Eugene Martini Association
Finally Membership has real privileges. With a menu of martinis 40+ strong and a tradition of full glasses at Adam’s Place we offer something a little special for our martini drinkers. For an initiation fee of $50 and a $30 renewal fee every year after you get a larger than normal crystal martini glass with your personal number imprinted. Plus the Martini Club meets regularly on Wednesday nights. Please call 541-344-6948.
How to order a martini --
Traditional Martini preferences
Wet one part dry vermouth with two parts vodka or gin
Traditional - one part dry vermouth with four parts vodka or gin
Dry small splash of dry vermouth in your martini
Rinse - small splash of dry vermouth in your glass which is spilled out
Extra Dry 3 drops of vermouth in your martini
Super Dry carefully placing the vermouth bottle between the shaker and the closest light source so that the vermouth
shadow lands on the shaker for no more then 7 seconds
Dirty splash of olive juice in your martini
Muddy multiple olive juice splashes in your martini
Perfected rinse of sweet and dry vermouth
Twist lemon twist no olive
Gibson with onion
History of the Martini
Though the true origins of this elegant potion are shrouded in mystery, its name is directly linked to the Martini Sola & Co. vermouth (today, called Martini & Rossi) that went into the drink. A cocktail called the martini was being served in American bars shortly after the Civil War. Then, the martini was mixed half-and-half gin and vermouth, but the proportions changed as the decades passed. At the end of prohibition, martinis were 4 to 1 in favor of gin and had even acquired their own long-stemmed, wide-mouthed glass.
After World War II, the famed Harry’s Bar in Venice introduced a version called the Montgomery, after British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, who was said to have preferred a ratio of 1 British troop to every 15 German soldiers in battle-a very dry martini indeed.
Among dry martini fanciers, one legend has it that a good bartender simply whispers the word "vermouth" over the shaker. In the old "Thin Man" films, Nick Charles used a medicine dropper for the vermouth and a lot of gin for the glass.
The vodka martini is another innovation that was popularized in Ian Fleming’s original James Bond movies in the 1960s and gave rise to one of the most famous lines in cinema history- "shaken, not stirred."
As far as garnishes are concerned, the classicist insists on a lemon peel. Others prefer an olive, some like the tang of a white cocktail onion and the more adventurous will try anything from kumquats to jalapeno peppers.
Whatever your preferences, we invite you to rediscover with us the Classic American Cocktail. Tonight, savor the sharp, cold sting of an icy dry Martini.
Classic Martinis
The Basic
Start with a chilled martini glass. Add Beefeater Gin and a splash of Dolin Dry
vermouth and stir fourteen times. One plump Spanish olive is then lovingly
rolled down the side of the glass, coming the rest gently on the bottom.
The Silver Bullet
Bombay Sapphire, rinse of Dolin Dry Vermouth, stirred & a twist.
Boodles Gibson
Boodles, an old world English gin, is vigorously shaken and served dry
with two pickled onions. Adam’s Gibson of choice.
The Belvedere
Belvedere 100% rye, quadruple distilled, Polish vodka, served extra
dry, shaken & garnished with two Spanish olives.
The Rouge
Rub a lemon twist around the inside of a pint glass. Fill the glass
with ice; add Tanquerary gin, a splash of soda water & a splash
of dry vermouth. Let sit for three minutes, then pour & add an olive.
The Vesper
James Bond’s own recipe. Bombay Sapphire Gin, Stolichnaya
Vodka, a splash of Lillet, & a twist. Shaken not stirred of course.
The Ciroc
Ciroc is an incredibly clean French vodka made from grapes
not grain. Shaken and garnished with frozen grapes instead of olives.
Golden Manhattan
Maker’s Mark Bourbon, Dolin Sweet Vermouth, add a splash
of Grand Marnier, stir & garnish with a lemon twist.
The Smoke
If you are a gin & scotch fan this is the martini for you.
Plymouth Gin with a touch of MaCallan 12-year-old scotch.
Must be stirred and garnished with a twist.
Negroni
Equal parts Bombay dry gin, Dolin Sweet Vermouth &
Campari, Shaken with a twist.
The Olympic Gold
Created by the Olympic Four Seasons in Seattle, perfected by
Adam’s Place. Belvedere Cytrus Vodka, Tanqueray Ten Gin, a
splash of Martell Cordon Bleu & Canton ginger/ginseng liquor.
Gently stirred with a lemon twist. Simply put, one of the best
martini’s we’ve ever tasted.
Twisted Martinis
Kurant Cosmopolitan
This bastard martini is the drink that won Adam over
certainly by the fifth.
Absolut Kurant
Vodka, Triple Sec, Rose’s Lime Juice & a splash of cranberry.
Kara Cosmo
Sweet yet twisted just like our long time cocktail gal Kara Kocher.
Take away the cranberry, add Chambord & you’re there.
The Ruby
Kind of like a grapefruit Cosmo. Absolut Citron, Cointreau,
Grand Marnier, fresh muddled lemon & a splash of grapefruit,
cranberry, & lime.
Tequila Gimlet
Sauza Gold Tequila & Rose’s Lime Juice shaken. A margarita
without the mess.
Tuaca Sidecar
This is a great refreshing drink made from Tuaca,
Cointreau & Absolut with a splash of limejuice & O.J.
Melontini
Bombay gin, Midori, Triple Sec & fresh lemon. Wait until
you see the color!
Silver Shadow
Stolichnaya Vodka & a splash of Chambord. Stirred &
garnished with
a lemon twist. The sexiest drink the bar.
Topaz
A top shelf lemon drop without the sugar. Absolut Citron,
Cointreau & fresh lemon.
The Granny Smith
The original green apple martini. You’ve had the rest
now try the best.
The Black Adder
For all you black licorice lovers out there. Blavod Black
Vodka shaken with an Absente rinse.
The Vapor
Grey Goose Vodka L’Orange & Parfait Amour carefully
stirred and garnished with an orange twist.
The Sazerac
A Nawlin’s standard. Old Overholdt Rye whiskey, muddled
sugar with a drop of
Peychaud’s bitters, a Pernod rinse and a twist.
The Uncle Benny
Adam’s Uncle Benny only drank Chivas Regal 12y. on the rocks.