Cocktails with Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
Bénédictine D.O.M. is a French herbal liqueur made from a secret blend of 27 herbs, roots, flowers and spices, sweetened with honey.
ABV40%
Substitutes for Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
B&B
This blend of the original and French brandy swaps in directly and gives a slightly drier drink.
Yellow Chartreuse
The usual bar substitute. It is also honeyed and herbal, slightly stronger, with different herbs. Taste for sweetness.
Drambuie
Covers the honey side but brings Scotch. That suits a Scotch drink but swamps a light one.
On the label
- D.O.M.
- Deo Optimo Maximo, "to God, most good, most great". The tale of a lost Renaissance monk’s recipe is marketing around a nineteenth-century product.
Storage
Sugar preserves as surely as alcohol, so an opened bottle keeps for years and what it loses is aroma, quietly. In the cold, sugar can crystallize at the bottom: gentle warmth and a shake put it back into solution. Keep it out of direct sun, which takes the color and the scent together.
