Craddock didn’t do much editorializing either, but he did include a note on the Alaska Cocktail: “So far as can be ascertained this delectable potion is NOT the staple diet of the Esquimaux ...

The result was: I couldn't pick. Instead, I ended up with two versions of a truly glorious summer cocktail. I also learned that the Alaska cocktail isn't Alaska-made at all. (Read about that and ...

Recently, I have become obsessed with this very delicious pre-Prohibition version of a martini called the Alaska cocktail, which then led me to some very serious gin research. (OK: "research.") ...

(It’s very difficult to find good citrus in Alaska during citrus season ... and a spicy ginger beer. The cocktail swirled with the garnet-colored juice. No cocktail had ever tasted better.

That second, uncertain feeling appears to be benefiting an old cocktail. The Alaska is a gin drink, like the martini, but instead of dry vermouth, it calls for yellow Chartreuse, the intensely ...

That second, uncertain feeling appears to be benefiting an old cocktail. The Alaska is a gin drink, like the martini, but instead of dry vermouth, it calls for yellow Chartreuse, the intensely ...

First of all, be extremely careful if you decide to make this cocktail because it involves live fire. You can always skip the first step and just combine the ingredients instead. Unlike the iconic ...

Close-up of a yellow Alaska cocktail with a lemon peel - Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock When it comes to cocktails that are both historical and hyper-relevant, you can't do much better than the Alaska.

That second, uncertain feeling appears to be benefiting an old cocktail. The Alaska is a gin drink, like the martini, but instead of dry vermouth, it calls for yellow Chartreuse, the intensely ...

On first blush, nothing. The Alaska Cocktail pops into existence in a terse little cocktail book from 1913 called Manual of Mixed Drinks, by Jacques Straub. Straub was more of a wine guy—he makes it ...