The mental exhaustion involved in getting my taxes filed just under the wire ( as usual) called for a proper cocktail. How better to commemorate the annual occasion than with an Income Tax? The recipe, from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, is  essentially a Bronx cocktail with the addition of Angostura bitters. Good for the occasion, but this New Yorker prefers her other borough drinks, a Manhattan or, true my borough, a Brooklyn. Shake them up with
rye, darling.

The Income Tax Cocktail

• 1 ½ ounces gin
• 3/4  ounce dry vermouth
• 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
• Juice of 1/4 orange (squeezed right into the shaker)
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange wheel.

The Brooklyn Cocktail

• 2 ounces rye or bourbon
• ¾ ounce dry vermouth
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 2 teaspoons Maraschino liqueur

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.