Fernet Alexander

1 oz Fernet Branca
1 oz Crème de Cacao
1 oz Cream
1 pn Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, up, garnish.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Frederic Yarm, cocktail virgin slut.
Year
2009
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2009/11/fernet-alexander.html

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  • Fun Milk Punch / Alexander type drink - actually for reals delicious use of F. Branca where is complements other flavors.
  • Nice after dinner sipper. Really brings out the mint in the fernet. Surprising 1oz of fernet is not obnoxious here,
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Comments

Just made this tonight after not having it for several years.  Maybe my palate has become more numb to fernet-y bitterness, but I thought the ratio of fernet to other ingredients could be upped to 1.5 or 2 to 1 part each of the creme de cacao and cream.  At least using our house fernet blend (3 parts Branca, 2 parts Letherbee & 1 part CH Dogma) and the uber-rich Tempus Fugit Creme de Cacao (which I thought kinda dominated in equal parts or even 1.5:1:1, but in a not unpleasant chocolate-ly way).

yarm commented on 11/11/2019:

My god -- this drink turned 10 this month! I noticed a lot of people posting about it on Barnotes and claiming it their creation, but that time sig on that post pre-dates them by several years. Really, it was due to the Anvil publishing their 100 drinks list in 2009 and suggesting any spirit for the Alexander; they used Campari, so I turned to Fernet.

Plinio Sandalio once made me a Branca Menta Alexander while he was in residence at Anvil. It was pretty great stuff.  Zachary