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Today I'm revisiting a drink I've looked at on the channel before, the Vesper Martini. Named for Jame's Bond's love interest in his debut novel, Casino Royale, this drink has loomed large amongst Bond fans for years and, but I wanted to know: is it any good? Because this is a drink that Bond threw together on the fly to sort of impress the room, and it's a weird drink. Somewhere between a Dry Martini and a Gin and Tonic but with Vodka for some reason no one can explain, this is a confused drink. It's complicated by the fact that the key ingredient, Kina Lillet, no longer exists. There are two very good substitutes available though, and so today I explore them, and the shaking vs. stirring question, in a four way drink showdown I call: The Drink Matrix.
In Shaker or in Mixing Glass
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Cocchi Americano or Kina L'Aero D'Or
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Vodka
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. London Dry Gin
Shake or stir
Strain in to glass
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I'm not having one drink, I'm having four. It's called a "matrix", and it's classy!
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So what I'm hearing is that Bond likes the La Croix of martinis
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Head cannon: Bond is deliberately ordering an inferior cocktail, in a brash, showy manner, because he wants to appear to be an overconfident oaf, who’s out of his depth. He wants Le Chiffre to underestimate him.
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(17:25) "Maybe this is a martini for a guy who hates gin." I can't help but recall that James Bond mostly orders vodka martinis.
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Matrix: traditionally gin-based drinks made normally vs herbal vodka
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I would love to see a drink matrix of gin and tonics, trying different gins and/or tonics.
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I always thought that scene in Casino Royale would’ve been better if the last guy ordered an Appletini.
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Fun Bond Lore Factoid: After Vesper died, Bond never had another Vesper Martini again because her betrayal ruined the taste of them for him.
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hey greg,
thanks.
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What is a pirates favorite fruit?
Greg: Arrange
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You made 4 great cocktails in this episode, but your transition from James Bond to Simplisafe in the intro was smoother than any of the drinks shown. 👌
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FYI a distiller in London called Sacred makes an amber vermouth that is meant to be the closest match to kina lillet. They partnered with Duke's bar (birthplace of the Vesper!) to create it. It's a delicious vermouth and their dry and sweet are easily my favourites in their respective categories (though the dopo teatro probably ties for best sweet).
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Seeing greg pretend to be sneaky for the plug of His advortisor is hilarious
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I had a bartender's adaptation of a vesper once that was lovely. It was Hendricks and Grey Goose (the bar only had more expensive liquor options) and he did use Lillet Blanc but he garnished with an orange twist and added a dash of orange bitters into the drink. It was a really enjoyable drink. But by no means a traditional Vesper.
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12:06 i couldn’t stop laughing at Greg’s face when he spills the vodka 😂
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I really appreciate that right out of the gate you're not making grandiose claims, in fact you clearly state that you don't expect much. Your video isn't click bait filled, it is a true assessment of a popularized drink. Plus, it's honest, to the point, but with some history thrown in. Love the video, love that you keep it click bait free and honest. Subscribed and liked.
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As a chemist and an amateur mixologist, I loved the drink matrix! I would love to see more for a variety of cocktails and think it would help with advising on how to alter recipes on the fly. Also, I loved your mention of some kind of spectrometer! A coworker when I was in college used a gas-chromatography mass spectrometer on vodka samples (after spme headspace analysis) and didn’t really see much of interest, but I’ve always been curious what a more herbaceous liquor or liqueur would look like. Anyway if anyone wants to hire an analytical chemist for alcohol analysis I’m you’re girl!
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Keep doing videos like this. Seeing how changing only one ingredient can completely change the dynamic of a drink is a very interesting topic!
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...Man, I thought you spilled in the normal slow-mos. That time, you just out-and-out tossed the booze on the table, huh?
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