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Building and Stocking a Bar at Home

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We’re thrilled to have been featured in Porch.com’s recent feature: “Building and Stocking a Bar at Home: 101 With the Experts.” They asked our editor Greg Mays “What is the best recipe you can give us to make a Martini at home, and which are your favorite variations?”

Here’s an excerpt:

“Welcome to what is potentially the most explosive topic in the world of cocktails: the Martini. Folks are very particular about their Martini preferences. Vodka or gin? Dirty or “clean”? Wet or dry?

There are some universal tenants to a great Martini, and the #1 ingredient is COLD. Make sure your glassware is in the freezer for 10+ minutes beforehand, and make sure you have a lot of clean ice. Because the drink is so polarizing, I’m going to give you my favorite 2 recipes.”

Read the whole story here: Building and Stocking a Bar at Home: 101 With the Experts.

Tito’s Martini

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tito's vodka martini

“Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman…or a bad woman.” ~George Burns

The martini is the definitive “welcome home” drink from a hard day’s work.  While there’s a tireless debate about gin or vodka, shaken or stirred, wet or dry, I’m going to present one recipe here in order to stay true to the “simple” moniker.  Here’s my favorite vodka martini.

Vodka Martini

  • 2 oz Tito’s Handmade vodka
  • 1/2 oz dry vermouth
  • 1 or more olives to garnish
  • as JB says, “shaken, not stirred”

To chill the cocktail glass, I prefer using ice water (see picture above) while I build the drink.  This is faster and requires less planning than freezing the glass.