Alaska
One of the oldest and least-discussed gin cocktails in the pre-Prohibition canon, the Alaska appears in Jacques Straub's Drinks (1914) and later in The Savoy Cocktail Book. Despite its age it remains obscure.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse
- 2 dash Fee Brothers West Indies Orange Bitters
Method
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with fresh ice and stir for 25-30 seconds until very cold and properly diluted. Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass. Express a lemon peel over the surface and either drop in or discard.
What you'll need
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