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Tuxedo Cocktail No.1 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe)

Name: Tuxedo Cocktail No.1 (Savoy and Duffy's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 swath Lemon peel; 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 2 dash Absinthe

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (19)

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Ingredients
1 swath	Lemon peel
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

REGAL STIR all ingredients (including lemon zest) with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

21.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from recipes in The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) by Harry Craddock and The Official Mixer's Manual (1934 & 1940) by Patrick Gavin Duffy.
Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

TUXEDO COCKTAIL. (No. 1.)
1 Piece Lemon Peel.
2 Dashes Absinthe.
½ French Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Tuxedo Cocktail No. 1
1 Piece Lemon Peel
2 Dashes Absinthe
1/2 French Vermouth
1/2 Dry Gin
Shake well in ice and strain into glass.
Use glass number 1 [Nick & Nora]
Patrick Gavin Duffy, The Official Mixer's Manual, 1934

Also see: Tuxedo cocktail history

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

Bone dry with faint anise and liquorice notes from the absinthe.

Variations/similar cocktails

Tuxedo "Original" - equal parts (1½oz/45ml) old tom gin and (1½oz/45ml) dry vermouth with 2 dashes maraschino; 1 dash absinthe; 2 or 3 dashes of orange bitters.
Tuxedo No. 2 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) - equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with maraschino, orange bitters and absinthe.
Tuxedo No. 3 (Lowe & Straub's recipe) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry vermouth with sherry, maraschino, absinthe and aromatic bitters.
Tuxedo No.4 (AKA Tussetto) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry sherry with orange bitters.
Tuxedo (Difford's recipe) - as per the "Original" but with dry sherry and some balancing sweetness by splitting dry and bianco vermouths.
Flora Bar's Tuxedo No.2 - in an absinthe-rinsed glass with dry gin, bianco vermouth, maraschino liqueur and orange bitters.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 320 cocktails
$17.99 $0.06 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

I really like this martini. The absinthe does soften the flavour of the vermouth. Very dry, but very enjoyable.

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