Amertinez

1 1⁄4 oz Gin

2⁄3 oz Cynar

2⁄3 oz Sweet vermouth

1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur

2 ds Orange bitters

1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)

Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Cocktail summary

Created by

Chris Hannah at Arnaud's French 75

Is of

unknown authenticity

Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2013/04/amertinez.html

Curator

4 stars

Average

4 stars

(47 ratings)

Cocktail Book

From other users

Very interesting and complex. I get a banana taste that is tempered by the orange and bitter. Gin just gives it depth. Might be even better with a more botanical gin. Used 4:2:2:1 ratio.
Liked this a lot! Switched out maraschino liqueur for lemon juice, and an an arena cherry instead of the orange peel and greatly enjoyed. Cheers!
To try
Solid. Well balanced and easy drinking.
OK if you like Cynar. Will make again to see if it grows on me.
Sophisticated, Cointreau-like. — ★★★★

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Comments

This is truly an excellent, delicious drink that I have taught to several bartenders around the country, always crediting Mr. Hannah of course. I just noticed that the find.eat.drink website has an entry for Mr. Hannah dated 18 July 2011, (http://www.findeatdrink.com/Index/Drink/Entries/2011/7/18_chris_hannah_…) that offers slightly different proportions:

1.25 oz Gin / 0.75 oz amaro /0.75 oz sweet vermouth / 0.25 oz maraschino liqueur / 2 ds orange bitters

I don't know that 0.66 oz (20 mL) will be all that different than 0.75 oz (22 mL) - perhaps the 20 mL version gives you more of a 50/50 drink (that is, 37 mL gin and 40 mL of the amaro/vermouth. I suppose you could go fully metric, too:

40 mL gin / 20 mL amaro / 20 mL sweet vermouth / 10 mL maraschino

Most of the recipes for this drink I've seen online seem to specify a London dry gin, but I think that an Old Tom gin would have been used when the original Martinez was made, and I think that Hayman's works quite well.

I made two of these last night with the recently released Cynar 70 - they were excellent! This is one of my favorite drinks, and I think I will be making it this way in the future. The increased alcohol content is not noticeable on the palate, but I did feel it.

Has a Black Lodge to start the evening tonight, so I thought I would try one of these with Michter's single barrel rye instead of the gin. It works but definitely not as good as the original - the gin gives a much cleaner flavor, the whiskey dulls the drink.

With rye, this is close to a Little Italy and quite good as well.