Mama's Martini | James Gin Cocktail Recipe | Gin by James May

MAMA'S MARTINI

Savoury, salty, and unmistakably James Gin.

DIFFICULTY

Easy

WHAT'S IN IT

50 ml California Dreamgin' Gin
20 ml Olive Brine
15 ml Cocchi Savoy Dry Vermouth
Olives to garnish

HOW IT'S MADE
  • Add the Gin, Vermouth and Olive Brine into a mixing glass.
  • Add ice into the mixing glass and stir until the mixing glass begins to sweat.
  • Stir slowly for 20 seconds.
  • Using a cocktail strainer, pour your Martini into your chilled glass.
  • To garnish add olives.
WHAT IT'S LIKE

Savoury, in a word. The brine from the olives adds saltiness and savouriness to the light fruity and peppery notes of the girolle mushrooms in the gin.

JAMES' TASTING NOTES

'Mama' Cass Elliot co-wrote California Dreamin' after which our gin is named. She said her vocal range was improved by three notes after she was hit on the head by some copper tubing. This cocktail may have done the same, less painfully.

CREDIT

Hugh Anderson, Downton Distillery

PERFECT WITH...

James Gin California Dreamgin bottle – premium gin by James May, produced and bottled in the UK.
James Gin California Dreamgin bottle, ingredients and cocktail – premium gin by James May, produced and bottled in the UK.
Bottle of James Gin with awards on a light gray background
James May holding a bottle of his James Gin California Dreamgin' – premium gin by James May, produced and bottled in the UK.
James May with callipers and a Mushroom - a key ingredient in his James Gin California Dreamgin'

California Dreamgin'

Sale price£36.95
4.6

Our gin has proved particularly popular in California - so we decided to create a flavour that celebrates two staples of the hippie movement that originated there, namely mushrooms and patchouli, man. The flavour is light, fruity and peppery with a hint of apricot.

40% ABV