MARTINIS, MANHATTANS & ROB ROYS
These are approximately 4 ounce drinks (3oz. liquor + 1oz. ice melt)
Martinis and Manhattans are consumed by people with a refined palate.
There are four basic questions that you must ask the customer before preparation.
1. Straight up (cocktail glass) or on the rocks (rocks glass)?
2. Gin or Vodka (when referring to Martinis)? Manhattans are always Whiskey. Rob Roys (Scotch Manhattans) are always Scotch Whisky (this is not a typo! Scotch and Canadian Whisky is spelled without the "e").
3. What brand of liquor? What do you prefer? (house brands are rarely ordered).
4. What garnish? Martinis are either olives (usually 1 or 3) or a lemon twist. Don't guess! Always check with the customer or have the server go back to the table to ask. As a rule, Martinis will normally be served with an olive, but it's better to have the customer tell you. The garnish is automatic in Manhattans. The garnish is a cherry unless the drink is made with Dry Vermouth, then the garnish is a lemon twist, unless the customer specifies otherwise. Some customers will order a drink and say "no fruit" because they know it's going to be there.
When making Martinis always use Vermouth sparingly! A few drops will do!
Ice melt is an essential part of the drink.
Basic Preparation: Shaken or Stirred? We'll leave that up to you!
When prepared up (straight up): Take a cocktail glass (Martini glass) and add ice and water to begin chilling the glass (don't put glass in the ice behind the bar!). In a 16oz. (pint) glass filled with ice, add Vermouth and then the liquor. Ingredients should reach approximately half way up the glass. Stir with the back of a bar spoon rapidly several times. Empty the cocktail glass and strain the drink into the glass. Our preference is to stir rather than shake, unless James Bond (007) is at the bar! Add garnish.
OK ... if you really want to shake it, put the glass into a metal shaker and have a blast! Or, you could make the drink in the metal shaker.
When prepared on the rocks: In a rocks glass filled with ice add Vermouth and then the liquor. Add garnish and a sip stick. No stirring or shaking required.
Martinis are always made with Gin unless Vodka is requested. The customer has to ask for a Vodka Martini. Usually a brand name of Gin or Vodka will be specified. Or, as a bartender, ask the customer. Don't forget to ask what garnish .... olive or twist (remember the show Oliver Twist?).
Martini
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Gin
Olive or Twist (did you ask?)
Dry Martini
A few drops of Dry Vermouth
Gin
Olive or Twist
Extra Dry Martini
NO Vermouth!!!!!!!! (OK ... if you insist ... 1 drop)
Gin
Olive or Twist
Dirty Martini
Add a little olive juice from the garnish tray (customer may specify amount).
No Vermouth!!
The garnish is obviously olives.
In and Out Martini*
* This is ordered if customers have had martinis prepared with too much Dry Vermouth. This is a safe way to order a Martini if they think the bartender can't make the drink properly. This is why we tell you to just use a splash or drops of Vermouth or leave it out completely when garnishing with olives. Chill your glass as before and make the drink with the liquor only. After the glass is chilled, empty it.
Add a little Dry Vermouth to the empty glass, swirl it around and then dump it out.... thus the name In and Out. This is how much Vermouth should have been in the Martini in the first place!
Olive or Twist
Gibson
Martini garnished with cocktail onions (think of it as a Gibs-onion)
Gimlet (lime is inside the name!)
½oz. lime juice
Gin
Lime garnish
Cosmopolitan Martini
Cocktail glass - make in pint glass or metal shaker
Absolut Citron (or similar)
½oz. Triple Sec
½oz. Lime Juice
Splash of Cranberry Juice
Stir or shake
Lime garnish
Manhattans
Manhattans are prepared the same way as Martinis, but the garnish is standard with each type of Manhattan. The customer might order and request no fruit. The Sweet Vermouth is not as critical as Dry Vermouth, but still ... back off, unless the customer wants it sweet.
Manhattan
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Whiskey
Cherry garnish (sweet vermouth is red like a cherry)
Dry Manhattan
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Whiskey
Lemon Twist (Dry Vermouth gets a lemon twist)
Perfect Manhattan (Tell them all of your are perfect!)
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
A few drops of Dry Vermouth
Whiskey
Lemon Twist (Dry Vermouth gets a lemon twist .... I just told you that)
Rob Roy/Scotch Manhattan (Two names ... same drink)
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Scotch Whisky (this is not a typo ... Scotch and Canadian Whisky is spelled without the letter "e."
Cherry garnish
Dry Rob Roy/Dry Scotch Manhattan
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Scotch Whisky
Lemon Twist (I know.... I told you before)
Perfect Rob Roy/Perfect Scotch Manhattan
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Scotch Whisky
Lemon Twist (you remembered)
Southern Comfort Manhattan*(Southern Comfort is not a liquor .. it's a cordial and is very sweet)
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Southern Comfort
Lemon Twist
* This is the one that gets bartenders confused. Because you only hear "Manhattan" and not Dry before it, bartenders tend to prepare it with Sweet Vermouth as a regular Manhattan. The difference with this drink is that Southern Comfort is not a whiskey, it is a liqueur (cordial) and thus, very sweet. You really don't want to use Sweet Vermouth with a sweet liqueur. Got it?
