Classics
Straub's 1914 Alaska is a compact whiskey drink, distinct from the later gin-and-Chartreuse formula now associated with the name. This entry preserves that earlier identity.
Reference: Jacques Straub · 1914 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Ingredients
Rye and Benedictine sharpened with orange bitters.
Taste: rye spice · dark herbs · orange peel · dry honey
Rye whiskey
55ml
Benedictine
15ml
Orange bitters
3 dashes
1ml
How to make it
Stir all ingredients with cold ice until thoroughly chilled and lightly diluted.
Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass.
Express a narrow orange peel over the drink and place it on the rim.
Source: DosVermuts adaptation of Jacques Straub, Drinks (1914), p. 17 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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