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Boy did they see you coming
Trump DC Hotel Will Make Martinis Great Again, If By Great You Mean Disgusting
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Donald Trump, as we have learned, is a man of the people. Blue collar folks from all across the country voted for him because he just gets them. Reportedly. However, said people cannot likely afford to drink in the bar of his DC hotel, the most expensive bar in all of Washington. When the bar opened on September 12, the Washingtonian reports, the cocktails ranged from $16-$24, which is not an amount I would pay for a drink, but probably other people would. The prices have since been jacked up twice, and now the cheapest cocktail you can get is $24. Even the prices on beer have gone up, and a bottle of Bud Light will now cost you $8 instead of $7. The fact that there are people out there who would pay $8 to drink Bud Light at the Trump Hotel when a six-pack costs six bucks is pretty much the reason Donald Trump is going to be our president.
Here is the old menu with the price changes reflected:
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The most expensive cocktail on the menu is a $100 martini made with three different kinds of vodka which sounds less like something that is luxurious and more like something you did in high school so your parents wouldnt notice that any liquor was missing. Said martini also includes three oysters and a tin of caviar, which basically makes it the cocktail version of the luxury pie from Black Books.
If you are not that thirsty, you can also order a sip of wine in a crystal spoon, for $15, $20, $29 or $140 dollars, depending on the wine. Those prices have also increased since September, though the concept is no less ridiculous. Washingtonian blogger Jessica Sidman sampled two of the drinks, which, while expensive, do not actually seem to be very good.
[T]he drinks I sampled were not worth the asking price. I tried the Romanesque Revival (bourbon, honey, mint, ginger). For the mister? our bartender asked. My husband opted for the Please Sign Here (mezcal, Aperol, chartreuse, lime juice). Both were as sweet as mai tais.
Why are they jacking the prices up so? Probably because now theyre thinking its like Disneyland and all the rube tourists will save up their hard earned money to drink at the Trump Hotel? Or maybe its a money laundering scheme meant to give foreign officials a simple way to pay Trump for his services? Who knows! All I can tell you is that if you pay that much for anything, as my dear mother would say, they saw you coming. Which, also, seems like an apt metaphor for the entire Trump campaign.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/610167/trump-dc-hotel-will-make-martinis-great-again-if-by-great-you-mean-disgusting#HGmYd7Mq3GBkZ3Pu.99
the "auntie mame" upson daiquiri
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)I can make them to suit my taste which will mean I will enjoy them even more than those at his glitzy hotel bar.
niyad
(113,323 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)demmiblue
(36,858 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I grew up in Vegas -- even stayed in Trump Hotel my wedding weekend. Overpriced drinks are just part of life, but those glasses? Someone needs to lose their job.
niyad
(113,323 posts)demmiblue
(36,858 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)a drink served in a really fine glass.
demmiblue
(36,858 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)LisaM
(27,813 posts)I saw the picture of a cloudy-looking martini at the Trump Tower which was served in a cheap wine glass which was bad enough, but I don't think the drinks pictured here are martinis. They look like mojitos (one has a forest of mint popping up). And I hope they aren't paying their lime slicer the big bucks.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)gas station in the 70's.
When the last one broke, she was quite relieved.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)underpants
(182,824 posts)TygrBright
(20,760 posts)Proof: the "Appletini"
Case closed.
A martini is gin (okay, I'll allow vodka, if you specify "VODKA martini" with a small amount of vermouth. How small the amount determines how "dry" a martini is.
In the case of a REALLY dry martini, you pour the gin while looking at the label on the vermouth bottle.
You pour it into a shaker with ice.
You shake it.
You pour it into a chilled glass.
If the customer insists, you add an olive.
THAT is a martini.
Anything else is some other kind of cocktail, attempting to grab some imagined rep from the "-tini" suffix.
But it's not a martini.
FWIW, when I was tending bar, we were taught to make martinis thusly: For a "martini" we poured a 1.5-oz jigger of gin into the shaker, and added vermouth from an eyedropper filled to a red line (it was probably about 3-5 ml.)
