MARTINEZ

Martinez Cocktail

1 ½ oz gin
1 ½ oz Italian vermouth
2 barspoons maraschino liqueur
2 dashes Fee’s orange bitters

stir with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass Jerry Thomas’ Recipe is as follows:

Martinez Cocktail.
~(Use small bar-glass.)
~Take 1 dash of Boker’s bitters.
~2 dashes of Maraschino.
~ 1 pony of Old Tom gin.
~ 1 wine-glass of Vermouth.
~ 2 small lumps of ice.
Shake up thoroughly, and strain into a large cocktailglass.
Put a quarter of a slice of lemon in the glass, and serve.
If the guest prefers it very sweet, add two dashes of gum syrup.

Picture taken by:
Jamie Boudreau

~ by Jamie Boudreau on November 20, 2006.

Posted in Cocktails, Gin, Vermouth

10 Responses to “MARTINEZ”

[…] no one really knows for sure. Of the many Martinez recipes around, I’ve chosen a version by Jamie Boudreau, which is less vermouth heavy than the original. I’ve seen recipes that use curacao or sugar […]

Maraschino » Oh Gosh! said this on June 2, 2007 at 2:01 am | Reply
Thanks Jamie for Martinez! It is my first “great” cocktail probably. I found this post on 2006 and I started to collect my bar and improve my bar-knowledge. And now I offer my version – without orange bitters but with lemon-lime vermouth:

http://www.scienceofdrink.com/2007/10/31/martinez/

scomorokh said this on January 23, 2008 at 4:46 am | Reply
[…] information about Martinez on one of my favorite blog Oh, Gosh! (by Jay Hapburn) and, of course, on Spirits And Cocktails (by Jamie […]

Martinez said this on December 14, 2008 at 11:39 am | Reply
[…] to mix up a test. Recollection of Rick’s Martinez comparison yielded my new formulation (the Jamie Boudreau version) and upon sipping discovered that while you should never regret past decisions I regretted […]

Project Barrel Aging … a new attempt and the Martinez | theSpeakista said this on July 31, 2010 at 4:54 am | Reply
[…] original recipe is sweeter than modern versions; Spirits and Cocktails has a recipe for a drier version. For other variations, try curacao or absinthe in place of the […]

Cocktail Friday: The Martinez « Rae Summers said this on February 25, 2011 at 5:14 am | Reply
[…] the versions mixed by both Jamie Boudreau and Jay Hepburn match Jason Wilson’s. Rick Stutz of Kaiser Penguin, on a break from his Tiki […]

Examined: The Martinez « Tempered Spirits said this on July 2, 2011 at 12:59 pm | Reply
[…] strongly vanilla Carpano vermouth and added a depth of flavor to the overall drink. Inspired by an idea from Jamie Boudreau’s spiritsandcocktails, I then tried Fee’s Orange bitters; this also worked well, and left a delightful, faint […]

Searching for the Martini: The Martinez Cocktail | Cold Glass said this on September 11, 2012 at 2:59 pm | Reply
[…] крепче и суше. Сегодня я хочу начать с версии Мартинеза, в которой уже равные части джина и вермута. Автор […]

Martinez Cocktail. Часть вторая | said this on May 9, 2013 at 8:22 pm | Reply
[…] much better or even worse, this recipe comes from Jamie Boudreau, who doesn&#8217t perform at The Gibson, although I have no thought where he obtained it from. Even […]

Martinez Recipe Comparison | Foodazine said this on January 16, 2014 at 8:36 pm | Reply
Try this: For the sweet vermouth: Punt E Mes, for the bitters: Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate Bitters(two dashes) and Orange Bitters(one dash), Navy Strength Gin adds a little something to the enterprise as well.

Steven Kanady said this on August 23, 2014 at 12:09 am | Reply