Creamy Martini

White Lyan | London, UK

creamy martini

At the pioneering cocktail bar White Lyan (which closed in April 2017), they used lactic acid—perhaps best known as the agent that gives yogurt or kefir its tang—when looking to enhance savory flavors and round off the edges of a drink; as a milder acid, it actually helps add a fuller, creamy mouthfeel to cocktails, as has a slightly higher pH than citric or malic acid. It’s used in the recipe for the Creamy Martini to, well, give it creaminess.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces gin
  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1/4 ounce dry vermouth
  • 1/4 ounce dry vermouth
  • 2 drops 5% lactic acid solution, (see Editor's Note)
  • 2 drops 5% lactic acid solution, (see Editor's Note)

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir.
  2. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Editor's Note

Lactic Acid 5% Solution:
Combine 5 grams of lactic acid (usually comes as a 70% solution) with 100 grams of water. Stir to blend, then bottle.

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