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My Favourite Tipple

Advantages: not too strong, great taste
Disadvantages: not to everybodys taste

...seen a few alcohol themes reviews popping up I decided to share with you a bit about my personal drink of choice, Martini Bianco. I am not a big drinker as lagers and beers tend to give me a bloated feeling and alcopops are too sugary. Martini Bi ...

lynnmc1 15.10.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Martini Bianco Vermouth

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Shaken, stirred, on the rocks, with lemon Fanta...

Advantages: Cheap, drier than other types of Martini
Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit sweet

...To my knowledge there are three main types of Martini; Bianco, Rosso and Extra Dry. This review is about Martini Extra Dry. Now, everyone has their own tastes when it comes to alcoholic drinks, but of the three types I’ve just mentioned I think I’d be hon ...

tac20 09.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Martini Extra Dry Vermouth

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Old fashioned drink but tasty

Advantages: Tasty, quite low alcohol
Disadvantages: Old fashioned

...I am not sure If I should really admit to this, but as a youngster one of my favourite drinks was dubonnet and lemonade. I would be allowed a weak one on a sunday when my granparents were visiting and remember drinking this from a fairly young age (althou ...

Chrisheels 24.10.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Dubonnet Red, France

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Shaken, not stirred.

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: This was used as a method to use up bad wine. That says enough, really.

MARTINI EXTRA DRY We have all seen the films. The sophistictated James bond, swaggers over to the barman, and ask's for a vodka martini, shaken not stirred (unless it was Sean Connery, for whom it is shhhaken, not shtirred.). But what is martini? ...

giksy21 25.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Martini Extra Dry Vermouth, Italy

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The Mystery of Punt e Mes

Advantages: Subtle delicious bitter-sweet flavour
Disadvantages: Hard to find - and has it been changed recently?

...you'd never heard of Punt e Mes. Even most wine merchants didn't seem to have heard of it, when I looked on the net and even made a few calls to investigate prices and availability. Certainly very few stock it. It was a bi ...

torr 15.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Punt e Mes Vermouth

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