Income Tax Cocktail

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

• Strucchi Dry Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
• Strucchi Rosso Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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.
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

Nutrition:

One serving of Income Tax Cocktail contains 162 calories.

Alcohol content:

• 1.4 standard drinks
• 17.15% alc./vol. (34.3° proof)
• 19.4 grams of pure alcohol