Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 3/4 fl oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 3/4 fl oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
| 3/4 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
| 2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
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Review:
A Bronx with equal parts rosso and dry vermouths and with Angostura in place of orange bitters.
Variant:
Bronx
Bloody Bronx - with blood orange juice
Golden Bronx - with egg yolk
Improved Bronx - with mandarin juice
Silver Bronx - with egg white
Luigi Bronx - with tangerine juice, triple sec, and grenadine
Satan's Whiskers Straight - with orange juice
History:
A riff on the Bronx cocktail, the Income Tax cocktail first appeared in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
INCOME TAX COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
The Juice of ¼ Orange.
¼ French Vermouth.
¼ Italian Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Shake well, then strain into cocktail glass.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 18.81% alc./vol. (37.62° proof)
- 21.2 grams of pure alcohol
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