Introducing the Jack Ryan Martini

In the original James Bond novel Casino Royale, Bond and his CIA partner Felix Leiter walk into the bar at the casino, and Bond orders a martini:

” ‘Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large, thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?’

‘Certainly, monsieur.’ The barman seemed pleased with the idea.

‘Gosh, that’s certainly a drink,’ said Leiter.”

Fast forward, to Tom Clancy’s novel The Hunt for Red October, and his CIA Agent Jack Ryan. Now, in the tradition of my recent drink invention the Vito Corleone, I imagined Jack Ryan meeting James Bond at a bar. He asks what Bond likes to drink, and Bond gives his recipe to the bartender, who makes it gladly.

The bartender asks Ryan what he would like, and Ryan says that Bond’s drink sounds like something he would like to try.

But after he shakes it, Ryan, an American bourbon man, tells the bartender to just pour all of it, ice and all, into a rocks glass.

And there we find the Jack Ryan Martini:

In a shaker, mix:

3 oz Gordon’s gin
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz dry vermouth*
2 dashes orange bitters*

*Added in substitute for Kina Lillet, which is no longer produced.

Fill your rocks glass with ice, and pour in the shaker. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, then put into the rocks glass with the ice. Add a twist of lemon peel.