Vermouth
 

Anyone into vermouth? Went to a great vermouth bar is Copenhagen and really enjoyed it. Looking for suggestions on what to try.

When I make a Gin Martini I always use Dolin. Very popular in high end craft cocktail bars.


https://www.dolin.fr/en/range/our-vermouths/

When I make a Gin Martini I always glance at the Vermouth bottle.

Sahara desert dry. I like mine dry with teaspoon of vermouth , stirred and a lemon twist. Served in martini glass right out of the freezer

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Martini Freezer

4 bottles of vodka

3 bottles of tequila

1 bottle of Gin

12 martini glasses

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Just back from Spain. My wife is a fan of sweet vermouth and likes the fact that most restaurants/cafes/bars in Spain have it on tap. Have never noticed any particular name, but I've never heard her say she's had a bad one.

The wife and I like our Vodka Martinis very dry so I keep the Vermouth in the pantry. I think it is in the pantry.

I wave the vermouth bottle over my glass. BTW the best martini/Manhattan bars refrigerate vermouth.

I keep mine the fridge. Vermouth is a wine so after opening to keep it viable it needs to be refrigerated.

Couple friends like to drink sweet vermouth in a wine glass. But what it's most famous for is Manhattans. Rye and Bourbon. I guess it started about 15 years ago some people like to drink their Manhattans in a frozen martini glass. Thus Manhattan martini of course topped with a cherry..

Our experience in Spain is that vermouth is served in various glass designs, but always over ice.

Drinking wine over ice. I don't know about that. Must be a European thing

My friend who buys & sells wine for a living has no problem with wine over ice. And, as the Europeans pretty much "invented" wine, they have many centuries more experience than we do in NA.
A good book covering the history of wine is "Inventing Wine" by Paul Lukacs.
On average, we find inexpensive French, Spanish, Portuguese & German wines to be better than inexpensive NA wines.
Obviously, YMMV.

If people enjoy wine over ice more power to them. Its not something I would do.

By recipe, I use sweet Vermouth to make Manhattans. Simple Martini & Rossi, Dolin’s or my favorite, Antica Formula Carpano 1786. Often switching around the bitters used. I also experiment with different Amaro varieties. They tend to add more complexity to the drink. Some do not require any bitters to be added.

Cherry of choice is Luxardo.

In the last year or so I started drinking Negronis. I use Tanqueray Gin, Carpano Antica Sweet Red Vermouth, and Campari. I mix it like Stanley Tucci does - delicious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srjk7qJ4PQ4

From "The Negroni: Drinking to La Dolce Vita": According to reliable lore, the cocktail was born when an Italian bartender responded to a customer's demand for a stiffer riff on an Americano cocktail (a much-tamer mix of Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda). The patron, Count Camillo Negroni, had picked up a taste for strong liquor while working—true story—as a rodeo clown in the American Wild West, and gave his name to the resulting concoction.