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In 1863 alexandre le grand acquired the recipe inspiring commercial production of what became internationally known as dom benedictine.

Datatables dom div. A secret recipe of 27 plants and spices with the three main ingredients being angelica hyssop and lemon balm. Benedictine dom is a herbal liqueur produced in 19th century france now popular worldwide including singapore. The story begins in 1510 with a benedictine monk named dom bernardo vincelli at the abbey de fecamp in normandy france.

Benedictine is a french herbal liqueur produced since the 1800s. It is claimed that dom benedictine is made from a traditional recipe from the dominican order of monks dom of 1510 lost then later rediscovered by wine merchant alexandre le gran in the 19th century. He documented his medicinal liqueurs in a manuscript that included some 200 recipes.

Its recipe is secret and heavily guarded leading to there being many copy cats many of which have gone on to be successful in their own right. This has been wrapped in a protective tissue paper. Fast forward to 1863 and a gentleman named alexandre le grand who was a merchant and collector of religious art discovered the lost recipe for this elixir in his collection.

Vincelli was one of the many monks during that time who dabbled in alchemy. The dom on every bottle refers to deo optimo maximo which loosely translates to to god the most good most great. In the 1930s during prohibition in the united states a barman at club 21 in manhattan came up with the idea of mixing brandy with benedictine.

Calling on 27 different herbs and spices including angelica hyssop cinnamon and thyme benedictine warms with its amber y golden hue and sweet flavors of tangerine peel fennel and honey. Bb by benedictine is one of the oldest premixed cocktails. Today dom benedictine is one of the worlds favourite liqueurs.

Benedictine 1868 gold medal limited edition with gold embellishments as luxury cues benedictine 1868 gold medal limited edition commemorating the year that the french liqueur was awarded a gold medal at the 1868 international exhibition is an original dom bernardo vincelli recipe blended with cognac and enriched with angelica root.