What should Lynne order from the Martini Bar tonight?

[LynneSin]

Normally I get either a Cosmo or Applitini, but I'm looking for recommendations from the gang:

Please advise - my prefernces are Good Vodka (I love Gray Goose) and something slightly sweet!!

[KCDem]

1. I bought this blue raspberry mix

and it goes really well in a martini glass... mmm, would have one now if I didn't have kids to deal with.

I'm so thrilled that martinis have branched out; can't stand plain martinis, but I love the glassware. Strange, huh?

[judge_smales]

Gimlet?

It's a little big, but you could put it in a martini glass.

[Robb]

14. I second the gimlet

Up is lovely. :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. My two choices are:

a chocolate martini or a dirty martini. Chocolate is yummy with creme de cocoa and sugar rim....dirty is with olive juice but you have to qualify that you want it with vodka IIRC

(I'm a Ketel One fan myself)

[Terwilliger]

3. How about a...oh crap! I forget the name

it's vodka with something and a little milk, but it's not a Russian, and it isn't too sweet or milky

I forget the name....arcane1?

[Susang]

4. Here are a couple of fun suggestions

Raspberry gimlet straight up
(your choice of premium vodka, roses lime and a touch of chambord)

French Martini
(premium vodka, chambord, splash of pineapple, splash of sour, splash of champagne)

Godiva Chocolate Martini
(grey goose vanilla with godiva white chocolate & dk chocolate liquours & a splash of baileys for creaminess)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. Chocolatini--sounds worse than it is...It's FABULOUS!!

But you can only find in in a few places...
Duckie

[plcdude]

9. hey

are you old enough to drink?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. I'm 24, bud.

I've been drinking way longer. That's what's great about growing up with your mom owning a liquor store! I've had a little bit of everything.
Duckie

[plcdude]

19. you just look so young

wow all you single guys out there check her out.

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. You should get a martini.

Rinse the glass with vermouth, pour the vermouth out, then fill up with cold gin.

[Snow]

7. Gad! What a lot of mixed this and that. Have a Maker's Mark, neat!

[plcdude]

8. Gibson

a real martini very dry with coctail onions.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Dry? I don't understand that concept in a drink...

Drinks are supposed to refresh...not make you more thirsty. They dry out my mouth...ick.
Duckie

[fleetus]

10. Try a Blue Moon if you like gin (n/t)

[cmf]

12. Blue moons are good

We might have to hit a certain martini bar this weekend.

[cmf]

11. I like Melon martinis

Vodka with melon liqueur (Midori)

[fleetus]

17. I'm out of Midori

at home. Time to hit the liquor store!

Cuz it's the freakin' weekend baby, I'm about to have me some fun!

[cmf]

20. You've got that right!

Although it isn't the weekend for me quite yet! It's officially the part of the week that I want to bang my head on my desk. Only 1.5 hours to weekend, though.

[markses]

13. A Rusty Nail

for god's sake bring this drink back to life!

http://www.tommywhitetie.com/AtTheBar_11_RustyNail.asp

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Get an iced martini...mmmmMMMMmmm good!

I miss those. It's like a frozen coke...only more so! ;)

[tom_paine]

21. KAMIKAZE!

My favorite vodka drink. And it meets your criteria, too, Lynne.

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Got with a vesper

not necessarily sweet, not like a poorly made cosmo can be or an appletini is, but it's not sour or anything.

Very nice, very refreshing, and this is a drink that really deserves to comes back and get its spot in the limelight again so that gross things will disappear.

Or have make a Maiden's Prayer or Jasmine, but use the vodka instead of gin.