Recipes

The Martinny at Continental Deli is a drink we love

The original canned cocktail is on the 2023 Boothby Top 50 Drinks of the Year.

Boothby Staff

Oct 30, 2023 — 1 min read

This drink is one of the Boothby Top 50 Drinks of the Year 2023 — you can see the full Top 50 here.

Continental Deli's Martinny recipe

Ingredients

2 parts Beefeater Gin
1 part Mancino secco vermouth
1/8 part Perello picante olive brine (the worlds greatest brine)
1/2 part purified water

Notes

From the drink’s creator, Michael Nicolian:

“Eight years ago we opened up a cocktail bar and cannery. We ordered cans but had get them in the tens of thousands. To use them, I put the greatest cocktail of all time in there, the Martini. The drink has now evolved to have the option to go dirty. It’s very good, the knock-on effect is that people now love martini’s and they have cropped up on menus everywhere since. Yes. We made the Martini cool again!”

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