Drink of the Week: The AMT

This is my first foray into MxMo (Mixology Monday). This month's event (MxMo XXIV) is hosted by Jimmy's Cocktail Hour and the theme is "Variations." The challenge is to design a variation on a classic cocktail.

I chose to tweak The Income Tax cocktail. The Income Tax itself is a riff on the Bronx Cocktail.

The Bronx Cocktail is made as follows:

Shake together in an iced Boston shaker. Serve in an iced cocktail glass.

• 2 oz. gin
• 1 oz. orange juice (fresh-squeezed please)
• 1/4 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1/4 oz. dry vermouth

The next step in the chain is The Income Tax (on the left in the picture):

• Shake a dash of bitters into your Bronx.

Finally, I am proud to introduce: The AMT Cocktail (in honor of those for whom tax season becomes that much more bloody due to the Alternative Minimum Tax).

Shake together in an iced Boston shaker. Serve in an iced cocktail glass.

• 2 oz. gin
• 1 oz. blood orange juice (fresh-squeezed please)
• 1/4 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1/4 oz. dry vermouth
• dash Regan's No. 6 Orange Bitters