Whether you’ve already filed your taxes or, like millions of other Americans, you plan on getting the dreaded task done by midnight on Monday, you deserve a drink for all that paper pushing and number crunching. In recognition of the necessary evil that Uncle Sam first proposed in 1812 – and which was instituted upon us in 1913 – we invite you to drink the Income Tax. Shake it up, pour it out and wait for those tax returns to roll in.
Income Tax Cocktail Serves 1
1½ tsp. dry vermouth
1½ tsp. sweet vermouth
1 oz. gin
1 dash bitters (preferably Angostura)
Juice of ¼ orange
• Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
This article appears in April 2011.