Tuxedo No.4 or Tussetto

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How to make:

1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

• Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Bone dry and aromatic with green grape, citrus and mineral notes. Also consider garnishing this cocktail with an olive – it suits it. This is a tasty riff on a Dry Martini but it has no vermouth (it uses sherry instead) so isn't really a Dry Martini or even a Tuxedo.

Variant:

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. 1 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) - equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with lemon peel and absinthe.
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 (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.

History:

Adapted from recipes in Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks (1913), Jack's Manual 4th Edition (1916) and Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Days (1931) by Albert Stevens Crockett.
Also see: Tuxedo cocktail history

More cocktails by Albert S. Crockett

Nutrition:

One serving of Tuxedo No.4 or Tussetto contains 159 calories.

Alcohol content:

• 1.6 standard drinks
• 25.55% alc./vol. (51.1° proof)
• 23.1 grams of pure alcohol