Comments on: Happy Martini Day *hiccup* http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-martini-day-hiccup No Niche. Just Me. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beefeater http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Beefeater Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:33:56 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1051 Very interesting read! Although i have to say i am more of a Gin and stirred martini man myself. Top mixologists will go with stirred. The flavour is more balanced and less bitter than the shaken. Does shaking get it colder? Yes, a bit. You need to work a little more at stirring longer, with the right sized and amount of ice. Or even stirring it ina tin rather than glass. Ideally, you want it cold and diluted, but not too much of either that the flavours will be masked. Great video here: http://www.beefeatergin.com/mixology/video.php?video=drymartini Very interesting read! Although i have to say i am more of a Gin and stirred martini man myself. Top mixologists will go with stirred. The flavour is more balanced and less bitter than the shaken.

Does shaking get it colder? Yes, a bit. You need to work a little more at stirring longer, with the right sized and amount of ice. Or even stirring it ina tin rather than glass. Ideally, you want it cold and diluted, but not too much of either that the flavours will be masked.

Great video here: http://www.beefeatergin.com/mixology/video.php?video=drymartini

]]> By: Mo http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Mo Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:46:18 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1050 Gin and olive juice just don't go...so the gin is all yours. Gin and olive juice just don’t go…so the gin is all yours.

]]> By: absurdbeats http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 absurdbeats Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:57:47 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1049 Oh, I guess overlook this. Somehow. Yes. . . I can. It's not that I have anything against vodka. I enjoy it with a variety of fruit juices, for example, and I believe it was a major component of this wicked rural-midwest concoction known as 'white lightning', which I enjoyed on more than one occasion. On the bright side: more gin for me! Oh, I guess overlook this. Somehow. Yes. . . I can.

It’s not that I have anything against vodka. I enjoy it with a variety of fruit juices, for example, and I believe it was a major component of this wicked rural-midwest concoction known as ‘white lightning’, which I enjoyed on more than one occasion.

On the bright side: more gin for me!

]]> By: Mo http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Mo Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:59:33 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1048 I bought the Domaine de Canton but it's sitting on the bar. I haven't had a chance to open it yet. I think this might be the weekend to open it though! I bought the Domaine de Canton but it’s sitting on the bar. I haven’t had a chance to open it yet. I think this might be the weekend to open it though!

]]> By: Mo http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Mo Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:58:23 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1047 I'm sorry—I thought you knew. It's vodka all the way. I am not a fan of the dark liquors (too many bad experiences) but I like the peppery bite of vodka. Does this mean we can't be friends? I’m sorry—I thought you knew. It’s vodka all the way. I am not a fan of the dark liquors (too many bad experiences) but I like the peppery bite of vodka. Does this mean we can’t be friends?

]]> By: Eve http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Eve Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:47:14 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1046 Glad that I can still have a Domaine de Canton ginger Martini tonight - and still celebrate. I thought that was your new favorite, but alas, you may only know how to get one (my house) not how to make one. Yet. Glad that I can still have a Domaine de Canton ginger Martini tonight – and still celebrate. I thought that was your new favorite, but alas, you may only know how to get one (my house) not how to make one. Yet.

]]> By: absurdbeats http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 absurdbeats Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:32:56 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1045 Vodka? VODKA?! I'm, I'm just. . . verklempt. How could I have missed this? You've mentioned martinis once or twice or twenty times before, and, somehow, I just always assumed you meant. . . . I'm sorry. I can't go on. Must. Find. Gin. Vodka? VODKA?!

I’m, I’m just. . . verklempt.

How could I have missed this? You’ve mentioned martinis once or twice or twenty times before, and, somehow, I just always assumed you meant. . . .

I’m sorry. I can’t go on. Must. Find. Gin.

]]> By: XUP http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 XUP Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:44:03 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1044 I didn't even know it was Martini day and yet magically mentioned them in my blog today. I'm freaking myself out. The dirty and/or original martini is still the best. Cheers! I didn’t even know it was Martini day and yet magically mentioned them in my blog today. I’m freaking myself out. The dirty and/or original martini is still the best. Cheers!

]]> By: Steph http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Steph Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:22:45 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1043 OMFG. How cute are y'all? TOO FRICKING CUTE, THAT is how cute y'all are. Also? I fully co-sign the idea of a Martini Four-Day Weekend. That is all. OMFG. How cute are y’all? TOO FRICKING CUTE, THAT is how cute y’all are.

Also? I fully co-sign the idea of a Martini Four-Day Weekend.

That is all.

]]> By: lesleykim http://www.thedailysnark.net/happy-martini-day-hiccup/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 lesleykim Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:11:00 +0000 http://thedailysnark.wordpress.com/?p=2455#comment-1042 Cheers!! Aren't we cute?? I thought EVERY day was national martini day? CONFUSED. Hee. How ironic that on this week of all weeks we're going out for margaritas instead?? Maybe it's just like people who don't buy into Valentines Day: Our martini love is constant! We don't need a special day to express it! ;-) Cheers!! Aren’t we cute??

I thought EVERY day was national martini day? CONFUSED. Hee.

How ironic that on this week of all weeks we’re going out for margaritas instead?? Maybe it’s just like people who don’t buy into Valentines Day: Our martini love is constant! We don’t need a special day to express it! ;-)

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