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Tuxedo in a coupe glass

Tuxedo

An elegant gin and sherry cocktail with absinthe.

ClassicElegantHerbalDry

Ingredients

  • Gin1.5 oz (45 ml)
  • Dry Vermouth1.5 oz (45 ml)
  • Maraschino Liqueur0.25 oz (7.5 ml)
  • Absinthe2 dashes
  • Orange Bitters2 dashes

How to make it

  1. Stir all ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into a coupe.

Glass: Coupe

May contain: Gluten, Sulfites, Wormwood (Thujone). Always check your own bottles.

History

The Tuxedo is a late-19th-century gin and dry vermouth cocktail dressed up with maraschino, absinthe and bitters, named for Tuxedo Park, the fashionable New York enclave. It belongs to the cluster of refined dry cocktails that gave rise to the Martini.

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