Income Tax
CLASSIC · LONDON DRY GIN

Income Tax

A Prohibition-era variation on the Bronx, recorded in the Savoy Cocktail Book.

Ingredients
London Dry Gin45 ml
Dry Vermouth15 ml
Sweet Red Vermouth15 ml
Fresh Orange Juice22.5 ml
Angostura Bitters
Orange Twist
Glassware
Coupe glass
Chilled.
Method
  1. 1

    Chill a coupe glass.

  2. 2

    Combine the gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth and orange juice in a shaker.

  3. 3

    Add two dashes of Angostura bitters.

  4. 4

    Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds.

  5. 5

    Fine-strain into the chilled coupe and express an orange twist over the top.

From the Bartender

A Prohibition-era variation on the Bronx, recorded in the Savoy Cocktail Book. The name is a joke about the then-novel American federal income tax: the bitters are the deduction. Shake it briskly enough to aerate the orange juice.

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