For me the perfect Bombay martini is served partially naked (on the rocks, two olives, no vermouth), with my middle finger raised as I drink (instead of my pinky). This is to partially recognize that the British have done something right with making a great Gin, and partially to recognize my overall dislike of the British Government and Queen Bitch. As an Irish-American, what better way to remember what is going on in the "homeland" than to have a Brit-made drink!

Also, I am a traditionalist and like the standard Bombay in my martini (not Saphire). Unusually, I like Saphire in my G&T's instead. I wonder how many others agree?

Bye for now, and sorry to mix politics with drink (that is definitely a Barrett tradition, however).

Mike Barrett