Bénédictine
Bénédictine is a French herbal liqueur originally developed by monks, blending dozens of botanicals, roots, and spices into a golden, honeyed liqueur with notable warmth. Its exact recipe remains a trade secret. It adds herbal complexity and sweetness to stirred spirit-forward cocktails.
Common uses
- small-dose modifier in stirred whiskey or brandy cocktails
Buying & storage
Keeps more or less indefinitely: Alcohol is preserving it. An open bottle keeps for a very long time, though aromatics do fade slowly.
Storage: keeps well once opened, store upright away from light
In depth
Understanding bénédictine
How it is made, where it comes from, what it pairs with, and how it behaves in an alcohol-free drink.
Origin
Created by Bénédictine monks in Fécamp, Normandy, France, in the 19th century.
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
Stand-in
Where bénédictine is a recommended substitute
Recipes that name it as a swap for something else, with what it replaces.
- Naked and Famousin place of yellow chartreuse
- Rusty Nailin place of honeyed scotch whisky liqueur (drambuie-style)
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