The brand, however, only reveals angelica and saffron, making no other claims or allusions as to what the exact ingredient list entails. In the 1860s, a wine merchant named Alexandre Le Grand was browsing his family's collection that included acquisitions from the 1789 French Revolution. Today, four separate batches of the herbs and spices are distilled in copper pot stills dating back to Le Grand’s time at the Palais Bénédictine, then aged in oak barrels for eight months and blended with honey and saffron. which in Latin, stands for Deo Optimo Maximo (God infinitely good, infinitely great) and is also a reference to the Latin word Dominus (Master), given to Benedictine friars. Bénédictine and Drambuie are two dark-colored, honey-sweetened herbal liqueurs often featured in high-end cocktails.

Bright orange in colour it has a unique bitter-sweet taste deriving from a secret recipe that has remained unchanged since its creation.

Bénédictine was created in 1510, in the Abbey of Fécamp, by an old Bénédictine monk, Dom Bernardo Vincelli, a scholar and an alchemist, and was consumed as a tonic and a medicinal elixir. v=1700935404","width":800},{"alt":null,"id":36502318809401,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.

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v=1688409076","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":34462046126393,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1. Best enjoyed at room temperature in a traditional liqueur glass, or alternatively with an ice cube and lemon zest. v=1701290891","options":["Size"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":36546368962873,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0. Benedictine selects product ingredients from the five continents with quality as the sole criterion of choice.

This elixir enjoyed a huge popularity for almost three hundred years but disappeared during the French Revolution when the abbey was destroyed. This blend is double-heated to finish the flavor before going into oak barrels to age for four months. Just remember, a little goes a long way; it’s robust and it’s sweet, a touch is all you need for it to enhance and not dictate the flavours.While the exact 27 ingredients in Benedictine are a closely held secret, they lend the liqueur plenty of herbal complexity.