Martinez
INGREDIENTS
- 2 oz Old Tom gin
- ½ oz sweet vermouth
- ¼ oz maraschino liqueur
- Dash of orange bitters
INSTRUCTIONS
Shake the ingredients vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
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NOTES
One of the assumed predecessors to the Martini, this is a much sweeter concoction than the modern dry Martini. The original, first created in California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s, was made with equal parts sweet vermouth and Old Tom gin (a sweeter gin) and was usually sweetened further with maraschino or orange liqueur.
