dry martini

here's how you make a genuine, classic, original Dry Martini cocktail. In a Martini Pitcher (you can buy these on ebay), drop in a decent amount of ice. Pour in a few drops of a dry white Vermouth. Noilly Prat (to rhyme with hat) is ideal. Stir the ice around, so that the vermouth clings to the ice. Next, add your iced gin (or if you really must, vodka). 94.6% proof Tanquery is my current no. 1 choice. Stir. Do not shake. Stir. Strain the liquor into a chilled cocktail glass, or even better, a small tumbler. Finish off with a slither of twisted lemon peel- or perhaps a green olive- but that, officially, changes the thing and makes it into a Gibson.