Martini's...shaken or stirred...?

[imax2268]

me...shaken...with two olives...!

[salonghorn70]

1. We Know

What James Bond would say.

[imax2268]

4. seriously...

I like them shaken...heh heh heh...

[markses]

2. Stirred, of course

What are we, savages?

That James Bond screwed the Martini good. Fucking shaken! Goddamnit.

I ordered a Martini at a cocktail lounge in San Antonio when I was there on business. The waiter came over with the shaker and started smashing it back and forth back and forth. He almost started to pour into the frosty martini glass. "Excuse me," I said, "Can you bring that bruised gin to someone else's table, and bring me a martini. I'm not here for the performance."

Needless to say, the bartender brought my drink over shortly.

[bucknaked]

3. I don't care, as long is it includes Grey Goose!

...though I suppose I'll take a Chopin or Belvie vodka martini.

[imax2268]

5. grey goose...

now that's good stuff...

don't you hate it when you go to a high class joint and they don't serve you top shelf...?

[soothsayer]

6. shaken in a silver plated (or solid silver) shaker----it really IS colder

than mere stainless steel, and will create little slivers of ice that are FANTASTIC

ya gotta shake it like crazy tho

[Taverner]

7. Shaken of course

Shaking airates the drink, forcing oxygen into the mix which forces the alchohol into your system quicker.

Try a test some night - try one martini shaken, and measure how long it takes to hit you.

Then the next night try it stirred - I guarantee an extra 30 min!

[Eye and Monkey]

8. Martini. Hold the olive. Hold the vermouth. Tonic and lime, on the side.

Please. The Sapphire. Yes, I'll stir it myself. Thanks.

[dae]

9. Grey Goose...shaken...

and I like two olives as well.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Stirred, never shaken

i don't like the excess of bubbles that shaking makes in the drink. And the general rule is, for any cocktail that is clear, it should be stirred.

Bond always said "Shaken, not stirred" because he was going against the norm, and thus had to announce how he wanted it.

But, for those who like theirs shaken, I have no problem with it. :-)

[SOteric]

11. What Rabrrrrrr said.

Not to mention that shaking takes all the 'oomph' out of a Martini.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. And I'm just finishing a nice stirred martini...

Yum!!

I also started last year or thereabouts to store my gin in the fridge, not the freezer. Of course it isn't as cold, but I discovered that by freezing the gin, it was losing some of its complexity and aromas, and I didn't even realize it.

I'd go to a bar and get a sapphire martini and it would be flowery and have a nice bouquet, but I'd think that the bartender screwed it up. Until I made a non-frozen one at home and realized that, wow, that's what Sapphire (and regular Bombay as well) really tastes like!

So, no more freezer gin for me.

[DS1]

13. I would prefer to be stirred

:shrug:

[CanuckAmok]

14. Medium dry vodka martini with a twist of lime...

...shaken, of course; the ice has to be suspended in the liquid upon service, or it doesn't count.

I should know; I've had two already tonight...

[Fuzz]

15. Stirred, Plymouth Gin and a whisper of dry Cinzano vermouth

Stir briskly with small ice cubes and pour into a martini glass straight out of the freezer. Add an almond stuffed olive or two. Heaven in a glass.

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. I like Plymouth Gin! A bit too sweet for regular imbibing,

but good.

Have you discovered Magellan gin yet? It is, IMO, what Plymouth meant to be. Wondrous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fuzz]

17. No, I have not.

The local store I purchase from has stopped carrying Plymouth (I think I was the only one buying it) so I've been buying Tangueray. I will keep an eye out for Magellan though. Thanks for the tip.

[amazona]

18. Stirred!!!!!

James Bond has a lot of bruised gin to answer for.

[patrick g]

19. here's my .02

always stir a martini. the texture is better, the taste is better, and the appearance is better . . ..

[Bake]

20. "Bruised" my ass! Who likes their martinis DIRTY???

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Bake