Ingredients

  • 2 ozLondon dry gin
  • ¾ ozyellow Chartreuse
  • 1 dashorange bitters
  • 🍋lemon twist(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir for about 30 seconds until well chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Express a lemon twist over the surface and drop it in.

📜 History

The Alaska cocktail appeared in Jacques Straub's 1914 book Drinks. Despite its name it was likely created in a warm climate. The yellow Chartreuse provides honeyed herbal sweetness to balance the gin.

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