First, 'dry' indicates that very little vermouth has been added to the cocktail, so the gin is the primary focus. The typical ratio is 6 parts gin to 1 part vermouth. However, order 'extra dry' and you'll get the slightest splash of vermouth, or even just a glass-coating wash.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 10 points 8 months ago

Alcohol culture...

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gin, you want gin in a fancy glass

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Wave a sealed bottle of vermouth near it

[–] survivalmachine 6 points 8 months ago

Slow your roll there, cowboy!

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's a vermouth

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Type of fortified (i.e. with added spirits) wine flavored with herbs

[–] Chuymatt 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it is fairly foul. It doesn’t seem to add much to cocktails and adds a bitter aftertaste.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

That is a feature, not a bug

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

My city has a "no straight spirits" rule for bars, it's a failed attempt to stop binge drinking

So I would order whisky on the rocks, hold the ice

Were I a gin fan it would be a "perfectly dry martini"

The bar staff agree the rule is stupid and are usually happy to work around them. Binge drinking in bars hardly happens anyway as it is too expensive, we have very high alcohol taxes, except on wine.