The Spirit
Distillers Cut Dry Gin — clean juniper, citrus peel, subtle pepper finish. The Martini is the ultimate spirit-forward showcase, and this gin earns its place.
What You'll Need — serves 1
- 70 ml Tuscan Gin
- 10 ml dry vermouth (Noilly Prat — less is more)
- 10 ml good quality olive brine (from a jar of quality olives, not a tin)
- 2–3 plump green olives on a cocktail pick
- Ice — for mixing
Glass: Chilled martini glass — this is non-negotiable
Garnish: 2–3 green olives on a pick
Instructions
- Chill your glass first. Fill a martini glass with ice and a splash of water. Let it sit for 2 minutes while you make the drink. Discard just before pouring.
- Add gin, vermouth and olive brine to a mixing glass with plenty of ice.
- Stir for 40 slow rotations. Deliberate and slow — you''re chilling and diluting, not stirring a coffee.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Garnish with 2–3 green olives on a cocktail pick.
- Drink immediately while ice-cold.
The Story
The Dirty Martini divides rooms. Some think olive brine is the corruption of a perfect drink. We think it''s the completion of one. The brine rounds out the juniper, adds a savouriness, and makes the whole thing taste somehow more inevitable. Our Distillers Cut has the structural integrity to handle it — 5 ml of vermouth and the brine don''t overwhelm it, they amplify it.
The Martini is the most debated cocktail in history. This is our answer.
> The glass temperature matters more than you think. A warm glass ruins a Martini. A cold glass completes it.