Martinis and Manhattans are consumed by people with a refined palate.
There are four basic questions that you must ask the customer before preparation.
1. Straight up (cocktail glass) or on the rocks (rocks glass)?
2. Gin or Vodka (when referring to Martinis)? Manhattans are always Whiskey. Rob Roys (Scotch Manhattans) are always Scotch Whisky (this is not a typo! Scotch and Canadian Whisky is spelled without the "e").
3. What brand of liquor? What do you prefer? (house brands are rarely ordered).
4. What garnish? Martinis are either olives (usually 1 or 3) or a lemon twist. Don't guess! Always check with the customer or have the server go back to the table to ask. As a rule, Martinis will normally be served with an olive, but it's better to have the customer tell you. The garnish is automatic in Manhattans. The garnish is a cherry unless the drink is made with Dry Vermouth, then the garnish is a lemon twist, unless the customer specifies otherwise. Some customers will order a drink and say "no fruit" because they know it's going to be there.
When making Martinis always use Vermouth sparingly! A few drops will do!
Ice melt is an essential part of the drink.
Basic Preparation: Shaken or Stirred? We'll leave that up to you!
When prepared up (straight up): Take a cocktail glass (Martini glass) and add ice and water to begin chilling the glass (don't put glass in the ice behind the bar!). In a 16oz. (pint) glass filled with ice, add Vermouth and then the liquor. Ingredients should reach approximately half way up the glass. Stir with the back of a bar spoon rapidly several times. Empty the cocktail glass and strain the drink into the glass. Our preference is to stir rather than shake, unless James Bond (007) is at the bar! Add garnish.
OK ... if you really want to shake it, put the glass into a metal shaker and have a blast! Or, you could make the drink in the metal shaker.
When prepared on the rocks: In a rocks glass filled with ice add Vermouth and then the liquor. Add garnish and a sip stick. No stirring or shaking required.
Martinis are always made with Gin unless Vodka is requested. The customer has to ask for a Vodka Martini. Usually a brand name of Gin or Vodka will be specified. Or, as a bartender, ask the customer. Don't forget to ask what garnish .... olive or twist (remember the show Oliver Twist?).
Martini
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Gin
Olive or Twist (did you ask?)
Dry Martini
A few drops of Dry Vermouth
Gin
Olive or Twist
Extra Dry Martini
NO Vermouth!!!!!!!! (OK ... if you insist ... 1 drop)
Gin
Olive or Twist
Dirty Martini
Add a little olive juice from the garnish tray (customer may specify amount).
No Vermouth!!
The garnish is obviously olives.
In and Out Martini*
* This is ordered if customers have had martinis prepared with too much Dry Vermouth. This is a safe way to order a Martini if they think the bartender can't make the drink properly. This is why we tell you to just use a splash or drops of Vermouth or leave it out completely when garnishing with olives. Chill your glass as before and make the drink with the liquor only. After the glass is chilled, empty it.
Add a little Dry Vermouth to the empty glass, swirl it around and then dump it out.... thus the name In and Out. This is how much Vermouth should have been in the Martini in the first place!
Olive or Twist
Gibson
Martini garnished with cocktail onions (think of it as a Gibs-onion)
Gimlet (lime is inside the name!)
½oz. lime juice
Gin
Lime garnish
Cosmopolitan Martini
Cocktail glass - make in pint glass or metal shaker
Absolut Citron (or similar)
½oz. Triple Sec
½oz. Lime Juice
Splash of Cranberry Juice
Stir or shake
Lime garnish
Manhattans
Manhattans are prepared the same way as Martinis, but the garnish is standard with each type of Manhattan. The customer might order and request no fruit. The Sweet Vermouth is not as critical as Dry Vermouth, but still ... back off, unless the customer wants it sweet.
Manhattan
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Whiskey
Cherry garnish (sweet vermouth is red like a cherry)
Dry Manhattan
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Whiskey
Lemon Twist (Dry Vermouth gets a lemon twist)
Perfect Manhattan (Tell them all of your are perfect!)
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
A few drops of Dry Vermouth
Whiskey
Lemon Twist (Dry Vermouth gets a lemon twist .... I just told you that)
Rob Roy/Scotch Manhattan (Two names ... same drink)
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Scotch Whisky (this is not a typo ... Scotch and Canadian Whisky is spelled without the letter "e."
Cherry garnish
Dry Rob Roy/Dry Scotch Manhattan
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Scotch Whisky
Lemon Twist (I know.... I told you before)
Perfect Rob Roy/Perfect Scotch Manhattan
½oz. Sweet Vermouth
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Scotch Whisky
Lemon Twist (you remembered)
Southern Comfort Manhattan*(Southern Comfort is not a liquor .. it's a cordial and is very sweet)
Splash of Dry Vermouth
Southern Comfort
Lemon Twist
* This is the one that gets bartenders confused. Because you only hear "Manhattan" and not Dry before it, bartenders tend to prepare it with Sweet Vermouth as a regular Manhattan. The difference with this drink is that Southern Comfort is not a whiskey, it is a liqueur (cordial) and thus, very sweet. You really don't want to use Sweet Vermouth with a sweet liqueur. Got it?
