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 (green); 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	Old Tom gin
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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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.

History:

A riff on the classic Tuxedo Cocktail created September 2018 by yours truly.
Tuxedo cocktail history and its many variations

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tuxedo Cocktail (Difford's recipe) contains 168 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
24.3% alc./vol. (48.6° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

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