# Tuxedo

Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.

Strength: 30% ABV

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Old Tom gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/old-tom-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md)
- 0.5 bar spoon [Luxardo Maraschino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/luxardo-maraschino.md)
- 0.25 bar spoon [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Martini glass

## Garnish

- Cocktail cherry
- Lemon zest

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice in a mixing glass.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

## Related drinks

- [Ford Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail.md): Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.
- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [Turf Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club.md): 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.
- [50/50 Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/50-50-martini.md): An equal-parts Martini that lets fresh dry vermouth share the foreground with gin, lifted by orange bitters.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, 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.
- [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.
- [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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/tuxedo-fb060b4f.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/tuxedo/