Brandy Alexander

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Hey guys! How’s it going?

Christmas is now over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t splurge on good cocktails! 🙂

This time around I have a nice desert in a glass cocktail, it’s the Brandy Alexander. Now I know a lot of cocktails get dubbed as “dessert in a glass” but this one really deserves it’s moniker. It’s like eating a spiced chocolate cookie! :-))

History

There are many rumours about its origins. Some sources say it was created at the time of the London wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1922.[3] Drama critic and Algonquin Round Table member Alexander Woollcott claimed that it was named after him. Other sources say it was named after the Russian tsar Alexander II.[4]

The drink was possibly named after Troy Alexander, a bartender at Rector’s, a New York City restaurant, who created the drink in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating Phoebe Snow, a character in a popular advertising campaign in the early 20th century.[5]

The cocktail is known to have been John Lennon‘s favorite drink. He was introduced to the drink on March 12, 1974 by Harry Nilsson, in the midst of Lennon’s so-called “lost weekend.” The pair began heckling the Smothers Brothers, and whilst being ejected Lennon allegedly assaulted a waitress.[6] Lennon later said the drinks “tasted like milkshakes.”[7] Source:Wikipedia

Ingredients

Alright, so let’s see what we need for ingredients for this one:

  • 45mL Brandy (1½ oz)
  • 30mL Creme de Cacao (1 oz)
  • 30mL Cream (1 oz)

How to mix it

  • Combine the 3 ingredients into your cocktail shaker
  • Shake with ice for 12 seconds
  • Strain into a stemmed cocktail glass (chilled)
  • Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg

Behold! The finished product! 🙂

Conclusion

So what do you guys think? Is this a delicious Christmasy mix or what ?

Cheers!

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Andrei Muresan

My name is Andrei, Andrei-Paul Muresan. I’m an IT professional, born in the wonderful year of 1982, in the heart of Transylvania (for people who don’t know, the heart of Transylvania is a city called Cluj-Napoca, located in Eastern Europe, in Romania to be more exact). Here’s a photo of me, just to put a face to the name 😉 I mentioned Transylvania because most people are more likely to know where Transylvania is and not where Romania is 🙂 oh and by the way, vampires, they’re just ghost stories, sorry to disappoint everybody. As you might expect, given my profession, I’m passionate about technology and everything that surrounds it, but I am also a great spirits fan, and when I say spirits I mean scotch, whisk(e)y and cognac, and I also enjoy a good cigar (I never say no to a good cigar). I like to mix all that with a good tune and also a good game, I own a couple of game consoles. I am, by no means, an expert in the scotch/whisk(e)y/cognac/cigar world, but I am keen on learning everything there is to know about it, so I’m launching an invitation to you, to join me in this virtual journey as we learn together.
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