Name: Tuxedo (Difford's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 10 ml Manzanilla sherry; 1.25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters

Tuxedo (Difford's recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth, Manzanilla sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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. 2 (Savoy & Duffy's recipe) - equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with maraschino, orange bitters 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.
Flora Bar's Tuxedo No.2 - in an absinthe-rinsed glass with dry gin, bianco vermouth, maraschino liqueur and orange bitters.

History:

A riff on the classic Tuxedo Cocktail created September 2018 by yours truly.
See: Tuxedo cocktail history

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Nutrition:

One serving of Tuxedo (Difford's recipe) contains 151 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.04% alc./vol. (23.04° proof)
21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

29th September 2023 at 23:52

Remade with the stated combination of vermouths- even better!

John CARR

23rd September 2023 at 13:51

My bottle of Dolin dry had gone squiffy so went with 45 ml Dolin blanc. Otherwise followed exactly. Really delicious!

David M.

6th February 2023 at 01:55

Only had dry gin on hand but upped the bianco a hair for sweetness. Strong yet light on the palate with an pleasingly unusual pink color. The absinthe was subtle but present. A hit with my guest.

Renee Thorpe

31st October 2022 at 10:30

Complex but balanced. Essentially fruity but stays dry due to fruitiness coming from those great bitters. I always back off just a hair on the vermouth.