Bronx Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
- 1½ oz gin
- ¼ oz dry vermouth
- ¼ oz sweet vermouth
- ¾ oz fresh orange juice
- Garnish: Orange slice
INSTRUCTIONS
Shake the liquid ingredients vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the orange slice.
NOTES
Invented in 1906 by Waldorf Astoria barman Johnny Salon after a visit to the Bronx Zoo. This is an old standby among the gin cocktails of the aromatic type that has more or less fallen into disrepute since prohibition. Some books recommend dry vermouth, some sweet vermouth, and some recommend both. Some books specify equal parts of vermouth and orange juice and some provide only for a slice of orange peel shaken with the cocktail or a slice of orange dunked in the glass. The recipe above is a fairly good formula for the drink.
