The Bronx is a bootlegger cocktail from New York, 1906. Built on london dry gin, served in a coupe, around 20% ABV. Listed in 1934 as one of the ten most-asked-for cocktails in New York.
What goes in a Bronx?
- ·1 1/2 oz gin
- ·1/2 oz sweet vermouth
- ·1/2 oz dry vermouth
- ·1 oz fresh orange juice
- ·Orange twist
How do you make a Bronx?
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until cold.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Express an orange twist.
What should you know before making a Bronx?
- Fresh-squeezed orange, never carton. Cocktails made with bottled OJ taste like breakfast, not a drink.
- Equal parts sweet and dry vermouth is the original ratio. Modern recipes that skew sweet are wrong.
- Shake hard. The OJ needs aeration to bloom; understirring leaves it flat.
Where did the Bronx come from?
Listed in 1934 as one of the ten most-asked-for cocktails in New York. It died because orange juice became a breakfast staple in the 1950s and the cocktail world abandoned anything that tasted like breakfast. Johnnie Solon at the Waldorf-Astoria invented it for a customer who asked for "a Duplex with orange juice instead of bitters"; he named it for the Bronx Zoo, which had just opened, on the theory that drunks see strange animals.
According to Johnnie Solon, Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, c. 1906.
What cocktails are similar to a Bronx?
Common questions.
What is in a Bronx cocktail?
Gin, equal parts sweet and dry vermouth, and fresh orange juice. Shaken with ice and strained into a coupe.
Why is the Bronx not popular anymore?
Orange juice became breakfast food in the 1950s. American drinkers stopped wanting cocktails that tasted of breakfast. The drink survived in cocktail manuals but died on bar menus.
Who invented the Bronx cocktail?
Johnnie Solon, head bartender of the Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, around 1906. Named for the Bronx Zoo which opened in 1899.
What's the difference between a Bronx and a Satan's Whiskers?
Satan's Whiskers adds Grand Marnier. The Bronx has only orange juice. The Whiskers is sweeter and more orange-forward.