Alexander

• Spirit
• Crème de Cacao
• Cream

Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks .

ALEXANDER COCKTAIL 1/3 El Bart Gin 1/3 Creme de Cocoa 1/3 Sweet Cream Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.

The cocktail, according to historian Barry Popik, was likely born at Rector’s, New York’s premier pre-Prohibition lobster palace. The bartender there, a certain Troy Alexander, created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow. An earlier form of the drink from “Jack’s Manual” (1920) had a recipe of Alexander Cocktail

• 75% rye whisky
• 25% Benedictine
• 1 piece of ice

Twist of orange peel. Stir and serve.