- 45 ml cognac
- 30 ml crème de cacao
- 30 ml fresh cream
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with finely grated nutmeg.
Brandy Alexanders can be rather cloying when classically made 1:1:1. The trick is to up the level of cognac. It is a better balanced drink for it but is a dangerous tipple already. What could possibly go wrong? Well quite a lot if history is to judge.
Harry Nilsson introduced them to John Lennon on Lennon’s ‘lost weekend’. While being ejected from a gig Lennon allegedly assaulted a waitress. Lennon said they “tasted like milkshakes.”
“That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens.”
Harry Nilsson
In the film Days of Wine and Roses, Lee Remick says she dislikes liquor but likes chocolate, so Jack Lemmon orders her a Brandy Alexander. Thus begins the character’s descent into alcoholism. Just be careful is all.