# Gin Alexander

Equal London dry gin, white cacao, and heavy cream recover the pale 1914 Alexander before brandy became the family’s dominant base.

Strength: 21% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [White crème de cacao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/white-creme-de-cacao.md)
- 30 ml [Cream](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cream.md) — Use heavy cream.

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and aerated.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Twentieth Century](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/twentieth-century.md): Dry gin and lemon sharpen white cacao and Lillet Blanc into C. A. Tuck’s poised 1937 British modernist classic.
- [Alexander](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alexander.md): A rich blend of Cognac, chocolate, and cream finished with fragrant nutmeg.
- [Silver Bullet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/silver-bullet.md): London dry gin and lemon make a severe sour frame for kümmel’s clear, sweet caraway spice.
- [London Buck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-buck.md): Also known as the Gin Buck, this crisp London dry gin, lemon, and ginger-ale highball depends on cold, spice, and carbonation.
- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Gin & Tonic](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-and-tonic.md): Cold tonic lengthens London dry gin without hiding it, joining juniper and citrus oils to quinine bitterness in a spare, exact highball.
- [Hanky Panky](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hanky-panky.md): A gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail sharpened by a bitter, herbal measure of Fernet.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-alexander
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/gin-alexander-8bd97c72.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-234