Gin or vodka and dry vermouth are the basic ingredients of a martini, but what happens if you get 11 different bartenders to make their version of the same cocktail? Shaken or stirred, dirty or dry–from the luxury of the Plaza Hotel to home mixologists, see how these bartenders put their own spin on the classic martini.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Craft Bartender
02:33 Club Bartender
03:41 Japanese-Style Bartender
05:21 Experimental Bartender
06:18 Classic Bartender
07:39 Tiki Bartender
09:24 Flair Bartender
10:31 Home Bartender
11:21 Steakhouse Bartender
12:04 Neighborhood Bartender
13:15 Speed Bartender
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44 Comments
I love Gibsons. I make them all the time
I come to these videos for Katie
IMHO, only the Japense martini was a real martini. Everything else was a riff raff on a "martini," and some just vodka cocktails – or straight vodka lol – they were atrocious and the "bartenders" of those beverages are not mixologists.
"I use vodka.." SKIP
"I'm not a cocktail bartender so I don't strain" proceeds to dump half the drink all over the bar
I love gibsons, I also think the Japanese guy is genuinely a master.
Love the variety! Always skip flair bartender.
Takuma rocking that armoury safari jacket. so nice
The Japanese gentleman is clearly the winner. The "classic" bartender also looked to make a fine drink.
Japan for the win, as always.
Probably half of the people in the comment section or more are alcoholics.
The only thing tha would make this series better is if I could taste each cocktail.
You found some great bartenders and some really pretentious and faggy ones.
"modern tropical cocktails"
Speed Bartender is giving me major Violet Chachki energy in the best way
Japanese bartenders are so f*cking cool.
You can’t bruise the juniper
On the one hand, I don’t have much patience for pedants who whine about martinis having vodka or being shaken — get a grip: there are lots of ways to do a cocktail. On the other hand, let’s not call a glass of cold vodka a “martini;” it’s just vodka, dude.
5:02 Japanese guy cast a lemon chakra on that martini 👋 ✨ 🍋
I’m sorry… that Tiki drink might be delicious but that’s not a martini
1:33 “Fold in the cheese” iykyk 😏
JAPAN
No such thing as a vodka martini!
The first one "cold, cool, and clear", didn't look that clear…..
this was like the spiderverse intro but martinis
i'm curious what is the type of matcha used for infusion in the gin
Typical Japanese bartender…no imagination other than to call something "Japanese" by dumping anything slightly Japanese into a standard drink. Just buy a martini in a can, dump some umeshu into it…there, "Japanese" martini. FFS.
tbh i kinda like the club martini, it's so simple and looks strong af, but you're probably gonna get less alcohol with the overdilution lol
Not one dirty martini
Shaken, stirred, don't really care. As long as it's 99 percent Nolet's gin.
That tiki thing is not a martini. That’s it’s own thing
My martini glass lives in the back of my fridge and my vodka is in the freezer. Nuff said.
Tiki Bar version is not a martini. Not even close.
Mirafiore Vermouth
The lack of Plymouth Gin in this video is disturbing.
This made me want to try a martini haha I love the way the paradise lost one was served that’s so cute and keeps it cold
The 'lady" that shakes with vodka should be arrested…. even free that cocktail is not worth lol
You can't 'bruise' gin or any other spirit. Hope he got fired for that blunder.
It is all vodka. This is a glass of chilled vodka! 😂😂😂
Bartender: “We specialize in modern tropical cocktails, basically a new nomenclature for what we used to formerly call tiki cocktails”
Big banner on top: “TIKI BARTENDER”
"…have a little bit more going on **bottle orbits head unnecessarily** as far as body…"
1st dude was best
i love dirty martinis lmaoooo
Lol, maybe 3 dry martinis in there and the rest were just random cocktails.