Bronx (cocktail) This was the beginning of his addiction to alcohol. It appears in William "Cocktail" Boothby's 1908 book The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them as "Bronx Cocktail, a la Billy Malloy, Pittsburgh, PA. One-third Plymouth gin, one-third French vermouth and one-third Italian vermouth, flavored with two dashes of Orange bitters, about a barspoonful of orange juice and a squeeze of orange peel. Serve very cold." Harry Craddock in The Savoy cocktail book mentions three recipes from the Bronx. The Bronx Cocktail is mentioned in the 1934 film "The Thin Man" by Nick Charles (played by William Powell). In the
Tert-Butyl alcohol Tert-Butyl alcohol tert"-Butyl alcohol (TBA), also called tert"-butanol or "t"-butanol, is the simplest tertiary alcohol, with a formula of (CH)COH (sometimes represented as "t"-BuOH). It is one of the four isomers of butanol. "tert"-Butyl alcohol is a colorless solid, which melts near room temperature and has a camphor-like odor. It is miscible with water, ethanol and diethyl ether. "tert"-Butyl alcohol has been identified in beer and chickpeas. It is also found in cassava which is used as fermentation ingredient in certain alcoholic beverages. "tert"-Butyl alcohol is derived commercially from isobutane as a coproduct of propylene oxide production. It can also