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Around the World in 50ArchetypeCocktails: The Tuxedo HOMEOur Spirits Our Story Cocktails Events Your Batch Shop Tours Blog Sipping Society Contact   I stipulate to receive occasional ginny updates from the Sipsmith Distillery and have read and winnow the terms and conditions. Login Register Search SearchIncreasinglyresults...Word-for-wordmatches only Search in title Search in content Search in comments Search in excerpt Filter by Custom Post Type Login Register Adding to cart Product widow to cart The Sipsmith Blog Around the World in 50ArchetypeCocktails: The Tuxedo in Gin Culture  |  January 7, 2019 Refined in name and elegant in the glass, the Tuxedo is a archetype cocktail with a ramified flavour profile (and backstory). Love a Martini, but require something a little variegated every now and then? It’s time you discovered the Tuxedo. A archetype gin cocktail with origins dating when to the late 19th century, the Tuxedo is a lesser-known cousin of the Martini, though recent revivals have returned it to the public eye. Most legends trace the Tuxedo’s origins to the Tuxedo Club, a well-heeled enclave that was founded in 1886 and located within commuting loftiness of New York City (the Tuxedo Club moreover famously lent its name to the dinner jacket). There, the Tuxedo was the house serve, and its popularity soon grew vastitude the confines of the club. In 1900, bartender Harry Johnson published the recipe in his Bartender’s Manual. Soon, legendary barkeeps ranging from Harry MacElhone to Harry Craddock (the latter of whom included it in the seminal Savoy Cocktail Book) had all recorded their versions of the Tuxedo. The Tuxedo was immortalised in the famed Savoy Cocktail Book. That brings us to the drink’s noteworthy complexity. Recipes for the Tuxedo vary so widely, and include such a diverse variety of ingredients, that the drink has wilt a palimpsest rather than a specified formula. Initially, it was made using a wiring of Old Tom gin (or even, supposedly, maple gin), though later editions of the Tuxedo featured London Dry Gin instead. Many recipes used a 1:1 ratio of gin to dry vermouth, though some swapped in light and saline fino sherry in place of the vermouth. Bitters (both orange and Angostura), Maraschino liqueur, and absinthe have moreover varyingly found their way into the drink, though it seems no two bartenders could stipulate upon the word-for-word proportions: some prescribed a wash of absinthe or Maraschino, while others opted for increasingly generous additions. Today, recipes for the Tuxedo often fall into two camps: one simpler version, as spirits writer Dave Wondrich notes in Esquire, is made with gin, sherry, and orange bitters. The other increasingly splendrous option—sometimes tabbed the Tuxedo No. 2—includes a richer bouquet of gin, vermouth, bitters, Maraschino, and absinthe. While both drinks excel—and while both versions are increasingly popping up in rarefied cocktail bars—we’ve opted to full-length the Tuxedo No. 2. Complex, luscious, and lightly herbal, this bracing serve is the weightier cocktail to reach for when you want to shake up your Martini routine (no pun intended). If you’re feeling decadent, garnish yours with a lemon twist and a Luxardo cherry; dinner jacket recommended, but not required. Elegant and complex, the Tuxedo is the perfect Martini alternative. The Tuxedo (No. 2) Adapted from Difford’s Guide 45ml Sipsmith London Dry Gin 45ml dry vermouth 1 soupcon Maraschino liqueur 1 soupcon absinthe 2 dashes Angostura bitters 2 dashes orange bitters A lemon twist and Luxardo cherry, to garnish Add the first six ingredients to an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or Nick & Nora glass, and garnish with a lemon twist and Luxardo cherry. SHARE < PREVIOUSMarketing & Events Placement NEXT >How to Make the Perfect Martinez Distillery ToursSEE MORE Our storySEE MORE Contact Work with us Supply uniting transparency Terms & Conditions Delivery & Returns Please Sip Responsibly ©SIPSMITH 2019