# Alexander

A rich blend of Cognac, chocolate, and cream finished with fragrant nutmeg.

Strength: 21% ABV

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 30 ml [Brown crème de cacao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brown-creme-de-cacao.md)
- 30 ml [Cream](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cream.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Nutmeg — Freshly grate over the drink.

## Method

1. Add the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Gin Alexander](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-alexander.md): Equal London dry gin, white cacao, and heavy cream recover the pale 1914 Alexander before brandy became the family’s dominant base.
- [Grasshopper](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/grasshopper.md): Equal green mint, clear cacao, and fresh cream make this compact New Orleans dessert cocktail cool, chocolate-rich, and unmistakably pale green.
- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.
- [French Connection](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection.md): A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Horse’s Neck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horses-neck.md): Cognac and ginger ale become unusually aromatic beneath a continuous lemon spiral, whose peel oils give the spare, cold highball its defining dry edge.
- [Brandy Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-daisy.md): The 1888 Harry Johnson branch joins Cognac and Yellow Chartreuse over crushed ice, with lemon, rich syrup, soda, berries, and mint around its herbal centre.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alexander
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/alexander-6821a7ab.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/alexander/