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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.


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Revision as of 17:30, 10 February 2022

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  • Crème de Cacao
  • Cream

Earliest known recipe is from Hugo Ensslin’s 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks [1]. 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[2]. 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.

References

  1. Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo Ensslin (1917, second edition)
  2. Behind the Drink: Brandy Alexander, by Gary Regan (Liquor.com)