There are suitcases worth of Big Stuff to unpack in “Oppenheimer,” the Christopher Nolan blockbuster that debuted last week. But small moments in the movie deserve our attention, too — like the Easter egg that is the titular scientist’s famous martini.
: “four ounces of gin and a dash of vermouth; the rim of the chilled glass was dipped in honey and lime juice.”
Oppenheimer’s martinis are often described as strong, with one witness to his ministrations claiming he used only a “droplet” of vermouth. If we take the “dash” stipulated in the Los Alamos recipe to be about a quarter of an ounce, the “Oppie” martini has an eye-popping 16-to-1 ratio of gin to vermouth. The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails notes that by 1910 the usual ratio was 2 to 1, but by World War II, the standard was 3 to 1, “with four and five to one also common.
Oppenheimer was on Team Shaker in the shake-versus-stir debate that has long dogged the martini. “Shaken with elaborate ceremony,” was how the book describes his method. And he frequently enjoyed them with his oft-repeated toast: “To the confusion of our enemies.”
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