Actually it was a dry martini
23 months ago
I tried out Drinkboy’s suggestion yesterday (http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/ThePerfectMartini.html), specifically to work with different proportions of vermouth & gin, and stir things well so that some ice melts (the water as well as the vermouth smooths out the gin).
I tried a 1 part vermouth to 4 parts gin as well as 1:8. I preferred the former; the latter still had a bit too much botanicals.
I’m going to have to get some sweet vermouth for a true proper martini (50% sweet, 50% dry vermouth).
