Cocktail

Eric Alperin's Tuxedo No. 2

Eric Alperin & The Varnish

Coupe Glass

Ingredients

2 oz

Beefeater Gin

or preferred London Dry gin
0.75 oz

Dolin Dry

or preferred dry vermouth
0.25 oz

Maraska Maraschino
1 dash

Fee Brothers West Indian Orange Bitters

combined 1:1 with Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6
1 dash

Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6

combined 1:1 with Fee Brothers West Indian Orange Bitters
Absinthe

to rinse or atomize the coupe
1 twist

Lemon

expressed and used as garnish
1 each

Luxardo Maraschino Cherries

brandied cherry for garnish

Instructions

Rinse a chilled coupe with absinthe—either by swirling a small pour and discarding, or using an atomizer—and set aside. Combine the gin, dry vermouth, and maraschino liqueur in a mixing glass with cracked ice. Stir until well-chilled and properly diluted, then strain into the prepared coupe. Express a lemon twist over the surface, run it around the rim, and drop it in as garnish. Finish with a brandied cherry.

About

A classic turn-of-the-20th-century Martini variation that layers gin and dry vermouth with the bright fruit of maraschino and a fragrant absinthe rinse. Eric Alperin's take delivers what he calls a "gentle kiss of fruit and an herbaceous bow-tie finish."

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