# The Anchorage Cocktail

The Anchorage is a modern upgrade on the classic Alaska cocktail, balancing the sweetness of yellow chartreuse with fino sherry for a martini-style drink.

- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 oz dry gin
- 0.5 oz yellow chartreuse
- 0.5 oz fino sherry
- 2 dashes orange bitters
- ice
- lemon zest

## Instructions

1. Combine dry gin, yellow chartreuse, fino sherry, and orange bitters in a mixing glass.
2. Add ice to the mixing glass.
3. Stir until the mixture is nice and cold.
4. Strain the cocktail into a cocktail coupe.
5. Express a lemon zest across the top of the drink.
6. Garnish the drink.

## Equipment

- cocktail coupe

## Tips

- The addition of fino sherry acts as a dry element to balance the sweetness of the yellow chartreuse, similar to vermouth in a martini.

## Source

- Original video: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/q0WGRUR5DOg
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0d6892b2-6cd1-4698-b3c6-c1f2e48eb1e2
- Extracted: 2026-01-25

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