This recipe also works with Vodka, and for a really super dry martini take your room temp dry vermouth and put about 1/2 oz directly into the martini glass swirl around the glass slowly coating the glass and dump the remainder into the sink. Then take you shaken/stirred, vodka/gin and strain into your martini glass. Also if you don't have a cold martini glass on hand, while you are preparing and making your martini just fill a glass with ice and soda or still water to chill it. You should empty the glass before you add the booze. Good Luck!!
Yes it does! I love a nice Grey Goose Martini- extra dry- extra cold- shaken not stirred- olive, onion, olive...had one tonight...perfection!