{"id":84,"date":"2012-06-09T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/09\/hereford-martini\/"},"modified":"2012-06-09T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T20:54:00","slug":"hereford-martini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/09\/hereford-martini\/","title":{"rendered":"Hereford Martini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of World Gin Day 2012 I\u2019ve decided to publish the recipe (formula if you are a perfume person) for a rather wonderful variation of the classic Martini. &nbsp;Here for your delectation is The Hereford<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AflGTCDqimc\/T9O1rmAGF_I\/AAAAAAAAAL4\/kufIzZS6TeI\/s1600\/The-Hereford-Martini.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AflGTCDqimc\/T9O1rmAGF_I\/AAAAAAAAAL4\/kufIzZS6TeI\/s320\/The-Hereford-Martini.jpg\" width=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hereford Martini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nTo make The Hereford you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One quarter of a Lime<\/li>\n<li>Four Measures of Williams Elegant Gin<\/li>\n<li>Half Measure of Chase Elderflower Liqueur<\/li>\n<li>One teaspoonful of Green Chartreuse<\/li>\n<li>Plenty of Ice<\/li>\n<li>One frozen Martini glass<\/li>\n<li>Either a shaker or stirring glass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe key to this is the very fine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasedistillery.co.uk\/Williams-Gin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Williams Elegant Gin<\/a> &#8211; it\u2019s 48% alcohol so I think you can afford to shake this martini, even if you normally prefer yours stirred (and therefore a little stronger) and I think the mix benefits from the extra air that will put in. &nbsp;Martini people have strong views on shaking or stirring though, so do whichever you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, start by adding the Elderflower (Chase is the same Herefordshire company who make Williams Gin, hence this is a Hereford . . .) to the ice. &nbsp;Then a teaspoonful of Green Chartreuse (55% alc so you are not diluting the gin, but don\u2019t add too much or it will be too sweet).<\/p>\n<p>Finally pour in the four measures of Williams Gin and stir or shake.<\/p>\n<p>Split the lime quarter in half and squeeze one half into the mix and re-shake, position the other half on your frozen Martini glass as a garnish and pour your drink.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, in ideal circumstances, you should drink this while wearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pellwall-perfumes.com\/gin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gin &amp; Lime by Pell Wall Perfumes<\/a>, but only a select few will be lucky enough to have both the finest Gin and the perfect fragrance to go with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of World Gin Day 2012 I\u2019ve decided to publish the recipe (formula if you are a perfume person) for a rather wonderful variation of the classic Martini. &nbsp;Here for your delectation is The Hereford The Hereford Martini To make The Hereford you will need: One quarter of a Lime Four Measures of Williams [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pellwallhelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}