How to Make a perfect gin martini, stirred, not shaken

Unlike cooking Chinese food, martini-making requires more than just throwing in whatever you happen to have lying around your countertop and shaking it up.

This video provides fresh, concise instructions for making a stirred gin martini. If you like your drinks robust and sharp, then this is the drink for you because the cocktail is entirely made out of alcohol - no mix-ins, no chasers.

If fierce is how you like it, this is what you need:

Martini glass

Shaker

Lemon

Vermouth

Gin

Ice