Holiday gatherings are a fine opportunity to bone up on your bar keeping skills, and introduce new drinks to your mixing repertoire. The below Lemon and Gin Martini recipe has gotten me rave reviews, and is especially nice in my opinion as there are no ingredients that I have to go out and get. Oh, and did I mention it looks great too?

Ingredients :

24 ounces gin of choice

4 ounces smooth vermouth

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

As many strips of lemon zest as you like for decoration ( I use 3 lemons)

Crushed ice

Instructions:

Mix everything but the zest in a chilled pitcher

Garnish glasses with the zest.