Originally Posted by
geo1005
Correct.
Yes. And your drink is called a "vodka martini"... kind of like a "lamb burger" is a burger not made with ground beef but rather lamb.
Nothing wrong with either I'll add.
My two favorite martinis are:
1. Hayman's (Old Tom) stirred with high quality dry vermouth. With a twist.
2. Old Raj shaken solo and then poured into a very cold martini glass where the vermouth has been added, swirled and then tossed out. With a twist.
Your drink #2 isn't a martini. It's straight gin with a twist in a dirty cocktail glass. Nothing wrong with that, but a martini is gin
and vermouth.
Arguments about martinis resemble nothing so much as arguments about religious doctrine, say the nature of Christ. Everyone is sure of his (and it's almost always a guy holding forth) opinion, and regards others as heretical. I can never tell what sect a bartender belongs to, and rarely order the drink in a bar.