# Alaska

A vivid early Martini relative pairing dry gin with honeyed, herbaceous Yellow Chartreuse and orange bitters.

Strength: 41% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 15 ml [Yellow Chartreuse](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/yellow-chartreuse.md)
- 1 dash [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice until well chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

## Related drinks

- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Hoffman House Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail.md): A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.
- [Gibson](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gibson.md): A dry gin Martini whose pickled cocktail onion brings a subtle savoury sweetness to the glass.
- [Gin & It](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-and-it.md): Dry gin and fresh Italian sweet vermouth form the spare British shorthand for a Sweet Martini, published here in David Embury’s crisp three-to-one shape.
- [London Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-cocktail.md): London dry gin is subtly sweetened and sharpened with absinthe, orange bitters, lemon oils, and an olive.
- [Dirty Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dirty-martini.md): A restrained, savoury Martini in which a measured splash of olive brine seasons rather than overwhelms the gin and vermouth.
- [Gordon’s Breakfast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gordons-breakfast.md): Gin, muddled lime and cucumber, sugar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, salt, and pepper make a vivid non-tomato savoury cocktail with breakfast-table nerve.
- [Gimlet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gimlet.md): A taut two-part classic concentrating dry gin and preserved lime into a piercing, bittersweet drink.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alaska
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/alaska-b24f521f.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/alaska/