How to Drink Vermouth (& Pair it with Tapas) Like a Local

I love drinking vermouth in Madrid! But when do we drink vermouth, how do we drink it, what tapas do we pair it with? I pull up a bar stool at La Hora del Vermut in Madrid to all your burning questions about Spanish vermouth. Salud!

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Here in Spain we love sipping vermouth. It’s one of the most delicious alcoholic drinks you can enjoy. I remember when I first tried it, it was love at first sight. But I didn’t really know what I was drinking, or all the tradition and rules around how we enjoy it here in Spain. Now, dare I say, I’m a bit of a vermouth aficionado, and whenever friends visit Yoly and I in Madrid, he always take them for vermouth.

If you didn’t know what vermouth was… it’s actually a white wine, that’s been fortified and aromotised. In Spain, we generally drink sweet red vermouth, while in Italy they tend to be a little more bitter. Sometimes it’s served on tap, sometimes it’s served from the bottle. But either way, the key to enjoying vermouth is to know WHEN to do it - just before lunch, along with a group of friends. Then you switch over to wine with lunch. But that doesn’t mean you can’t eat tapas with vermouth. You MUST eat tapas with vermouth! Generally it’s simply tapas like olives, potato chips and over canned seafood (yes, we eat and love canned seafood in Spain!).

Some handy Spanish:
Un vermut por favor = I'll have a vermouth, please.
Un vermut de grifo por favor = I'll have a vermouth on tap, please.

THANK YOU to La Hora del Vermut for shouting me the tapas and drinks (all views my own of course!). They have a couple of locations through Madrid (incl. Mercado de San Miguel), all with excellent vermouth and tapas. Check out their details here:
https://lahoradelvermut.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/lahoradelvermut/
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https://twitter.com/LaHoradelVermut?lang=es

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