From watching History Channel and reading on my own, isn't pretty much every distilled alcohol base technically vodka? It's further processing that makes it gin or whiskey or whatever. Some of the fake chemists here could probably prove me wrong.

Gin is an acquired taste, I know. There's local craft distiller, Dry Fly, that makes a fantastic gin. Very drinkable to most palates.

You can certainly serve anything in a martini glass, and it can be tasty, but if there's no gin and vermouth, it ain't a martini.