Cuff & Buttons

Name: Cuff and Buttons
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Southern liqueur; 20 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 20 ml Lime juice

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Southern/Louisiana-style whisky liqueur (e.g. Southern Comfort)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cuff & Buttons contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20% alc./vol. (40° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Lucius Beebe's 1946 Stork Club Bar Book

Cuff and Buttons:
juice of half lime
4 dashes of sweet vermouth
2 oz. Southern Comfort
Shake in a cocktail shaker, strain and serve chilled in 3 oz. glass.
Lucius Beebe, Stork Club Bar Book, 1946

Legend has it that Cuff & Buttons was the original name of Southern Comfort liqueur, created in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter by a bartender named Martin Wilkes Heron.

Whiskey was served straight from barrels which arrived in New Orleans from Tennessee down the Mississippi River, and in 1874, he started work to use this whiskey as a base for a liqueur. Lemon, lime, orange and cherry all grew locally, and New Orleans was a thriving port, so he also had access to spices such as Moroccan cinnamon and Mexican vanilla. When Heron launched his liqueur in 1889, there was already another popular liqueur on the market called Hats & Tails, so he named his liqueur Cuffs & Buttons.