Creamy Cocktails
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Creamy cocktails put body before brightness. Cream, milk or egg do the structural work, and the rest of the drink builds around their weight. The White Russian is the cleanest example: vodka, Kahlúa, cream, served on big ice in a short glass, the cream slowly settling through the coffee liqueur as the drink sits.
The Alexander goes older and richer, with gin, crème de cacao and cream stirred or shaken short — a drink that reads almost as a dessert in its own right. The Mudslide takes the same logic and pushes harder, the Grasshopper does it with mint and chocolate, and the Brandy Alexander swaps the gin slot for cognac to add weight in a different direction. Beyond the dessert end, the Ramos Fizz and Brandy Milk Punch bring cream into longer formats with citrus and soda doing the lift work.
What ties this list together is technique. A creamy cocktail wants to be shaken longer and harder than most — both to chill it properly and to incorporate the cream into the liquid rather than letting it sit as a top layer. Most of these don't keep well, so build them just before serving.
Most reward proper double cream rather than the lighter pouring variety. Most serve happily at the end of dinner rather than the start, and most are better in smaller pours than larger.
Our top Creamy cocktail
Alexander
Gin, Creme de cacao, Cream
More top Creamy cocktails
White Russian
Vodka, Licor de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk, Cinnamon, Essência de baunilha, Cream, Ovo
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Açúcar / xarope simples, Ovo
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope de lima
Bahia
White rum, Suco de abacaxi, Creme de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Creme de cacao, Creme de menta, Milk, Cream, Creme de coco
Grasshopper
Creme de menta, Creme de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Água de flor de laranjeira, Açúcar / xarope simples, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Suco de lima, Cream, Ovo, Essência de baunilha
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Licor de cereja Maraschino, Lemon juice, Ovo
White Russian
Vodka, Licor de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk, Cinnamon, Essência de baunilha, Cream, Ovo
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Açúcar / xarope simples, Ovo
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope de lima
Bahia
White rum, Suco de abacaxi, Creme de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Creme de cacao, Creme de menta, Milk, Cream, Creme de coco
Grasshopper
Creme de menta, Creme de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Água de flor de laranjeira, Açúcar / xarope simples, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Suco de lima, Cream, Ovo, Essência de baunilha
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Licor de cereja Maraschino, Lemon juice, Ovo
More top Creamy cocktails
White Russian
Vodka, Licor de café, Cream
Tiger’s Milk
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk, Cinnamon, Essência de baunilha, Cream, Ovo
Death Flip
Tequila blanco, Yellow Chartreuse, Jagermeister, Açúcar / xarope simples, Ovo
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope de lima
Bahia
White rum, Suco de abacaxi, Creme de coco
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Milk, Cream
Grasshopper Cream
Creme de cacao, Creme de menta, Milk, Cream, Creme de coco
Grasshopper
Creme de menta, Creme de cacao, Cream
Ramos Fizz
Gin, Água de flor de laranjeira, Açúcar / xarope simples, Água com gás, Lemon juice, Suco de lima, Cream, Ovo, Essência de baunilha
Brandy Milk Punch
Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Milk
Shaft
Vodka, Crème de cafe, Bailey's, Café
North Pole #2
Gin, Licor de cereja Maraschino, Lemon juice, Ovo
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