Comments on: Martini time http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/ Dismantling the patriarchy...one drink at a time! Thu, 02 May 2013 21:12:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pink Lady http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-306 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:00:07 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-306 Eric with a “c” – I’ve heard great things about “Dirty Sue” from Adam Lantheaume at the Boston Shaker store! LUPEC would be happy to taste-test a bottle.

Erik with a “k” – thanks for the tip! I knew in my heart that the genever portion of the experiment wouldn’t land, but figured I should at least try it, for consistency’s sake. Live and learn, I guess.

Erin & Arnold – these are some pretty awesome links, thanks for sharing! Would you agree that lobbying for the wet martini is still a constant battle, even ten years after Zakaria’s SLATE story?

]]> By: Arnold http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-294 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:15:39 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-294 Erin beat me to the punch, as I noticed the same Post article and came back here to extol the reach and influence of this site.

Instead, if I may point out an article that beat you to the punch back in 1998:
http://www.slate.com/id/3517/

Cheers.

]]> By: Erin http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-293 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:56:57 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-293 By the way, I just noticed this article was published today in the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/03/AR2009020300495.html?hpid=artslot

Coincidence?

]]> By: erik_flannestad http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-280 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:24:58 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-280 Uh, yeah, about the only dry vermouth and Genever/Genevieve cocktail I know that works is the Holland House. And even then, with the Genevieve, you’d probably get folks asking if it was a grappa or tequila they were drinking.

I’d stick with Improved Holland Gin Cocktails and other fun 19th Century delights, when mixing with Genevieve.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-278 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:26:06 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-278 Oi! Count me in! I’ll bring the VYA.
Cheers,
J

]]> By: Eric http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-277 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:21:52 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-277 Hey Pink Lady,

Good post! I have a new test for you. I have been bartending in LA for about 20 years. A couple years ago, I started a company and launched Dirty Sue – premium bottled olive juice for dirty martinis.

I would love to send you some samples to play around with. Dirty Sue has a much stronger olive profile with a bit less of the salt water effect.

Let me know if you are interested in trying.

Also, you can combine the best of both worlds.. A Dirty Sue martini with a hint of vermouth.

Best,
Eric
et1969@mac.com

]]> By: Pink Lady http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-276 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:38 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-276 Happily! In truth, it happened very much on the fly, but I’d have been thrilled to have a bigger – and perhaps more sentient – audience!

]]> By: Erin http://lupecboston.com/2009/01/29/martini-time/#comment-275 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:37:14 +0000 http://lupecboston.com/?p=631#comment-275 The next time you have a martini taste test, can you send out an announcement or something? I live about 5 minutes away from Toro and would be happy to be a future taste tester.

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