Sobriety is overrated

Sorry again for the time between posts!  I was away doing field research for this blog by spending a week and a bit at a beach party in Kill Devil Hills while almost constantly drinking and making drinks for others. Look at how hard I'm working for you people.

I'm not sure I'm ready to drink again for a few years, but luckily I have a nice backlog of drinks to blog about :-)

This next one is a simple drink that can be thrown together after work without slicing fruit or digging for the asbestos gloves.  The Bronx is a hipster dream.  It's from the golden age of American drinking, so it starts cool.  It was mocked in its time until it went all the way to "so bad it's good," so the street cred is almost built in.  All you need now is to make certain you're using locally sourced sustainably grown organic heirloom oranges (Seville, if you prefer to go by the book) in your juice and you're good to go.

Drink #8: The Bronx

• 1 oz gin
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1/2 oz sweet vermouth
• 1/2 oz dry vermouth

Shake with ice and add a cherry.

The picture above isn't mine (it's courtesy of klad.com).  Chris's camera has gone missing, and I have little desire to recreate this drink, so you'll have to believe me when I promise that ours looked just like that minus the giant slice of citrus that is hanging ungainly off the side.

Edit: Found our picture!

It's a nice easy drink, but it just didn't feel well balanced to me.  We used Martini and Rossi vermouths, which I've since learned are low to mid tier for good mixed drinks.  It could also perhaps be better with a less flavorful gin than Hendricks.

Final Verdict: 

Boring but easy