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This smoothly sweet liqueur has a very long history dating back to monks in the.

Vente camping dom tom. Benedictine liqueur has a very distinct taste. Flavoured with twenty seven flowers berries herbs roots and spices it was developed by wine merchant alexandre le grand in the 19th century and marketed as having been derived from an original recipe of benedictine monks of the abbey of fecamp in normandy lost in the ashes of the french revolution. Its made of herbs and roots and sugar with a cognac base.

The sparkling story of dom perignon benedictine monk while dom perignon is not the direct inventor of the world famous champagne he made its creation possible thanks to his pioneering work in. Thats the real benedictine. We made a benedictine cocktail called made in france using the french liqueur benedictine which is still made in the castle although not by french monks anymore.

Im now 68 and i dont drink it every day but i have it at least 6 times a year. My father used to drink it and i have tasted it and the closest flavor i can pin on it is a sweetened cognac. I first drank dom benedictine in 1968 and have been drinking it ever since.

They are considerably different. Is an herbal liqueur produced in france. The story starts in 1510 at fecamp abbey when legend has it that the benedictine monk dom bernardo vincelli created a secret elixir which met with such resounding success that the benedictine monks at fecamp continued to produce it up until the french revolution a troubled era in the course of which the recipe for the famous elixir was lost.

So it makes sense to capitalise on the growing hype and. When we were in france with princess cruises we took a cocktail class at the benedictine castle in a village in normandy called fecamp. Benedictine uses a neutral spirit base with a barely noticeable honey taste while drambuie is dominated by a scotch and honey foundation.

There is another one cant remember the name but it has a brandy base. Its also been a well known brand for over 150 years and has recently been showing off its versatility within cocktails with a number of cocktail competitions in many major cities. I seem to remember it was much paler when i first tasted it but im still very fond of it.

Benedictine is a drink with a romantic and mysterious past with history that includes an old benedictine monk the philosophers stone a french king the french revolution and a catastrophic fire that would have defeated all but the most resilient.