What is vermouth? Where can i buy it?

Question

What is vermouth? Where can i buy it?

Answer 1

Vermouth is actually a fortified wine. It comes in a sweet variety, also called "Italian" vermouth, and a dry variety, also called "French" vermouth.

Most vermouth is used to alter the flavor of certain cocktails, usually cocktails like the Manhattan or the Martini which use pretty much use all alcohol and have a delicate balance of flavors. Some higher-quality vermouth can be sipped on its own.

You can find vermouth in pretty much any liquor store. Some popular brands are Martini & Rossi & Noilly Prat.

Answer 2

Read the little lady's epic above for all the info but I buy Noilly Prat Vermouth and mix it with gin and a little tonic water for a lovely long drink while cooking my evening meal.

Answer 3

Vermouth is considered a sweet and fragrant aperitif, used in cooking or as an after dinner drink.also used in martinis!!

Answer 4

Any liquor store will have it. Make sure you know if you need sweet or dry.

Here's a little bit about it:

Vermouth is a liquor made from wine, with a number of different herbs added for flavor. It is known as an aromatized liquor, and some people refer to it as a fortified wine – although strictly speaking, a fortified wine usually has alcohol added to it to increase its potency, while vermouth uses the alcohol for the flavor it imparts. Vermouth is probably best known for its role in the popular cocktail, the martini. Indeed, the most popular brand of vermouth is the Italian brand, Martini & Rossi, whose name most likely gave rise to the name of the cocktail. While in America and Britain, if one orders a martini, one is likely to get a gin or vodka cocktail, in other regions of the world, ordering a martini will get you a glass of Martini & Rossi’s sweet vermouth – popular as an aperitif.

There are a few different types of vermouth, ranging from the dry vermouth used in martini cocktails to the very sweet white vermouth used as an aperitif. Sweet red vermouth also exists, although it is less sweet than its white cousin, and semi-sweet vermouth that falls somewhere between dry and red is used as a mixer sometimes. Dry vermouth is approximately 18% alcohol and has under 7% residual sugar left, while sweeter vermouths are around 15% alcohol and may have as much as 15% residual sugar remaining.

Vermouth was created in the late 18th century by an Italian and was originally used as a tonic drink because of the healing herbs that went into its creation. These herbs included wormwood, nutmeg, coriander, juniper, orange peel, cloves, marjoram, and cinnamon. The name vermouth comes from the German word Wermutkraut, which is the name for the wormwood plant. Wormwood, an herb also found in absinthe, helps to give vermouth its distinctive flavor. These aromatic herbs, although now a signature part of the drink’s taste, were originally used simply as an easy way to cover the flavor of the cheap wines used to produce large quantities of vermouth.

Answer 5

This question is pretty well answered however I just wanted to add- If you are trying to find vermouth for Martinis, know that most martinis are made with out vermouth and those that are take a tiny tiny amount.  In fact many bartenders have been trained to wave the bottle of vermouth over the martini as if he is pouring it but In reality it is all for show.  Most people prefer their martinis without vermouth.

Answer 6

It's a wine infused with herbs, sometimes sweet, sometimes dry, sometimes bitter. depends on what you need it for.

It's available in the liquor section of your local supermarket.