Classic

Bronx

5 min.Gin

Chill a cocktail glass in advance.
1
Add the gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, orange bitters and orange juice to a shaker filled with ice.
2
Shake until the outside of the shaker is very cold.
3
Strain into the chilled cocktail glass.
4
Express the orange peel over the surface of the drink to release the oils, then drop it into the glass as garnish.
5

United States
Origin
The Bronx emerged in the very early 1900s and was in print by 1908 in William Boothby’s The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them, as well as other major bar guides of the era. Most historians associate its creation with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where bartenders adapted a gin-and-vermouth formula by adding a touch of orange juice. By the 1910s it was one of the most popular American cocktails, often compared in stature to the Manhattan and Martini before Prohibition.
History
Boothby’s 1908 Bronx "a la Billy Malloy" is the earliest fully documented recipe combining gin, both French and Italian vermouth, orange juice, and orange bitters. Albert Stevens Crockett later printed Johnny Solon’s story in The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book, claiming the Bronx was inspired by a visit to the Bronx Zoo and a tweak to the Duplex cocktail. Newspaper accounts from 1901 credit Waldorf bartender John "Curly" O’Connor as inventor of the Bronx, showing how contested its authorship has always been. Structurally, the Bronx is essentially a Perfect Martini (equal parts sweet and dry vermouth with gin) brightened by a small measure of fresh orange juice.
Trivia
Raw oysters, Lightly smoked salmon, Olives and mixed nuts, Mild soft cheeses
Pairings
The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them
Source