Sour. It is shaken and served eitherstraight or over ice.
     The traditional garnish is half an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
     A notable variant of the whiskey sour is the Ward 8, which often is based either in Bourbon or rye whiskey, with both lemon and orange juices, and grenadine syrup as the sweetener. The egg white sometimes employed in other whiskey sours is generally not included in this variation.

    History

    The oldest historical mention of a whisky sour prepared in the world comes from a newspaper published in Wisconsin in 1870.
    In 1962, the Universidad del Cuyo published a story which cited a Peruvian newspaper calledEl Comercio de Iquique as indicating that Elliott Stubb created the "whisky sour" in 1872. El Comercio de Iquique was published by Modesto Molina between 1874 and 1879.
           
    Whiskey sour
    IBA Official Cocktail
    TypeCocktail
    Primary alcohol by volume
    Servedshaken
    Standard garnish
    sugared glass, lemon rind
    Standard drinkwareold fashioned glass or cobbler
    IBAspecified ingredients*
    PreparationShake with ice. Strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass to serve "on the rocks."
    NotesGarnish with maraschino cherry and orange slice.







    Manhattan Cocktail


    Whiskey Sour Cocktail
    There are a few variations below the recipe.

    Prep Time: 2 minutes

    Total Time: 2 minutes

    Yield: 1 Cocktail

    Ingredients:

    • 1 1/2 oz whiskey
    • 1 1/2 oz lemon juice
    • 3/4 oz sugar syrup
    • Marashino cherry for garnish

    Preparation:

    1. Pour the whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
    2. shake  well.
    3. Strain into a chilled sour glass.
    4. Garnish with the cherry.