How To Make The Best Martini's For The Holidays
The holidays are meant for treating ourselves. You might be making your favorite dishes, watching a cozy themed movie by the fireplace, or telling stories with your friends and family in the kitchen over your favorite cocktails.
This year, forget the bubbles! Martinis are the ultimate way to celebrate and are more customizable than you might think.. Made with premium tequila, gin and vodka, these are some of the best martinis for the holidays and we will introduce you to new and exciting flavors that will help make these holidays as festive as they come.
Partida Anejo Cristalino Martini
Partida Añejo Cristalino 1.5-2 oz
Sweet White Vermouth ¾ oz
Lemon Juice ¼ oz
Orange Bitters 2 dashes
Shake all ingredients in a shaker and double strain over chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
2 oz / 60 ml Belvedere Vodka
.75 oz / 20 ml Coffee Liqueur
1 Shot Espresso
Ice
Combine all ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with three espresso beans.
The Artingstall's Perfectly Brilliant Martini
3½ oz. Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin
1 splash Dry Vermouth
1 Lemon Twist, garnish
Fill a 4 oz. martini glass with ice to chill, fill cocktail mixing glass or shaker with ice, and add one small splash of dry vermouth to the shaker. Add 3 1/2 oz. of Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin to the mixing glass or shaker.Using a long cocktail stirrer, stir the gin in the mixing glass or shaker vigorously for severa l minutes to get the gin as cold as possible. (Do not shake the gin with the ice.)
Grace Martini
6 cl Grace O'Malley Heather Infused Irish Gin
2 cl sweet white Vermouth (for example
Lillet Blanc)
Optional: 4 dashes of Olive Bitters (for
example The Bitter Truth)
1 tsp olive brine (from the olive jar)
1 green olive. Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes and add the ingredients. Stir on ice, then strain into a coupe or martini glass. Add the olive. Tip: chill the glass in the freezer before serving
Broken Martini
3 oz Broken Shed Vodka
Splash of Olive Brine
Garnish: Three Olives on a toothpick
Just add Broken Shed Vodka and a splash of olive brine to a shaker with ice. Shake, stir and strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with three olives on a toothpick.
Gunpowder Martini
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin - 60ml
Boissiere Dry Vermouth - 15ml
2 dashes of grapefruit bitters
1 bar spoon of gunpowder tea
Add the Drumshanbo Gin, Boissiere Vermouth, bitters and gunpowder tea to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with Fresh Lemon zest
Ginger Martini
60ml Darnley’s View Spiced Gin
1 knob ginger
15ml sugar syrup
Muddle ginger in the bottom of the shaker. Add remaining ingredients and fill with cubed ice. Shake rapidly and double strain into glass. Garnish: Slither of ginger
