Wicked Widower

Name: Wicked Widower
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 3.75 ml Chilled water; 1 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Creole bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (25)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₈ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Wicked Widower contains 134 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
26.74% alc./vol. (53.48° proof)
18.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created 30th January 2025 by Laurent Caplette, a Discerning Drinker who shared the following recipe on our Merry Widower page: 45ml gin, 15ml dry vermouth, 5ml Bénédictine, 1 dash absinthe, 1 dash Peychaud's.

Review

I've added the merest splash of water and saline to mellow and round this spirit-forward Martini-like riff on a Merry Widower.

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Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$37.99 $0.25 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 640 cocktails
$17.99 $0.03 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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