Name: Tuxedo Cocktail No.2 (Savoy and Duffy's recipe)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Maraschino liqueur; 2 dash Orange bitters; 1 dash Absinthe

Tuxedo Cocktail No.2 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe omit for Cocktails Made Easy

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Fifty-Fifty Martini with added flavour and aroma thanks to the addition of a trio of bitters, liquor and liqueur.

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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. 3 (Lowe & Straub's recipe) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry vermouth with sherry, maraschino, absinthe and aromatic bitters.
Tuxedo No.4 (AKA Tussetto) - two-thirds dry gin to one-third dry sherry with orange 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 The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) by Harry Craddock, The Official Mixer's Manual (1934 & 1940) by Patrick Gavin Duffy.
Also see: Tuxedo cocktail history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tuxedo Cocktail No.2 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.41% alc./vol. (23.41° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

9th November 2022 at 01:29

Again Craddock delivers a very flavourful variation of a martini. The hints of cherry and absinthe was outstanding. It is perfectly balanced. A new favourite for my aperitifs.