Making an Award-Winning Martini (Shaken is a lie!)

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Brian and Jason learn the truth behind “shaken not stirred,” and then get some help to make Esquire’s favorite martini.

Recipe found at: http://esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/recipes/a3667/martini-drink-recipe/

Music used in this episode:
“Smooth Mellow And Groovy Hip Hop Beat” by Frank_Vortex: https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/53899524/smooth-mellow-and-groovy-hip-hop-beat.html?ref=Gatowag
“Real Fender Bass With Nice Soul Background (Old School Hip Hop)-57” by Carlsbro: https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/53273240/real-fender-bass-nice-soul-background-old-school-hip-hop-57.html?ref=Gatowag
“Old School Hip Hop Instrumental 17” by Carlsbro: https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/50520276/old-school-hip-hop-instrumental-17.html?ref=Gatowag

This episode was made with the help of:
Brian Brushwood – host — http://twitter.com/shwood
Jason Murphy – host / research — http://twitter.com/captainmurphy
Brandt Hughes – camera operator / editor — http://twitter.com/gatowag
Bryce Castillo – camera operator — http://twitter.com/brycas
Trever and Steampunk Saloon – time, expertise, and generous use of their establishment

All right Murphy what is the greatest lie perpetrated in the history of bar culture that I’ve had too much you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here I can’t stay here my mother and Rohde makes an award-winning martini my entire life every time I think of martinis I

Think of one phrase shaken not stirred and you two are telling me that’s a damn lie I’m sorry Brian but the guy who drives an invisible car double-oh-seven he lied to us right look I I want to clear this up so we’re at the steampunk saloon on sixth Street in Austin Texas

Hanging out with the supremely badass Trevor Trevor why is it bad to shake a martini how much water do you like in your drink I would assume as little as possible right exactly that is why when you make a martini you’re going to stir it you’re gonna get a more flavorful drink that

Hits your palate correct there are many cocktails shots things like that that are shaken when you add citrus to a drink that’s when you want to shake it it will combine all the ingredients in the best possible way and Plus you can also shake cocktails with egg or with

Creamer there are a couple of other things that really matter that’s the proportion of the alcohol and type of pipes you use you tell us about the proportions of the alcohol yes what you want is you want a balanced drink you don’t want too much alcohol you don’t

Want too much of any additives say a bitters or a vermouth what you want is balance overall you’re gonna have a better trip from what I remember the basic martini recipe is a two-to-one ratio of gin and vermouth right we’re gonna learn a fancier version an award-winning addition this

Is Albert Romans recipe the renowned New York bartender and this one was chosen by Esquire magazine as the best gin martini you can have so no matter what if you learn this recipe you will never look like a chump making a martini for the rest of your life this recipe is for

Two one gin to remove we’re gonna adjust that for the size the glass a little bit but Trevor’s gonna watch all right okay you want to grab a martini glass you’re going to ice the glass first got the icing does it shows the glass down just a little ice and a little bit

Of soda water and let that sit for just a minute then we’re gonna take our soda water so this is the weird counterintuitive part this well not really I don’t clean the floors oh I paid almost $50 for these boots Trevor well you wasted your money now with this

Recipe that we’re using from Esquire magazine we are going to use an ounce of vermouth and I know this seems like a waste but we’re actually going to put it in the glass swirl it around and then dump it out but we’ll have a nice coating over muth that’s still left in

The glass seems like a sin against humanity well as Alfred Hitchcock put it he preferred the vermouth in his martini just see it from across the room just knowing that vermouth was there once all it takes now with the chilled glass the vermouth will adhere to the sides

What is vermouth by the way it’s just a fortified wine it’s actually from the German word they’re modes or wormwood the same thing that same thing is an absinthe exactly the same thing that allegedly gives absolute release antigenic properties which is a little prompting Satan that old man that’s

Amazing it’s really not okay so right now we have a chilled glass coated with vermouth mm-hmm and now we’re gonna add the gin and we’re gonna stir that gin and I’m gonna add quite a bit of ice here because I want my entire vessel

That I stir in to be cold we’re gonna do a two ounce pour of gin today we’re using Bombay stuff we talked about the different types of ice fancy joints we’ll have a giant block of ice they’ll try to break off big chunks so that they dilute as slowly as possible friends and

You’ll have less impurities in those ice as you’re spinning everything’s moving around is one block you’re not breaking it apart you’re not getting the ice to melt and with ice like this you want to give it about 20 rotations or so now as y’all used to stir my entire vessel is

Starting to chill down this is all about surface area my ice is cold my tin is cold there’s less dilution as I’m doing this but you don’t want to do it too much or you will add water to you can see meanwhile on the chilled glass you

Can see the vermouth still adhering to the sides on there so it’s a four to one ratio one ounce of vermouth gets spilled around in the glass and now we’re doing four ounces of gin correct in the recipe you’re doing four ounces of gin we’re only gonna do two ounces here because

Yeah our martini glass a little small and when you’re busy and walking around with this thing you don’t want to get bumped into and have this go everywhere and again something you should consider this is all booze yeah there’s no sugar in here this is a proper way to drink liquor as Ernest

Hemingway put it nothing makes him feel more civilized so is it a martini yet it is now go for it all right this side ain’t adding one two two olives will add a little bit of salt so now you have many flavors in that one drink it’s so good

You’re telling me to make an award-winning martini all I have to remember is one ounce of vermouth put into a chilled glass fun around pour out the vermouth put in a whole bunch of ice put in four ounces or two ounces if you’re doing a reduced amount of gin

Stir it to 420 25 times pour it in at a garnish and you’re done yes it’s like drinking a cool cloud to jail out I can’t even talk that’s so exciting I gather you guys are really making me jealous oh because technically I’m on the clock and well technically we

Are too but we’re our own bosses you