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Friday Cocktail Hour: The Alexander

Published: Jan 9, 2021 · Modified: Jan 15, 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 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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