The LAST Dirty Martini

Name: The LAST Dirty Martini
Ingredients: 3 oz Hendrick's Gin; 1/4 oz Noilly Prat Original Dry Vermouth; 1/4 oz Dirty Sue Olive Brine; 2 ea Mezzetta Martini Olives

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5.0 Submitted on: March 23, 2021

Essentials

Spirit Forward

Drinks really are about their ingredients and subtle differences between flavors can make or break a drink. Also, nothing ruins a good dirty martini more than watering it down. I’ve seen very few bars that pre-chill their gin (Whitechapel in San Francisco being one of the few exceptions). Keeping gin in the freezer means you don’t need to stir the drink with ice, which completely changes the flavor. I’ve found no other gin that has as much umami flavor in a dirty martini as Hendrick’s. Try this...

Ingredients

3 oz
Hendrick's Gin

1/4 oz
Noilly Prat Original Dry Vermouth

1/4 oz
Dirty Sue Olive Brine

2 ea
Mezzetta Martini Olives

Instructions

Garnish

Olives and toothpick.

Build

Build

Glass

Cocktail Coupe

Estimated strength

About 30% ABV (estimate)

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Rusty Monkey

Chill your gin for at least 24 hours before making the drink. It helps to keep your brine and vermouth in the refrigerator as well, so they do not warm up the drink as you’re building it. Build the drink in the glass. Martini glasses are traditional. I like using a coupe glass for a vintage presentation. Garnish with olives and toothpick. Give the drink at least three good stirs with the olive to mix the ingredients in the glass.

Editor's Note

A purist's take on the Dirty Martini, using freezer-chilled ingredients to eliminate ice dilution entirely. The result is a bold, viscous, and intensely flavorful profile where the gin's character is paramount.