Ingredients
Ice cubes
1 part white rum
1 part brandy (or Cognac)
1 part Cointreau or Triple Sec
½ part lemon juice
Glass: Cocktail glass
Method: Shake
Alcohol%: 28% *

Preparation
Put ice cubes in the shaker. Pour in the rum, brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice.

Shake together and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with lemon oil or lemon piece.


History
The recipe is a real classic: it was born in the 1930s. After the 1960s it became almost forgotten but nowdays it's again a popular cocktail.


Similar cocktails
City Slicker, White Lady, Betsy Ross, Maidens Prayer, Night and Day, Rum Fizz, El Dorado, Flying Dutchman, Costa del Sol, Long Island Iced Tea



"Bronx"

Ingredients
Ice cubes
2 parts gin
1 part dry vermouth
1 part sweet vermut
1 part orange juice
Glass: Cocktail glass
Method: Shake
Alcohol%: 20% *

Preparation
Pour ice in the shaker. Add the gin,the two vermouths and the orange juice.

Shake together and strain in a chilled cocktail glass.

Serve without any decoration.

Variations

The sweetness of the cocktail can be changed by altering the amount of the sweet and dry vermouth.

If you like dry cocktails better, try the Bronx Dry, which is made not using any sweet vermouth.


History

Many claim the honor of inventing the Bronx cocktail,but it is most likely that Johnnie Solon, mixer of the Waldorf Hotel, conocted the recipe first in the 1930s.

According to his story he was making a Duplex one day when his boss came up to him and said that a customer is demanding something absolutely new.

Solon finished the Duplex (which consits of sweet and dry vermouth and orange liqueur) and instantly a thought came to him. He substituted the orange liqueur with gin and filled the cocktail up with orange juice and handed it over to his boss before tasting it. His boss was fascinated by the result and so was the customer. The cocktail soon became the most popular drink in the hotel.

Solon says that the name came from the Bronx Zoo because lot of the customers used to tell him about strange animals they see after several mixed drinks. So when they asked him what the name of the cocktail was, he replied: "It is a Bronx".