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Tuxedo 1903

This Tuxedo recipe is from around the same time that the Dry Martini was starting to transform into the crisp and
dry drink we know today. Early Martini recipes from the late 1800s and early 1900s all included sweet ingredients, more like Manhattans than Dry Martinis.

This had a lot to do with the gins of the time which tasted far heavier than today’s gins as they were being made with grain spirit (un-aged whisky). These gins therefore suited recipes we associate more with whisky.

Home Recipes Tuxedo 1903

This recipe from “Daly’s Bartenders’ Encyclopedia” (1903) by Tim Daly, is the earliest recorded version of a Tuxedo cocktail in a cocktail book. He calls for ‘Maple Gin’ to be used, but as there are none of these left (that we can find), we simply added a little Jake’s Maple Syrup to recreate the recipe, and it’s delicious.

Ingredients

ML Parts

45 ml Gin
45 ml Dry Vermouth
5 ml Orange Curaçao
5 ml Maraschino Liqueur
7.5 ml Maple Syrup
Garnish Discarded Lemon Twist and Maraschino

Top Tips

Consume while in formal attire for maximum enjoyment.

Method

1
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
2
Stir ingredient together to dissolve the maple syrup before adding ice.
3
Fill the mixing glass with ice, then stir to chill in gredients and add the perfect amount of dilution from ice melt.
4
Strain into a cocktail glass and spray a twist of lemon over the surface of the drink. Discard the lemon twist rather than adding it to the drink.
5
Finish with a maraschino cherry.

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