... how ever it is served, I always use a glass.

What? .... there are other ways to drink it?

 

What? .... there are other ways to drink it?

You've never experimented?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bong

 

You've never experimented?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bong

Yeah ... I've seen that before, but never tried it, and never will ... call me boring, but the most daring thing I've done (drinking-wise) is playing beer-pong

 

So I am out and ordered a Grey Goose Vodka Martini. I was asked if I wanted Vermouth in it. WTF, isn't that just Vodka in a fancy glass? Then I was asked if I wanted olives? When did they become optional? I could have stayed home and drank from the bottle in the freezer...

 

What? .... there are other ways to drink it?

You need to get out more!

 

I have drank a yard of ale.
Very tricky avoiding a face full.

Max.

 

I have drank a yard of ale.
Very tricky avoiding a face full.
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Max.

that's you, or is it just a stock photo?

 

So I am out and ordered a Grey Goose Vodka Martini. I was asked if I wanted Vermouth in it. WTF, isn't that just Vodka in a fancy glass? Then I was asked if I wanted olives? When did they become optional? I could have stayed home and drank from the bottle in the freezer...

Where did this "vodka" come from? A martini is made with gin.

I order my martinis as a "(gin) martini straight up, painfully dry, with an olive and a twist." I appreciate being asked which gin I prefer. I abhor having to specify gin at all.

If you start messing around with the major ingredient it is no wonder the mixologist needed to query whatever substitutions you had in mind when you ordered your misnomer.

 

that's you, or is it just a stock photo?

Not me this time.

As Grouch Marks once said, "I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy".
Max.

 

Is Grouch Marks........Groucho Marx? Did he really say that?

He didn't wear gloves.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/dorothy_parker/

I started early today.

 

Where did this "vodka" come from? A martini is made with gin.

I order my martinis as a "(gin) martini straight up, painfully dry, with an olive and a twist." I appreciate being asked which gin I prefer. I abhor having to specify gin at all.

If you start messing around with the major ingredient it is no wonder the mixologist needed to query whatever substitutions you had in mind when you ordered your misnomer.

A vodka martini is not a martini. It is a vodka martini. Hence, it's ingredients are different, not to be confused with a martini. If the mixologist doesn't know how to make both drinks, it is not my problem.

Addendum: Shortly after, someone sat next to me and ordered a vodka martini, no olives nor vermouth. That is just not right.

 

Where did this "vodka" come from? A martini is made with gin.

I order my martinis as a "(gin) martini straight up, painfully dry, with an olive and a twist." I appreciate being asked which gin I prefer. I abhor having to specify gin at all.

If you start messing around with the major ingredient it is no wonder the mixologist needed to query whatever substitutions you had in mind when you ordered your misnomer.

Right on! From #15 in this thread:

I am aghast.

Referring to any drink as a martini when it contains no gin is just...wrong! It's not the glassware that makes it a martini, it's the gin.

But, I have come to accept the convenience of the term "vodka martini" to describe a drink that would actually BE a "martini", were it made using gin instead. Like you might use "gasoline jello" to describe napalm. Don't try to tell me there is such a thing as a chocolate-tini or whatever abominations they invent to separate fools from their money.

Then it gets worse. I've been known to make a martini with room temperature gin. I've also farted in elevators. Neither is ideal if one has a choice.

 

I agree, a martini is made of gin.

A mischen is made of vodka and vermouth, served with an olive garnish

So would it help if I called a vodka martini a "mischen"?

Besides, a martini is defined as being a gin or vodka cocktail. Here is one reference;
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/martini

 

Wikipedia is a far better reference for in depth discussions of factual material.

One should note they differentiate between a martini and a vodka martini.

 

One should note they differentiate between a martini and a vodka martini.

... and between "shaken, not stirred" ...

 

The beginning of this month I made another trip down to Isla Mujeres Mexico, an idyllic place for some rest and recuperation.

I began my rehab with a Margarita made with fresh lime juice. Sorry it was half gone when I stopped long enough to grab a picture.

 

 

It's dry Manhattans for me tonight. Probably time for another, now that you remind me.

 

The beginning of this month I made another trip down to Isla Mujeres Mexico, an idyllic place for some rest and recuperation.

I began my rehab with a Margarita made with fresh lime juice. Sorry it was half gone when I stopped long enough to grab a picture.


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Been there... love that

Hope you had a good time in my home country, my friend. Cheers!

 

Been there... love that

Hope you had a good time in my home country, my friend. Cheers!

I'd like to get there before we have to scale a wall to get there.