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Bronx

dry gin, dry vermouth, red vermouth, Angostura bitters, and orange

The Bronx cocktail emerged in New York City—possibly the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel—circa 1900–1907, and enjoyed great popularity until Prohibition. The Bronx is the first popular cocktail to feature orange juice, one of the first cocktails to directly inspire mixology-at-home, and a harbinger of the rising fashion of citrus-oriented cocktails in the 20th Century.

We will add a sample recipe and related discussion, here, soon. —Ed.

Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, p. 114; barware icons courtesy of Haus Alpenz