For a "dry" martini, we added no vermouth to the shaker, but when we took the glass from the chiller, we spritzed vermouth from an atomizer- ONE spritz- on the inside of the glass.
adamantly,
Bright
niyad
(113,323 posts)but I loathe the taste of gin (reminds me of micrin mouthwash from decades ago)
TygrBright
(20,760 posts)It's certainly no bad thing to dislike the taste of gin.
There are literally thousands of other cocktail choices.
I'm not actually all that fond of martinis myself, even though I do like gin.
But I know what a good one should taste like, and how to make it, and it's never, EVER full of flavored crap.
If you want a chocolatey cocktail, try a nice grasshopper or a brandy alexander.
helpfully,
Bright
niyad
(113,323 posts)LisaM
(27,813 posts)Though I remember watching "Auntie Mame" and the nephew specifically said they should be stirred because "shaking bruises the gin". So I'm on the fence with that one.
haele
(12,659 posts)Shaken with Ice, then poured. The Gin might have a bit of lime essence in it depending on the garnish, but it can't be herbed.
Add a martini olive or a twist of lemon peel. A dirty Martini is when you pour a little of the olive juice in with the olive.
Anything with Vodka and vermouth served in a Martini glass is still just a Vodka Cocktail. Especially if it's a flavored Vodka.
(Did some bartending and small scale catering in my spare time back in the day for extra cash; did very well for a teetotaler...)
Haele
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)It's bloody spot on.
Trump and his corrupt little family are all about fleecing whoever is in reach. The only reason that hotel and that bar will be doing well for the next several years, is back-avenue bribery. They're disgusting. Hopefully someone will adequately follow the money trail and impeach the prick.
MgtPA
(1,022 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)I was helping a friend by tending bar at an event several years ago, where the drink of choice was hennessy vs and redbull. my stomach hurt all night having to ruin hennessy like that.
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)Neither Mt. Gay rum nor Laphroaig are my favorite liquors - the first I find as sweet as molasses, with a burnt-sugar smell to it, and the latter smells too strongly of peat smoke to even get near. I can understand a (lighter) rum and lime juice, and maybe even a non-Islay scotch with a touch of honey, but combining all four?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,180 posts)The boy's slipping.
HeartachesNhangovers
(814 posts)consumption. When you stay at a luxury hotel and pay $20+ bucks for a drink, you are making the statement that you don't care about value because you're rich, rich! Yes, it's crass. But it's also merely an extreme example of traditional American consumerism - buying gigantic TV sets, gigantic SUVs, "upgrading" your phone every year, going to gated resorts in 3rd-world countries so that you can pretend you're rich, etc, etc.
Fortunately, we're seeing a counter-trend with people down-sizing, doing ride-shares, thinking about tiny houses, etc, etc.
radical noodle
(8,000 posts)Then you can go back home and casually drop the word about paying all that. Classic.
longship
(40,416 posts)And BTW, Martinis are made with gin, not vodka or (shudder) rye.
The recipe is very simple. (Per serving):
2 oz gin.
1 oz dry vermouth (good Italian please.)
Dash of Angostura bitters. (Absolutely essential!)
Pour over pitcher of ice. Stir. (If you shake it, you're fucking doing it wrong! You don't want air in it. A martini should be absolutely clear and served at near 0F.)
Stain into chilled martini glass.
Garnish with olive(s).
Serve immediately!
A dirty martini includes a dash of olive juice from the jar of olives.
Oh, most importantly. The colder the better. I keep my ice cubes at 0F, along with my gin. The vermouth is kept in the fridge, at 32F.
As to not adding vermouth... Martinis have dry vermouth. No vermouth? Might as well just drink the gin right out of the fucking bottle. Whatever you do don't call that a martini. (Sorry, Sir Winston.)
Happy happy to y'all.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)My favorite cocktail. I like more olives , though.