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I posted the Martinez Cocktail on my blog before, but I decided to return to this cocktail for detailed investigation. The Martinez Cocktail is one of my favorite classic cocktail.

The Martinez Cocktail is very old cocktail. Some peoples think that Martinez is the precursor of most famous cocktail of the world - The Martini cocktail. The author of Martinez Cocktail is legendary Jerry Thomas.

Some imbabers-bloggers give attention to this cocktail too. You can find more interesting information about Martinez on one of my favorite blog Oh, Gosh! (by Jay Hapburn) and, of course, on Spirits And Cocktails (by Jamie Boudreau).

First I discovered old-style version of Martinez Cocktail, which is more closest to original recipe by Jerry Thomas.

Martinez (Old Style)

60 ml sweet vermouth
30 ml gin (Old Tom gin is preferable)
1 tsp maraschino liqueur
1 dash bitters
Stir. Strain in cocktail glass. Garnish with a quarter of lemon wheel.

It is amazing cocktail with right and elegant taste. It is so week as for my taste, but rich complex taste of this version is very good for me.

Next step of my investigation is recipe of Martinez from CocktailDB. In this Martinez we can to try orange curacao as substitute of maraschino liqueur and dry vermouth instead sweet.

Martinez (Dry Style)

35 ml gin
30 ml dry vermouth
7 ml orange curacao (or maraschino liqueur)
1 dash orange bitters
Stir. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

This Martinez is so closest to Martini Cocktail. It has so dry, aromatic taste (I use MB Orange Curacao 30%). This cocktail is very good aperetive, but this version is not my choice.

This version of Martinez with maraschino liqueur has beautiful light sweet aromatic taste with floral undertones. This taste is more preferable for my understanding of Martinez Cocktail.

And of course I try modern version of Martinez Cocktail by Jamie Boudreau. It is one of my favorite cocktail.

Martinez (Modern style)

45 ml gin
45 ml sweet vermouth
2 tsp maraschino liqueur
2 dash orange bitters
Stir. Strain into cocktail glass and garnish with lemon slice.

Magnificent cocktail! It is smooth and very aromatic cocktail. Sometimes I use Angostura aromatic bitters instead orange bitters, this work well in my opinion.

In conclusion I try my own version of this classic cocktail. I like to use sweet citrus vermouth by Cinzano in my Martinez.

My Martinez

35 ml gin
35 ml sweet citrus vermouth (I prefer Cinzano Limetto)
2 tsp maraschino liqueur
2 dash Angostura bitter
Stir. Strain into cocktail glass and garnish with lemon slice.

It is beautiful cocktail with smooth aromatic citrus taste.

This commercial cocktail I was found in one of my barman guide. It is version of famous Papa Doble - the favorite E. Hemingway cocktail in El Floridita Del Medio, Havana. The recipe looks interesting and I decide to try it.

Bacardi 8 Hemingway

50 ml Bacardi 8
25 ml fresh lime juice
10 ml fresh grapefruit juice
10 ml maraschino liqueur
Shake vigourously with a lot of cracked ice. Serve in a tumbler or cocktail glass.

Wow! Extremely interesting sour-rum taste. I should try the double rum version! :)

This miracle cocktail has sweet and unique taste with light bitternes of maraschino and complex flavor of Parfait amour liqueur. Undoubtedly this cocktail work well in romantic case like … like… like sex.

Parfait Amour Cocktail

30 ml gin
30 ml Parfait Amour liqueur
15 ml maraschino liqueur
Shake. Cocktail glass, garnish with maraschino cherry.

Admirable cocktail!

From Cocktail and Mixed Drinks by Anthony Hogg (1979).  Some times ago I post Daiquiri Grapefruit Blossom which have so similar ingridients.

Daiquiri Blossom

35 ml white rum
35 ml orange juice
1 dash maraschino liqueur
Shake. Cocktail glass.

  One of the most popular afterdinner cocktail of Prohibition,
Angel`s Tit is not so simple as you can think. Complex sweet
and strong taste work well, unusually and wanton appearance
(plus name of course!) make it very male drink.

Angel`s Tit

40 ml maraschino liqueur
20 ml whipped cream
Build in cordial glass, garnish with maraschino cherry. Feel yourself like maffiozo.

This legendary cocktail is the precursor to the most famous of all cocktails, the Martini.

Some interesting facts about Martinez give us Jamie Boudreau.

My favorite version has sweet vermouth taste with light citrus and floral undertones. Try citrus vermouth by Cinzano (Lemetto or Orancio) for unusual results and new experience.

Martinez

40 ml gin
40 ml italian (sweet) vermouth
2 teaspoons maraschino liqueur
1 dash Angostura bitter
Stir (sic!). Cocktail.

Amen!

Просто ещё один коктейль из рома и сока грейпфрута…

Daiquiri Grapefruit Blossom

50 ml rum
25 ml fresh grapefruit juice
3 dash maraschino liqueur
Shake. Cocktail.

Иногда процесс гораздо масштабнее и значительнее результата…

Casa Blanca

60 ml aged white rum (Havana Club Anejo 7 Anos)
15 ml fresh lime juice
8 ml curacao
8 ml maraschino liqueur
1 dash Angostura bitters
Stir. Cocktail glass.

Admirable!!!

Когда-нибудь (ну, я так надеюсь) у меня будет время написать о каждом моем любимом коктейле огромное исследование…

Я делал этот коктейль прошлой зимой и остался в восторге благодаря
прекрасному балансу крепости, кислоты и пикантности. Сейчас я
вспомнил этот коктейль благодаря Darcy (The Art Of Drink).

Aviation

60 ml London Dry Gin (Seagram`s Extra Dry)
15 ml maraschino liqueur (De Kyeper Maraschino)
15 ml fresh lemon juice
Stir. Cocktail glass, maraschino cherry.