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Tango

1⁄2 oz Gin

1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth

1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth

1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Cointreau

1⁄2 oz Orange juice

Instructions

Orange twist, Shake, Straight Up, Cocktail

Cocktail summary

Posted by Dan on 6/06/2010

Created by

Robert Hess

Is of

unknown authenticity

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User rating

3 stars

(2 ratings)

Yields Drink

Gin, Sweet vermouth, Dry vermouth, Triple sec, Orange juice

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Cocktail

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Comments

noksagt commented on 9/29/2019:

Fred Yarm found a real nice cocktail of the same name that is a "Daiquiri variation with a trio of sweeteners: curaçao, grenadine, and Amer Picon:"

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/09/tango.html

yarm commented on 10/02/2019:

Isn't this drink better known as the Satan's Whiskers?

noksagt commented on 10/03/2019:

The two certainly have similar ingredients (though most incarnations of the Satan's Whiskers seem to call for Grand Marnier or curacao, rather than a triple sec). I'll note that you had a similar "Tango #1" on your site in 2009.

I don't have Hess's books. The Tango on his website matches the rum-based Tango #2 on your site. The Tango given here is a "potato head" of the other, with merely base spirit and liqueur swapped.

Hess's site and Mr Boston include recipes for both Satan's Whiskers (3/4 oz each gin and vermouths; 1/2 oz OZ and Grand Marnier; orange bitters) and the latter includes a gin and triple sec "Tango" with different proportions (1 oz gin, 1/2 oz each vermouths and OJ; 1/2 tsp triple sec).

Craig E commented on 10/03/2019:

Just to add to the confusion, the Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book (which also specs the aforementioned Tango #2) says a Tango is a pre-prohibition drink made up of equal parts dry gin and French vermouth, with an egg white.