Wet Martini
A wet Martini refers to the amount of vermouth used. The more vermouth, the wetter.
Ingredients
20ml (2/3oz) chilled vermouth
40ml (1 & 1/3oz) chilled gin or vodka
Good ice
Grapefruit twist to garnish
Equipment
An icy cold Martini glass
An icy cold mixing glass
A jigger
A barspoon
A julep strainer
Method
Add vermouth and gin or vodka to your chilled mixing glass. Fill mixing glass with ice and stir until you reach your desired dilution.
Strain in to coupe or Martini glass.
Fold the grapefruit twist sharply over the glass to express all the citrus oils. Curl the twist and pop it into the glass. Enjoy!
Suggested Spirits
We like to use Regal Rouge Lively White, a semi dry white vermouth for this drink. It has a really good quality wine base for a vermouth, and features interesting native botanicals, which is important as it’s more of a feature in the martini.
For gin fans, a floral and herbaceous gin works well. For Australians, Poor Tom’s is a good pick, otherwise the Scottish The Botanist Gin is fairly widely available.
If vodka is your thing, then Ketel One is perfect for this drink. Partially copper pot distilled, this vodka has more texture.