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Income Tax Cocktail

Name: Income Tax Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
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 (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Income Tax Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
17.15% alc./vol. (34.31° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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.
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.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Bronx history and variations

Review

A Bronx with equal parts rosso and dry vermouths and with Angostura in place of orange bitters.

Variations/similar cocktails

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

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Comments & Discussion

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Avery Garnett 2y

Much better than I expected from an OJ/vermouth drink.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

This is very good for an aperitif. We used some fresh tangerines instead of oranges to bring the sweetness down a bit. Made the cocktail a bit drier.

Chris Dimal 38w

I used mandarins and it was unfortunately not a good result. Strangely earthy and unbalanced. Maybe Ango is not a good option for bitters. It needs the relative levity of orange bitters, like a normal Bronx.

Luca Viviani Premium Member 5y

A sweet, refreshing aperitivo for a warm spring day. Vermouth is the flavour that stands out the most and the choice of good vermouths becomes essential.