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DrinkBoy at 01:10, 11 February 2022

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	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.		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 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, is said to have created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>. Phoebe Snow was created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad around 1900. Train travel in the day was dirty business, with travelers being covered in soot after a trip of any significant length. Lackawanna was able to prevent this by using anthracite, a cleaner-burning form of coal. They promoted this through advertising where their fictional character Phoebe Snow was always wearing a clean white dress. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Snow_(character) Phoebe Snow] (Wikipedia)</ref>

	The earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>.		The earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>.
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	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, is said to have created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>. Phoebe Snow was created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad around 1900. Train travel in the day was dirty business, with travelers being covered in soot after a trip of any significant length. Lackawanna was able to prevent this by using anthracite, a cleaner-burning form of coal. They promoted this through advertising where their fictional character Phoebe Snow was always wearing a clean white dress. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Snow_(character) Phoebe Snow] (Wikipedia)</ref>

	An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>		An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>

DrinkBoy at 01:08, 11 February 2022

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	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, is said to have created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>. Phoebe Snow was created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad around 1900. Train travel in the day was dirty business, with travelers being covered in soot after a trip of any significant length. Lackawanna was able to prevent this by using anthracite, a cleaner-burning form of coal. They promoted this through advertising where their fictional character Phoebe Snow was always wearing a clean white dress.		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, is said to have created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>. Phoebe Snow was created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad around 1900. Train travel in the day was dirty business, with travelers being covered in soot after a trip of any significant length. Lackawanna was able to prevent this by using anthracite, a cleaner-burning form of coal. They promoted this through advertising where their fictional character Phoebe Snow was always wearing a clean white dress. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Snow_(character) Phoebe Snow] (Wikipedia)</ref>

	An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>		An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>

DrinkBoy at 01:06, 11 February 2022

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	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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.		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, is said to have created his eponymous concoction in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating [fictional character] Phoebe Snow<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>. Phoebe Snow was created to promote the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad around 1900. Train travel in the day was dirty business, with travelers being covered in soot after a trip of any significant length. Lackawanna was able to prevent this by using anthracite, a cleaner-burning form of coal. They promoted this through advertising where their fictional character Phoebe Snow was always wearing a clean white dress.

	An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>		An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>

DrinkBoy at 00:56, 11 February 2022

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	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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.		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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.

	An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>		An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>

DrinkBoy at 00:49, 11 February 2022

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	~~Earliest~~ known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>.		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 <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>.

	{\| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:.25in;padding:10px;font-family:'Modern No. 20', serif;font-size:normal;background:cornsilk;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:.25in;padding:10px;font-family:'Modern No. 20', serif;font-size:normal;background:cornsilk;"
	\|<div style="font-weight:bold~~; font-size:1.2em~~;"><div style="text-align:center">ALEXANDER COCKTAIL</div></div>		\|<div style="font-weight:bold;"><div style="text-align:center">ALEXANDER COCKTAIL</div></div>
	<div style="width:60ch"><div style="padding-left:~~20ch~~">		<div style="width:60ch"><div style="padding-left:15ch">
	1/3 El Bart Gin<br/>		1/3 El Bart Gin<br/>
	1/3 Creme de Cocoa<br/>		1/3 Creme de Cocoa<br/>
	1/3 Sweet Cream<br/>		1/3 Sweet Cream<br/>
	Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.		</div>Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.
	~~</div>~~</div>		</div>
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			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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.

			An earlier form of a drink by the same name appears in “Jack’s Manual” (1910)<ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1910-Jack-s-manual-on-the-vintage-and-production-care-and-handling-of-wines-liquors-etc-1910/32/ Jack's Manual] by J. A. Grohusko (1910)</ref>

	~~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~~<~~ref~~>~~[https~~:~~//www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink~~-~~the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink~~: ~~Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan~~ (~~Liquor~~.~~com~~)</~~ref~~>.		{\| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:.25in;padding:10px;font-family:'Modern No. 20', serif;font-size:normal;background:cornsilk;"
	~~An earlier form of the drink from “Jack’s Manual” (1920) had a recipe of~~		\|<div style="width:60ch"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="font-weight:bold;">ALEXANDER COCKTAIL</div>(Use bar glass.)</div>75% rye whiskey<br/>25% Benedictine<br/>1 piece of ice<br/>Twist of orange peel.<br/>    Stir and serve.</div>
	~~Alexander Cocktail~~		\|}
	* 75% rye ~~whisky~~
	* 25% Benedictine
	* 1 piece of ice
	Twist of orange peel. Stir and serve.

	==References==		==References==
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DrinkBoy at 00:37, 11 February 2022

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 * Cream
-Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>. 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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.
+Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>.
 An earlier form of the drink from “Jack’s Manual” (1920) had a recipe of
 Alexander Cocktail

DrinkBoy at 00:30, 11 February 2022

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	Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. 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<ref>~~Behind The Drink: Brandy Alexander, by Gary Regan~~[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander/]</ref>.		Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks <ref>[https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1917-Recipes-for-Mixed-Drinks-by-Hugo-R-Ensslin-second-edition/6/ Recipes for Mixed Drinks] by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)</ref>. 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<ref>[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander], by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)</ref>.
	An earlier form of the drink from “Jack’s Manual” (1920) had a recipe of		An earlier form of the drink from “Jack’s Manual” (1920) had a recipe of
	Alexander Cocktail		Alexander Cocktail
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	Twist of orange peel. Stir and serve.		Twist of orange peel. Stir and serve.

			==References==
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DrinkBoy at 00:42, 9 March 2019

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	Spirit + Crème de Cacao + Cream		* Spirit
			* Crème de Cacao
			* Cream

	Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. 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<ref>Behind The Drink: Brandy Alexander, by Gary Regan[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander/]</ref>.		Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. 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<ref>Behind The Drink: Brandy Alexander, by Gary Regan[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander/]</ref>.

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Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. 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<ref>Behind The Drink: Brandy Alexander, by Gary Regan[https://www.liquor.com/articles/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander/]</ref>.
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.

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