-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

 ML> Campari and grapefruit
 JW> go together like Bogart and Bacall.

 ML> I don't recall seeing any movies with them together.

They only did four movies together but they had a famous romance and
a long lived marriage in real life as well as on-screen chemistry.
Some time after he passed away she had an affair with Frank Sinatra
and then married some other actor briefly but later in life she
said, "I've been lucky: I had one great marriage, I have three
great children and four grandchildren. I am still alive."

 ML> As for Bacall, empty, zero, zip.
 
She made a ton of movies and was in a lot of Broadway plays as well;
she was even on TV a few times starting in the 50s.
  
 > Gloria Cocktail #2
 > 1 oz gin 
 > 1 oz dry vermouth
 > 1/2 oz Cointreau
 > 1/2 oz Campari

 ML> A fairly hefty cocktail. I might increase the
 ML> gin and cut the others

Some of mine leaned that way too. Lately I've been playing around
with varations on short, strong, gin forward cocktails based
on traditional martinis or negronis but with a hint of fruit.
Tonight's pre dinner cocktail as I type away is a wet (2:1) martini
with a teaspoon of cranberry cocktail and a lemon squeeze, no olive. 
It's a beautiful very pale pink the same colour as if I had added a
dash of Angostura bitters, with just a subtle touch of berry
flavour. Very nice and will make it again.

 > Southwest One
 > 1 oz vodka
 > 1 oz orange juice
 > 1 oz Campari
 > New York Magazine, 30 Jun 1969

 ML> Cutting the sweetness and giving a kick, killing
 ML> two birds with one stone. I wonder whether a nice
 ML> citrusy gin such as a Tanqueray might do well
 ML> instead of the vodka.

I bet it would.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: The Bronx Cocktail and Variations
 Categories: Beverages, Alcohol
      Yield: 1 serving

  1 1/2 oz gin
    1/2 oz dry vermouth
    1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/6 1/2 oz orange juice

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass

Another ratio with more orange:

      1 oz Gin
      1 oz Dry vermouth
      1 oz Sweet vermouth
           Juice of 1 orange

It can be made dry, sweet or perfect.

The Bronx Discotheque adds Galliano to the above.

The Bronx Pineapple Cocktail subs pineapple juice for orange, of
course.

The Bronx River subs lemon juice and sugar syrup.

The Bronx Terrace subs lime lime and sugar syrup.

Any of these can be turned into highballs with the addition of soda.

JW
 
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Cheers

Jim


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