PSU Vanguard Night Out Guide Classy Drinks

The martini here is all wrong. Indeed, a martini is made with gin, and a vodka “martini” is something else entirely. However, in no modern school of mixology would one find bitters sharing a glass with gin and vermouth. Consider Bombay Sapphire gin, for example, which boasts ten botanicals defining its complex flavor. To mix this with bitters – the archetypical Angostura contains likely dozens of tropical herbs and spices – is to convolute the gin’s careful aroma beyond recognition. If making this addition, one ought to order well gin, as any subtlety is inevitably bowled over. Next, the martini is never to be shaken. Doing so “bruises” the aromatic oils and yields a mirky and dull beverage as seen in the video. Thirdly, the 3:1 gin-to-vermouth ratio is nonstandard, and most prefer a drier martini around 5:1.

A martini made according to this video’s recipe justifies the facial expression at 1:13. Leif and Emily, please, do your homework before you prescribe outlandish cocktail recipes to the student body. You’re embarrassing us.

As long as we can trust our news reporters to enjoy themselves, I suppose.

On an unrelated note, if anyone would like a martini recipe, my email is [email protected].