Why can't I get a vodka Martini at my local nightclub?!
Answers: I asked for one the other night, and the bartender just told me, "We don't make Vodkatinis here." She didn't say they didn't have the ingredients (and I can't imagine they don't, as there are only two and they're both fairly common, and they make other varieties of Martini), she just said they don't make them. I didn't think to ask why at the time. Any ideas?
The problem I always ran into was that they just didn't keep dry vermouth-most of the faux martinis don't have it.
Since I was a regular they finally allowed me to buy my own vermouth and they kept it in the cooler labeled with my name, but that probably won't work for you-sorry.
maybe she was being difficult. or maybe she only thinks a martini should be gin. oh, you know what-maybe she could not even make one!
You'll really need to stop drinkin' man, that sht'll kill ya
maybe, just maybe, she didn't hear you correctly.
even if she was out of dry vermouth, she could have easily made a martini without it.
very dry...
maybe, just maybe she said "i won't model bikini's"
it's a stretch i know...
I think your right. The actual martini is becoming a trademark of the past only for British spys and Big Band singers. They probably stopped carrying vermouth. At the bar i worked at in two years i only orders three bottles of Martini and Rossi vermouth.
Appletini and cosmos moved alot faster
2 options: 1) they just don't know how to make the fancy VodkaTinis at his location so they're just saying "we don't make them here".
or 2) if you just want a simple Vodka Martini (which is ONLY vodka and vermouth) then push the issue with them and ask, "How hard is it to make vodka and vermouth"? It's no different then a vodka and tonic. ONLY 2 INGREDIENTS bartender!!!
I have never heard of such a thing.
But here is a rule I have, if a bartender doesn't want to make a particular drink, don't twist thier arm, 'cause you'll get a pretty bad drink. Order something else at this place, and get a martini somewhere else, where they know how to make them right.