Name: Widow's Word
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Widow's Word
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A mash-up of the Widow's Kiss and Last Word or, as fellow Discerning Drinker, Andrew Gelb pointed out in a comment on our Last Word cocktail page, "a Monte Cassino with the rye replaced by calvados or apple brandy --> Delicious!"

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Variant:

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History:

Created by Boston cocktail enthusiast, Eric Witz who shared his equal parts recipe via Instagram in late 2015. A drier, more apple brandy-forward, version was created by cocktail photographer, Chase Hoffman who shared his recipe via Flickr: "1.5 oz unaged apple brandy, 1.0 oz fresh lemon juice. 1.0 oz Yellow Chartreuse, 0.5 oz Bénédictine."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Widow's Word contains 209 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.63% alc./vol. (22.63° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Mike Hillis

17th February at 02:21

Really good, although probably a bit sweet for my profile as well. I’m curious to see if I might like Chase Hoffman’s version better. However, I do know of some people that would gravitate to this sweeter version.