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Christmas Velvet Alexander

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (58)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Advocaat liqueur
1 1⁄2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 fl oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and grated nutmeg.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  2. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Christmas Velvet Alexander contains 233 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 19.38% alc./vol. (38.76° proof)
  • 23.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Hazardous ingredients

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Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

A Christmas cocktail inspired by the classic gin-based Alexander and the popular Brandy Alexander. Created in October 2011 by yours truly.

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Review

Combining advocaat, gin and fino sherry, this is the ultimate stereotypical English Granny's Christmas Cocktail.

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Comments & Discussion

Robert Spain
Less eggy and more gin oriented than Grannie"s Cocktail but, I am not sure it's better. I did like both.
score: 1
Naomi Heaps Premium Member
Festively delicious! I used the Four Pillars spiced negroni gin and it gives it a lovely gingery note. Also I just love nutmeg - 1 additional star guaranteed for containing nutmeg.
score: 2
Helen Selucky
Nice to know not everything related to advocaat needs to be overly sweet. A delicious alternative to the snowball.
score: 2
Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member
The Champagne Snowball is also worth a try...delicious too!
score: 1
Chris Lamb Premium Member
Where it says "English granny's Christmas cocktail", the text "Christmas cocktail" links to this very same page. I suspect this should be a link to the "20 Christmas Cocktails" page linked in the "History" section.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Thanks Chris. You're right. I've now fixed.
score: 0
Jack Reid
Have had a good run with recipes here recently but I'm afraid it hit a speed bump here. I'll admit up front I'm a bourbon guy rather than a gin fan, but this was a meh for me. My wife, who is a gin fan, liked it. It's not a bad drink by any means--I agree it's well balanced--it's just not one I'll personally be making again.
score: 1
Rasmus Hansen
Very neat. Well balanced.
score: 1

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