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

Income Tax Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
³⁄₄ 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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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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.
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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Income Tax Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.15% alc./vol. (17.15° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

11th May 2024 at 16:56

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

John Hinojos

19th December 2021 at 00:10

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.

Luca Viviani

2nd May 2021 at 10:21

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.

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