1/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
2 oz. Gin
Put ice in the Boston glass.
Add 1/4 oz.
dry vermouth.
Stir.
Strain away the vermouth and melt water.
Add gin to vermouth-flavored ice.
Stir.
Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Can also be built on-the-rocks in an old-fashioned glass.
Can also (in either case) be garnished with a lemon twist.
If garnished with an cocktail onion it is called a Gibson.
With an olive and a twist (OLIVE TWIST) it's called a Dickens Martini
(after the writer of