Name: Poet's Dream
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth

Poet's Dream
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Subtly boozy, honeyed and herbal.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in the 1949 edition of Esquire's Handbook for Hosts.

POET'S DREAM
1/3 Benedictine
1/3 French vermouth
1/3 Gin
Lemon peel squeezed on top
Esquire's Handbook for Hosts, 1949

Nutrition:

One serving of Poet's Dream contains 125 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
25.35% alc./vol. (25.35° proof)
15.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Ruth Harvey

25th April at 16:41

A delicious aperitief. I added a thinly peeled lemon peel and 1/6 measure of Grand Marnier for a citrus twist.

Calvin Grant

22nd March at 02:04

Revisited, made a double and it was TWICE AS GOOD! No, I jokes. It was just twice as much. Still a 5+ masterpiece though.

Simon Sedgley

13th February at 03:12

We had this again, this time easing back a bit on the Benedictine. Like Goldilocks, we enjoy our Martinis not too sweet and not too dry.

John Hinojos

9th February at 02:31

Had again since over 3 years. It is still well balanced, but does have a little more sweetness. Love the hints of orange and honey, but would consider increasing the gin to make a drier cocktail.

Leslie

17th April 2024 at 23:31

Lovely, perfect apperitivo, I added pear bitters which chastened the sweetness of the Benedictine.

Simon Sedgley

9th April 2024 at 16:05

A contemplative, monastic Martini.
Great website btw; a real education and very much appreciated.

Simon Sedgley

9th April 2024 at 16:12

James Bond meets Saint Benedict. Now that would be an interesting conversation.

John CARR

20th March 2024 at 11:41

Second try with 45ml gin, 20 Benedictine, 30 vermouth. Drier and boozier. Bene still perfectly evident.

Peter McCarthy

18th March 2024 at 22:16

Smooth. The Benedictine & vermouth really soften the gin, without completely hiding it. Just made this with Beefeater and Dolin Dry. Mild gin up front, with sweet/honey/herbal notes on the backend. Nice option for a simple, gin-based aperitif/aperitivo.