Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Squid Mixes: Tuxedo Cocktail


The tuxedo, pictured here on the railing of our newly completed deck, tastes a lot like last week's cocktail, the casino.  However, it uses dry vermouth instead of lemon juice.  It's nice.

My recipe - gin, dry vermouth, Maraschino liqueur, orange bitters, garnish with a cherry - comes from The New York Bartender's Guide.  Interestingly, the official IBA recipe adds absinthe.  I have never had absinthe.  Until 2007, it was illegal in the United States and is still heavily regulated.

10 comments:

  1. My wife tried absinthe once. I don't remember her being impressed with it.

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    1. I am curious but doubt I will be trying it anytime soon. My wife is not a black licorice fan - same flavor.

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  2. I wonder if I would like this cocktail. Absinthe would be great to try and I know it gave a high during the Victorian era when it was popular. I wish I could try it

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    1. From what I have read, the hallucinogenic properties have been exaggerated.

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  3. I'd like to try absinthe. And the tuxedo looks tasty, too :)

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  4. Lovely cocktail such a beautiful color. Gosh I wish I could drink.
    Deck look nice but a Little Squirt is needed.
    Younger Son who was studying in France came home with a bottle but it broke. I think this was before 2007. Oh No !

    cheers, parsnip

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  5. I don't mind absinthe, but like all things it does vary. Some of it is best for cleaning purposes. I love a cherry garnish. Here we call a tuxedo a dinner jacket - dinner jacket cocktail is a terrible name though, tuxedo is a fun word :-)

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    1. Interesting etymology which I just now learned. The American English word tuxedo is named for Tuxedo Park, a village in New York State. It is a Native American word from the Lenape language meaning crooked water or crooked river.

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