1887 Martinez Cocktail Recipe Original Martini Cocktail Recipe? From Jerry Thomas' Bartender's Guide | Glen And Friends Cooking

1887 Martinez Cocktail Recipe - Original Martini cocktail recipe? From Jerry Thomas' Bartender's Guide.
It's a long way from this early Martini Cocktail Recipe to the chocolate martini cocktail of today... But this shaken Martinez Cocktail (not stirred) Martinez Old Tom Gin martini cocktail is as close as you can get to the 'Original Martini Cocktail'. What would htd or Steve the barman do? Would they shake or stir this Cocktail? Jerry Thomas who wrote the book on cocktails says SHAKE! The Jerry Thomas' Bartender's Guide is one of the earliest 'go to' cocktail guides and cocktail recipe books for professional bartenders in the United States, and the world. So if you are just starting out on your road to being an educated barfly, refining your cocktail chemistry and learning how to drink, follow along with cocktails after dark.

Martinez Cocktail Recipe:
(use small bar glass.)
2 dashes of Maraschino
1 pony of Old Tom Gin
1 wine glass of Vermouth
2 small lumps of ice
Shake up thoroughly and strain into a large cocktail glass. Put a quarter slice of lemon in the glass and serve. If the guest prefers it very sweet add two dashes of gum syrup.


0:00 How to make a Martinez Cocktail
0:15 Is the Martinez the Martini Cocktail?
0:25 Do you shake or stir a Martini Cocktail?
1:05 How do you pronounce Maraschino?
2:38 tasting the original Martinez Cocktail Recipe

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