Monte Cassino

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Discerning Drinkers (176 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
3/4 fl oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Review:

The robust flavours of rye combine harmoniously with the other ingredients in this riff on the classic Last Word.

Variant:

Served straight-up or on-the-rocks.
Kentucky Colonel (with bourbon)
Monty Carlo (with rye whisky)
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Final Ward
Widow's Word (with calvados)

History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2010 by Damon Dyer at Louis 649, New York City. Damon won the Bénédictine 500th Anniversary Cocktail Competition with this drink.

Named after Monte Cassino, a rocky hill 80 miles southeast of Rome, Italy which is best-known for its historic monastery, built on the site where St. Benedict of Nursia established the Benedictine Order circa 529. The hilltop abbey was destroyed by Allied bombing during the World War II but was subsequently rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1964 by Pope Paul VI.

Last Word history

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 23.59% alc./vol. (47.18° proof)
  • 23.6 grams of pure alcohol
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