Name: Canadian Tuxedo
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 45 ml Canadian rye whisky; 15 ml Lemon juice

Canadian Tuxedo
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Amaro Montenegro
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Canadian rye whisky
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of a fresh strawberry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

Garnish with strawberry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

On the sour/dry side, this aperitif-style cocktail combines bittersweet amaro and gentian with Canadian rye whisky and citrus sourness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Caledonia Wright at Veneto Lounge, Victoria, Canada.

¾ oz Suze
½ oz Amaro Abano
1½ oz Lot 40 Rye Whisky
½ oz fresh lemon juice
Original recipe, Caledonia Wright, 2017

Nutrition:

One serving of Canadian Tuxedo contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.05% alc./vol. (44.09° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Tim Cull

2nd April at 06:17

Definitely way too much suze. And probably too much lemon juice. But it conceptually has potential.

Calvin Grant

27th February at 04:35

Intriguing. I didn't have a strawberry for the garnish but this drink seemed to be begging for one. Something about the bitter sour sharpness and subtle underlying fruitiness that's reminiscent of the astringency of a strawberry. (Also, made this with Sazerac Rye.) Excellent++♡

Andy Prior

1st July 2025 at 21:00

One word describes this drink to my palate. Unbalanced.

Kevin Krol

27th April 2025 at 22:49

I thought it was well balanced, although I did not use a rye, per se, but a Canadian Blended (Rich & Rare) that came out of my late father's liquor cabinet, with a 1/tsp of simple syrup.

Letti Penguin

1st October 2023 at 17:19

I love suze and montenegro together, and rye based recipes, but was a bit disappointed with this. The suze is a little over dominant (and I do like suze bitterness), pehaps the proportions need a tweak for my taste to uptne amaro and drop the suze