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Friday Cocktail Hour: The Alexander

Published: Jan 9, 2021 by Michael Ruhlman · Leave a Comment

One of my wife's favorite cocktails is the Brandy Alexander, so I thought I'd make it for a Friday Cocktail Hour post. But as I was digging around on the internet, I found many references to its precursor, The Alexander.

According to Feast magazine, this is a cocktail not invented to promote a liquor, but rather one to promote a railroad line, or rather was part of a big railroad line promotion in the first days of the 20th century. At the time, traveling by coal powered trains covered the riders with soot. One line used anthracite, a form of coal that didn't create excess soot.

The railroad line hosted a promotional dinner, and it's bartender, Troy Alexander, created this gin-based cocktail, and there it is.

It's drier, of course, than a Brandy Alexander. But I've altered the proportions so that it tastes more like a cocktail than a milkshake. Two parts gin, 1 part creme de cacao, ½ part cream.

The Alexander

A gin-based cocktail flavored with chocolate liqueur
Print Recipe
Prep Time 3 minutes mins
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1 ounce creme de cacao
  • ½ ounce cream (1 tablespoon)
  • grated nutmeg as needed

Instructions
 

  • Combine the fluids in a glass with ice, stir, then grate nutmeg over it.
Keyword creme de cacao cocktail, gin cocktail
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Ratio App for iPhone

After I wrote my book Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, a colleague and I built a ratio calculator for iPhones that allows you to cook without recipes. For doughs, batters, custards, sauces, stocks and more, simply plug in the amount of one ingredient and the amounts of the other ingredients are instantly calculated. It's also a handy reference for dozens of our most common preparations. ($4.99 in the app store.)

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I’ve collaborated on a dozen books, including cookbooks and a memoir. If you'd like to collaborate on a project, please contact my agent, Gail Hochman, [email protected], at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

For speaking engagements contact, Kip Ludwig, [email protected].

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