AMA | October 2024

15696.524 - 15722.015 Sean Carroll

And I've never been interested in that whatsoever. But in a cocktail, the whole point of the cocktail is that different spirits with different flavors are interacting with each other. And vodka doesn't do that much interacting because there's not that much there. It just serves as a basis to feed you the alcohol if it's mixed with something else. So for a martini, I absolutely want gin.