Home Bar Essentials
Below, the Gintender has compiled a list of home bar essentials. If you’ve taken one of the mixology classes at Wisdom or Church & State, this list should be familiar to you! Essential Base spirits: 1. Vodka — Smirnoff 2. Gin — Beefeater 3. Rum — Bacardi 4. Whiskey — Blantons 5. Triple sec 6. [...]
How To Order A Martini
HOW TO ORDER A MARTINI: A Simple Guide 1. Choose your favorite brand of gin or vodka (obviously we recommend gin). 2. Choose your gin/vodka to vermouth ratio: Bone Dry= No Vermouth Dry= 11/1 Regular= 5/1 Wet=3/1 Dirty= Add olive brine Perfect= Sweet and dry vermouth 3. Garnish None Olives Lemon twist Onion 4. [...]
Ice Best Practices
Peter recently wrote the Gintender to ask: What is your philosophy on the use of ice in cocktails? A traditional up gin martini chilled as close to freezing as possible approaches perfection for me. Ice is used imperfectly in most bars – from under-chilled martinis to stale cubes made from poor-quality water that imparts bad [...]
A word about GIN styles
London Dry Gin — Dry, pure style originally made exclusively in London and appeared soon after the invention of the continuous still, which enabled production of a nearly pure spirit. The high distillation strength removed unpleasant flavors found in earlier gins allowing this new form to be sold unsweetened or ‘dry’. Today a ’London dry’ style gin may [...]
Why GIN over VODKA?
Simply put, gin is basically a neutral spirit, (high strength vodka) flavored predominantly with juniper and various seeds, berries, roots, fruits and herbs. Under EU legislation the name ‘gin’ means any flavored spirit over 37.5% alcohol by volume which includes some juniper. There are two classifications: ‘gin’ and ‘distilled gin’. Distilled gins are always [...]
