MARTINI 101
If only the history of the Martini was as translucent as the drink itself. No one really knows the true origin of the recipe. There are quite a lot of theories. We could spend all day going over the many rumored origins of this classic drink, but instead, let’s just go over a few.
It’s believe that the Martini was birthed from The Martinez. Even the origin of the Martinez is cloudy. One theory is that around 1850 the Martinez was invented by a Californian bartender who originally made the drink for a demanding miner. He mixed the drink together and threw in an olive for good measure and named the drink after his home town.
Jerry Thomas, the Father of Mixology, featured the drink the 1887 reprint of his Bartenders Guide. The recipe featured Bitters, Maraschino, Gin, Vermouth with a slice of lemon.
In 1863 two Italian gentleman Alessandro Martini and Luigi Rossi introduced their highly acclaimed vermouth. When their product reached the US a bartender mixed the vermouth with gin and called the drink obviously named it the Martini (poor Rossi.) Finally in 1911, the drink was said to be invented at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City. The bartender’s name was Martini and thus he name it after himself. The drink made with half gin and half vermouth.
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