Tuxedo Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist & Luxardo Maraschino cherry

Comment:

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.

About:

A riff on the classic Tuxedo Cocktail created September 2018 by yours truly (Simon Difford).

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

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