#14. Bronx Cocktail

I must say- the Bronx is the best of the vermouth-heavy numbers so far. Half gin, plus a quarter each of sweet and dry vermouth, plus a quarter of an orange. The orange mixes nicer than the lime in this case and gives this one a nice citrus smoothness. Reminds me more of the Dubonnet drinks than the vermouth-heavy entries. Not too shabby.

Soon, though, I'll have to make a Noon Cocktail, which is just this plus an egg white. Madness! Ensslin and his eggs. People used to put eggs in everything, if Ensslin is to be believed.

To summarize: best of the vermouth-based drinks so far, not that that's saying that much. But, it is saying something.

Difford's includes the exact same recipe with the same name, which is a bit of a rarity. Most of these recipes have endured some changes over the years in either name or content, but this one is a rock. Difford claims this was the first cocktail to use fruit juice, but really, that's the sort of thing I'm confident is utterly unverifiable.