About Julian Vallis
Categories: Martini Club Meeting, Martini Palace
Tags: Martini Club, Marian Beke, Gibson Bar, Gibson Martini, Gibson
We invited Marian Beke from the Gibson Bar for November's Martini Club. The Gibson has consistently been rated in the top 100 bars in the world over the last 3 years and is now celebrating it's fifth year.
On 20 November, it is also World Gibson Martini Day, and a global celebration of the Gibson Martini.
Members of Martini Club were invited to purchase one or all 3 signature Gibsons, which were as follows:
The Gibson Martini
- Copperhead Gin Gibson Edition, Del Professore Pickled vermouth with house double-pickled onion, lemon zest, parmesan cheese.
Redistilled Gibson Martini
- House Gibson Martini that's been sitting and marinating for at least 72 hours with extra flavours of pickled onion, lemon zest and pickling spices and then redistilled, resulting in a savoury yet naked style of Gibson.
Aged Gibson Martini
- Old Tom gin, Del Professore Pickled vermouth, aged solera system in ex-balsamic barrels for 6 months. Served with truffle & smoked onion.
Each came in a beeswax-sealed 250ml bottle which had 2-3 serves in each, and the Gibson's wonderful house-pickled onions and cheese was also supplied.
On the Martini Monday Zoom club meeting, Marian then set about a 1.5 hour masterclass on the Gibson, along with some Q&A. This is a master class like no other, and the level of detail, care and attention is a perfect example of what it takes to be a top bartender and why we value them so much, and why we adore the Gibson Bar.