Name: Tuxedo No.4 or Tussetto
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Sherry - Fino; 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1 fl oz	Fino sherry
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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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.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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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.

See our Tuxedo cocktail and its many variations page for more Tuxedo recipes and this classic cocktail's full story.

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