# Turf Club

Dry gin and vermouth become unusually dimensional under measured accents of maraschino, absinthe, and orange bitters, placing this turn-of-the-century Martini relative beside but not inside the Tuxedo family.

Strength: 34% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md) — Use a round, Plymouth-style dry gin if available.
- 22.5 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md)
- 7.5 ml [Luxardo Maraschino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/luxardo-maraschino.md)
- 2 dashes [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 2 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [Arsenic and Old Lace](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/arsenic-and-old-lace.md): Violet perfume threads through a dry gin Martini while a discarded absinthe rinse leaves only an anise shadow, making this modern normalization much lighter than the startling 1941 namesake.
- [Hoffman House Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail.md): A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Marguerite](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/marguerite.md): An equal-parts ancestor of the Dry Martini, softer and more wine-led, with orange bitters tying gin to vermouth.
- [Tuxedo No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo-no-1.md): Equal dry gin and vermouth, a broad lemon peel, and absinthe make Harry Craddock’s 1930 Tuxedo branch austere, aromatic, and deliberately distinct from the sweeter original.
- [Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/savoy-hotel-special-cocktail-no-1.md): A tiny trace of grenadine and absinthe pulls a two-to-one dry Gin Martini into the theatrical but still austere world of the Savoy bar.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [Dirty Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dirty-martini.md): A restrained, savoury Martini in which a measured splash of olive brine seasons rather than overwhelms the gin and vermouth.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/turf-club-0f189a59.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/turf-club/