Name: Tuxedo Cocktail (Difford's recipe)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin - Old Tom gin; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Dry; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Bianco; 1.25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 2 Absinthe verte; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist & Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Portobello Old Tom
3/4 fl oz	Noilly Prat Extra Dry
3/4 fl oz	Martini Bianco vermouth
1/24 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Martini Bianco vermouth, 75cl

£ 10.25 £ 0.31 per cocktail, makes 33 Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, 5cl

£ 7.95 £ 0.20 per cocktail, makes 39.5 La Fée Parisienne absinthe, 70cl

£ 43.95 £ 0.25 per cocktail, makes 175 Angostura Aromatic Bitters, 20cl

£ 11.45 £ 0.23 per cocktail, makes 50 Orange Bitters by Angostura, 10cl

£ 7.95 £ 0.32 per cocktail, makes 25

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Review:

Inspired by the numerous other Tuxedo recipes, this combines the best of them all (besides the sherry) but with a faint hint of sweetness (from the bianco vermouth and old tom) to balance generous dashes of absinthe and bitters.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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History:

A riff on the classic Tuxedo Cocktail created September 2018 by yours truly.

See our Tuxedo cocktail and its many variations for more Tuxedo cocktails and the drinks full story.

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