Editing Vermouth (section)

===Beverage===
Vermouth is a common cocktail ingredient, particularly in [[Martini (cocktail)|martinis]] and [[Manhattan (cocktail)|Manhattans]]. When vermouth is drunk by itself it is normally consumed as an [[apéritif]].{{sfn|Brown|Miller|2011}} Vermouth is used as an ingredient in many different cocktails, as people found it beneficial for lowering the alcohol content of cocktails with strong spirits as their base, for providing a pleasant herbal flavor and aroma, and for accentuating the flavors in the base liquor. As previously stated, vermouth is an ingredient in the martini, one of the most popular and well-known cocktails. At first, martinis used sweet vermouth.<ref name="patterson" /> Around 1904, however, drier French vermouths began to be used in the cocktail. The term "dry martini" originally meant using drier vermouth as a mixer, not using less vermouth, as in the modern definition.<ref name="bettridge" />{{sfn|Walton|Glover|1998| pp=496,499}}{{sfn|Krader|2009|p=120}}<ref name="cole" />

[[Sharon Tyler Herbst]]'s book, ''The Ultimate A-To-Z Bar Guide'', lists 112 cocktails using dry vermouth and 82 containing sweet vermouth.{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|pp=378-380}} Cocktails using either dry or sweet vermouth or both include the [[Americano (cocktail)|Americano]],{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|pp=62-63}} [[Bronx (cocktail)|Bronx]],{{sfn|Krader|2009|p=129}} [[Gibson (cocktail)|Gibson]],{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|pp=62-63}} [[Malecon (cocktail)|Malecon]],{{sfn|Escalante|1915|p=23}} Manhattan,{{sfn|Krader|2009|p=129}} [[Negroni]],{{sfn|Krader|2009|p=123}} [[Rob Roy (cocktail)|Rob Roy]],{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|p=291}} and [[Rose (cocktail)|Rose]].{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|p=293}} Variations of cocktail recipes using equal portions of dry and sweet vermouths are called ''perfect'', as in a ''Perfect Manhattan''.{{sfn|Herbst|Herbst|1998|p=349}}