When picking a bottle of booze, it’s often about what’s inside the bottle, not out. You’re buying a gin for its ability to bolster a martini, not for the label. If you do buy a bottle for ...

The martini is a subjective drink and everyone has their preference: gin, vodka, both, dry, wet, dirty, shaken, stirred. Below is a fail-safe classic recipe. Put a coupette or other glass of your ...

To learn about all the options, we asked New York City bartender Tom Walker about how to order a martini. Walker is a gin ...

Last year, I was brainstorming ideas for a cocktail menu with a friend and consulting partner, when he asked me if I’d ever tried making a Martini with an olive oil-washed gin. I said yes ...

The cocktail has shrunk in the past few years as the “mini martini” takes its place in menus around the city. The pint-sized ...

The Gin-Gin Mule was created as the solution to a problem. Here was the problem: As difficult as it may be for us wizened veterans of the cocktail zeitgeist to understand, the issue, in the year ...

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice, and stir briskly for 10 to 20 seconds (longer for bigger ice, shorter for ...