Does such a beastie exist?

I actually got into mixing cocktails a few months back. A nice cocktail after a hard day’s work is like nothing else (well there are a few things, but I can’t mention them here).

The perfect martini though… I tried James Bond’s martini from Casino Royale, technically called ‘The Vesper’. It should be noted, he actually orders a ‘dry’ martini…

The ingredients:

  • 3 measures Gordon’s Gin
  • 1 measure Vodka
  • 1/2 measure Kina Lillet
  • thin slice of lemon

Drinksmixer also has a ‘perfect martini‘ recipe, but I don’t care for it much – it has no vodka and it has both kinds of vermouth in (isn’t that a ‘dirty martini’ though?).

Kuro5hin has a good recipe too, and what an exquisite way to describe making it. From start to finish it’s like reading a novel just as you get to the steamy parts. At the end, his ‘Man, I need a martini’ is justifiable.