Alexander

• Spirit
• Crème de Cacao
• Cream

Originally appearing as a gin drink, it would eventually evolve into the "Brandy Alexander", with the gin variation all be disappearing. Using other spirits beyond gin and brandy never seems to have become a thing, so the "Alexander" may not technically be considered as its own category of mixed drink.

The 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 (1899-1919), 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 a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)

ALEXANDER COCKTAIL (Use bar glass.) 75% rye whiskey 25% Benedictine 1 piece of ice Twist of orange peel.     Stir and serve.