Classically booze-forward martinis may go down easy, but can make for a hard morning. This lower-alcohol version is a great ...

The gin, for example ... period in the 1920s and ‘30s where multiple recipe books explicitly call for dry vermouth, making the Martinez just a Martini with a little bit of sweetness.

A trained sommelier, cocktail book author ... by the regulars who referred to the drink as a Tom Collins after the Old Tom gin that featured in the recipe at the time.

The earliest recipes for the dry Martini called for bitters ... of the Martini in his 1888 cocktail book the “Bartender Manual”, calling for Old Tom Gin, sweet vermouth, orange curaçao ...

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice and stir for 15 to 20 seconds. Strain up into a coupe or cocktail glass and ...