# Silk Stockings {a cocktail} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [May 14, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020 "2023-05-14T04:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/1 "2023-05-14T04:59:46Z")
Make one of these and try it. You’ll thank me later. 2 oz Jose Cuervo Gold or equivalent tequila 1 oz heavy cream 1 oz creme de cacao goodly shake of pungent cinnamon optional: dash of grenadine (sometimes I do, sometimes I skip it) This is way nicer than I had any reason to expect it to be. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/2 "2023-05-14T14:23:31Z")
The Alexander cocktails (people are most familiar with the brandy variant) typically run 1:1:1. This 2:1:1 ratio should appeal to those who find that too sweet/rich. The base Alexander is made with gin, which I was surprised works with the chocolate. But pretty much any base spirit works. Mescal (as a partial or full sub) works here too. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/3 "2023-05-15T13:43:10Z")
You maybe coulda been a wee bit more descriptive in your title. I have no interest in fancy feminine footwear and just happened to mouse over your post and see it’s about a cocktail. In any case, very strange-sounding ingredients for a cocktail that don’t sound like they’d be at all good together. I’m almost tempted to try it purely out of curiosity, but I’m not really into sweet cocktails. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/4 "2023-05-15T15:30:34Z")
Huh. I thought the thread would be a link that was in today’s New York Times: > **[How Nylon Stockings Changed the World](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-nylon-stockings-changed-world-180955219/)** > > The quest to replace natural silk led to the very first fully synthetic fiber and revolutionized the products we depend on ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/5 "2023-05-15T16:18:26Z")
I might try one if I made it with real tequila as opposed to Cuervo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/6 "2023-05-16T16:40:40Z")
Hah! I thought this was going to be about that old terrible TV show. I guess that was “Silk Stalkings”. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silk-stockings-a-cocktail/984020/7 "2023-05-16T18:03:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I might try one if I made it with real tequila as opposed to Cuervo. 😛 If you’re opening a bottle of Herradura reposado or Tres Generaciones añejo to make mixed drinks, you’ve either got too much money or you need to examine your priorities. Cuervo Gold is a perfectly fine mixer-quality tequila. On the other hand, if you, like me. got lured into trying a bottle of Mi Familia Flores extra añejo, use the overpriced disgustingly sweet stuff in any way you find at all palatable.