# Tonight is a martini kind of night.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 10, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633 "2012-11-10T23:37:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/1 "2012-11-10T23:37:15Z")
Dry, Tanq-10, dirty martinis over here. Anyone care to (virtually) join me? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/2 "2012-11-10T23:39:12Z")
Sorry, we’re sitting over in the hot toddy corner, after 36 hours of snow and numerous snow shovelling episodes for the steps and driveway. But enjoy your elegant martinis!
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/3 "2012-11-11T00:08:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Sorry, we’re sitting over in the hot toddy corner, after 36 hours of snow and numerous snow shovelling episodes for the steps and driveway. But enjoy your elegant martinis!
I think the amount of olive juice I skank them up with prevents them from being elegant, but thanks non-the-less.
There’s a metric ass load of snow here too, and it’s -18 so I’m staying in with my martinis and veggie samosas.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/4 "2012-11-11T00:14:35Z")
It’s not quite that cold here, but I am still enjoying my Hawaiian pizza and frozen pina colada.
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### Author:  [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/5 "2012-11-11T00:20:47Z")
I’m in.
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### Author:  [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/6 "2012-11-11T00:34:30Z")
I knew I should have bought the big bottle of vermouth! I used all of the little one in the waterzooi I made on Thursday.
I do have the makings of a nice whiskey sour though…
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/7 "2012-11-11T00:36:44Z")
Recipes, please?
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/8 "2012-11-11T00:44:58Z")
> [@Baker](#):
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> Recipes, please?
I’m assuming you don’t need a martini recipe; however, assuming you do:
2 oz Tanqueray 10
skiff of Martini Bianco Vermouth
Rinse the glass with Glenfiddich.
In a picture, pour the gin over ice, add the vermouth and stir. Pour into rinsed glass.
Garnish with 5 olives and a teaspoon of olive juice.
Ummmm, delicious!
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/9 "2012-11-11T00:50:19Z")
I may pull a beer from the kegerator, and shoot some pool. Is that close enough?
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### Author:  [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/10 "2012-11-11T00:53:06Z")
Aight !!!
Ya twisted my arm **Alice** , going to make a ceasar brb.
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### Author:  [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/11 "2012-11-11T00:57:25Z")
Tanq 10 is certainly good, but I’ll always reach for Beefeater and Noilly Prat. I usually mix about 5:1 gin to vermouth. Three olives, preferably cheese-stuffed, but I only get to eat two if my wife is in the same ZIP code.
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/12 "2012-11-11T01:06:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Sorry, we’re sitting over in the hot toddy corner, after 36 hours of snow and numerous snow shovelling episodes for the steps and driveway. But enjoy your elegant martinis!
The last really big storm we had burried us in for a few days because the plows kept getting stuck. My neighbour Drunk Wally came to the rescue with his tractor. If you want, I’ll send him your way to dig you out. He could get there in about six days, if he doesn’t get lost or expire. Of course once he digs you out, you’ll have to take care of him.
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### Author:  [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/13 "2012-11-11T01:07:07Z")
Oh god I want one.
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/14 "2012-11-11T01:08:42Z")
It’s President’s Choice Diet Lemonade Soda for me, 'cause I’m just a kid at heart.
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/15 "2012-11-11T01:12:57Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#):
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> I may pull a beer from the kegerator, and shoot some pool. Is that close enough?
Yep, that works!
> [@Ibanez](#):
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> Aight !!!
> Ya twisted my arm **Alice** , going to make a ceasar brb.
So does that!
> [@Muffin](#):
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> It’s President’s Choice Diet Lemonade Soda for me, 'cause I’m just a kid at heart.
And this!
> [@Sattua](#):
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> Oh god I want one.
Well go on then. Unless you’re a recovering alcoholic, in which case let me assure you that they taste like crap, and the olives are skunky.
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### Author:  [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/16 "2012-11-11T01:20:14Z")
Count me in Alice! I hate drinking alone.
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### Author:  [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/17 "2012-11-11T01:31:36Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#):
>
> I’m assuming you don’t need a martini recipe; however, assuming you do:
>
> 2 oz Tanqueray 10
> skiff of Martini Bianco Vermouth
>
> Rinse the glass with Glenfiddich.
>
> In a picture, pour the gin over ice, add the vermouth and stir. Pour into rinsed glass.
>
> Garnish with 5 olives and a teaspoon of olive juice.
>
> Ummmm, delicious!
My version: Pour 10 parts gin and 1 part dry vermouth in heavy glass bottle; mix; store in freezer overnight. Pour 2-4 ounces in glass of your choice; garnish with 1 or more olives or twist of lemon zest; serve immediately on the deck/porch/veranda overlooking the ocean or the rolling hills of home with your best friend at your side. For me, it just doesn’t get any better than this.
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### Author:  [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/18 "2012-11-11T01:33:01Z")
Can I fake it with, say, a vodka gibson? I can’t abide gin, other than in an occasional G&T to keep the mosquitoes away.
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### Author:  [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/19 "2012-11-11T01:34:27Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#):
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> Count me in Alice! I hate drinking alone.
This made me laugh: I’m going through a marriage breakup and I made the resolution that, no longer how stressful it gets, I won’t drink alone. Soooo, as you guys are all here, maybe just one little one… No bother with mixing, just a Laphroaig Quarter Cask and a drop of spring water.
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-is-a-martini-kind-of-night/640633/20 "2012-11-11T01:35:53Z")
Drinking some Goose Island Juliet beer here - nice, tart American-made lambic style. Good stuff.
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