As you may recall, I recently posted about my plan to watch all the James Bond movies in order, and drink the cocktails he drinks. I did some research online and created a list of the cocktails in each movie.

After some planning, I came up with a watch plan for each movie:

• Prepare ingredients for each listed cocktail
• Watch the movie, and drink the cocktails in the order that Bond drinks them
• Photograph the preparation of the cocktails when I can, and compare them to how I make them

The first movie, Dr. No, was released in 1962. Agent 007 travels to Jamaica to investigate the murder of the British Station Chief there. He also meets up with CIA agent Felix Leiter, who is investigating the radio jamming of NASA launches from Cape Canaveral. He eventually meets Dr. Julius No, a member of SPECTRE, who is the one who is leading this.

Bond’s first drink in Dr. No is a medium dry vodka martini, which he orders through room service at a hotel. The room service waiter brings a cart with some Smirnoff vodka, Lillet Blanc, and limes. He pours the ingredients in a shaker with some ice, shakes, pours it in a cocktail glass, and tells Bond “one medium dry vodka martini, mixed like you said sir, not stirred.” I found it interesting that this foretold Bond’s favorite martini, the Vesper, which is classically made shaken, not stirred.

I was also prepared to drink a Negroni, which was listed in the site I visited. However, watching the movie, I never saw Bond drink a Negroni. In fact, when he and Quarrel go to a bar, and are photographed, they drink scotch with the photographer.

I did not know what brand scotch that was, but I drank a glass of Glemorangie. After some research, I found the scotch is Black & White.

So, I have now updated my cocktail list:

Coming next: From Russia With Love