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pstlpkr

Lifer
Dec 14, 2009
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Birmingham, AL
Just in case you didn't know...
Happy National Martini Day!
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mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
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My parents were high church martini drinkers, only gin and little vermouth, stir

don't shake. Winston Churchill said his recipe for a martini was to take a bottle

of gin and show it a bottle of vermouth, pour and drink. My brother-in-law also

enjoys a martini, so when we buried my dad's ashes, we all had a martini and

tossed the residual into the grave. I'm mostly a bourbon and branch water man

myself, but will do a single malt scotch if that's what friends want.

 

martiniman

Part of the Furniture Now
Apr 6, 2012
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Can you guess this is my favorite day? This is why I celebrate it everyday. :D
Cheers,

MartiniMan

 

ciderguy

Can't Leave
May 30, 2013
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I'm glad I had one today. I like mine stirred, not shaken and made the traditional way with gin, vermouth, orange bitters. and a twist. Depending on my mood, I'll use anywhere from 50$ to 25% vermouth. Served ice cold in a chilled glass. Hits you like a hammer wrapped in velvet and doesn't let go.

 

plateauguy

Lifer
Mar 19, 2013
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My stepdad is a vodka martini drinker around me (the smell of gin gives me a horrible headache) - when I'm not around it's the gin, vermouth, and olive juice martini. Here's to you dad!

 
Aug 14, 2012
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Wish I could have one. I have some Plymouth gin and Martini & Rossi but no longer allow myself anything stronger than an occasional beer. So cheers to you celebrants!

 

dochudson

Lifer
May 11, 2012
1,635
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pack a 4oz matini glass with ice and add water. get the Beefeaters out of the freezer. dump the ice and water, splash a little vermouth into the glass and swirl around then dump it out. add Beefeaters and two olives.

 

4noggins

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 11, 2013
233
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Doc,
You nailed it!!! But....you need 3 olives.

One for one you first set the drink down, one halfway through, and one for when you're finished.
And only Beefeaters will do. The "new" Gins don't make a real martini.
Rich

4noggins.com

 

pstlpkr

Lifer
Dec 14, 2009
9,694
31
Birmingham, AL
"A man must defend his home, his wife, his children, and his martini."

Jackie Gleason
"I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini."

George Burns
"Shaken, not stirred."

James Bond
I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

Anonymous. The origin of this line is disputed; it has been attributed to Billy Wilder, Charles Butterworth, Alexander Woollcott and Robert Benchley. It was used by Mae West in Every Day's a Holiday (1937 film) and by Benchley in The Major and the Minor (1942 film).
"I like to have a martini, two at the very most --After three I'm under the table, After four, I'm under my host."

Dorothy Parker
"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

Winston Churchill
"I never should have switched from Scotch to Martinis."

Humphrey Bogart last words
"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."

Rodney Dangerfield
"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."

James Thurber
"Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman ... or a bad woman."

George Burns
"The three martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?"

Gerald Ford

 
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