Martinis vs Manhattans

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or mixed drinks classik/dud

― anthony, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Those are two different questions. Make your mind up you manboob.

― N., Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what is in a manhattan then o bartender anthony? Martini = gin = good. hmmm. i like most cocktails but obv. cannot drink the creamy ones. i like long island iced tea and MARGARITAS yummmmmm...

― katie, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hhahahahahahahahaha manboob. Hahahahahahahahahhaa. I had never used that word in that context and never seen how funny it was. Another nude years resolution is to be nicer to N. for although he is a meanie sometimes he can be very funny. Manboob. HahahahahhahahahahahhAHHAHAHAHAHhaahahhaa.

Try these for a few Manhattan recipes. The GIN MARTINI is superior though. Cooo look, an ABSINTHE MARTINI!

I got a bottle of Bombay Sapphire GIN for christmas!! Londoners are hereby invited round my house with a bottle of SPIRITS for a cocktail party. Or if you have a well stocked CABINET I will come round and drink yours. Nice rack heh, you manboobs.

― Sarah, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Martinis by a metric mile, because, as milady points out, they contain gin. Gin makes a man mean.

― RickyT, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In the wake of 9/11, Manhattans make my tonsils sad. So Martinis.

A friend of mine once went out with an insane American who cornered me at a party once and launched into a tirade about how martinis were ass and how he hated all the bastards who drank them in a kind of 'ooh - look at me - I'm in Swingers' kind of way. He was on a lot of medication and stuff, but still.

― N., Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did you call him a manboob?

― RickyT, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, he was kind of violent.

― N., Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mixed drinks: classick. CLASSICK. As in classy yet sick. I can't smell it in your eyes. FEEL IT IN YER GAZE.

― helenfordsdale, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cosmopolitans, baby. Great drink.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love cosmos as well.

― Samantha, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd choose a martini over a manhattan. And I know it's not proper, but I'd like a vodka martini, thanks. I used to make manhattans for my parents from the time I was a toddler. Two jiggers rye, one vermouth. Never liked them myself.

I'm all for sissy drinks: cosmos, apple martinis, sloe gin fizzes, Shirley Temples. I went through a malibu rum and grapefruit juice phase a few years ago, I think that's the last time I got really excited about an alcoholic beverage.

― Arthur, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Martinis.

Though Im on bottle #4 of my brothers wine collection so dont mine me. Fuck each of these bottles is more then I could seriously hope to drink in a night.

― Mr Noodles, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Manhattans. Simple, tasty, boozy. Good.

― DavidM, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sidecars.

― the pinefox, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

For some stupid reason or other, I initially thought that this thread was "Mauritius vs. Manhattan." Why I would think so, I dunno. Which island is cooler?

Has anyone here been to Mauritius? Or know anything about Mauritius?

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

You people are completely fucked in the head.

Manhattans = YUM.
Gin Martinis = Sorta Yum.
Vodka Martinis = Yuck.
Fruity Martinis = For Trashy Hos.

Bourbon is for real men. Like me!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 12 September 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

What is a Manhattan?

Is a Martini just some Martini poured from the bottle into the glass?

Is a Vodka Martini just some vodka added to the poured Martini (from a bottle into the glass)?

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

A Manhattan is.

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

No; martini (proper) is gin + vermouth. Vodka martini is vodka + vermouth. Martini^TM is a brand of vermouth, and gross.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

x-post

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil basically nails the hierarchy for me. But I'd probably put Manhattans and gin Martinis on more of an equal plane. I oscillate between favoring one over the other, usually for a couple months at a time.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Can I ask for a Manhattan or a Martini in a pub in Glasgow?

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Manhattans are OK. A proper Martini is a fine drink, but not as nice as neat ice cold gin poured over two eighhts of lime and two ice cubes. I am nobbut a ho to Madame Geneva

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

'Neat ice cold gin poured over two eights of lime and two ice cubes'.

Sorry, just had to have that said again.

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, that confused me as well.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

eighths of lime, as in two of the parts produced when you half a lime two ways

two cubes because add too much ice and you dilute the gin

sorry for tricksiness

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 12 September 2003 22:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Phil's is almost my hierarchy but I like vodka better than gin

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

definately no shaking or I will kill you. Why make the decision. Vermouth sould be Noilly Prat. As winston churcill said to make a good martini simply whisper vermouth into the glass and add gin.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

half a lime three ways!

I should go to bed

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes. I agree with RickyT. He is a genius of drinks minimalism.

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

ps, don't drink martini after 8 pints of ordinary, it will furque you urrp. ooh me head in advance for tomorrow like.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Can I ask for a Martini / Manhattan in a pub in Glasgow?! Or just in bars?! Are there any bars in Glasgow?

― David. (Cozen), Friday, 12 September 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm sure you could ask for one at a pub, but I'm guessing that the odds of getting a well-mixed one aren't in your favor

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 13 September 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Ricardo, it was just the "neat" and then "ice" and "lime" that confused me.

― kirsten (kirsten), Saturday, 13 September 2003 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I just don't want a well-glassed face.

― David. (Cozen), Saturday, 13 September 2003 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Just drink long vodkas, Cozen.

― kirsten (kirsten), Saturday, 13 September 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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