Name: Poet's Dream
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 30 ml Dry vermouth

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BRUSH 4w

22.5ml of D.O.M still feels incredibly sweet. I would cut it down to 15 to 20. An excellent cocktail to use dry vermouth in case you don't want a martini

Dr Drink 6w

A very good cocktail, I added a dash of celery bitters which made for an interesting twist

Mike Premium Member 9w

Revisited this tonight using VERMOUTH LA
COPA EXTRA DRY by Gonzalez Byass. (Apologies for all caps; too lazy to fix). Excellent choice for this drink. The sherry base of the vermouth is a perfect complement for the gin and Benedictine.

梁文 15w

干苦艾酒是不是就是不甜型味美思嗯？

John CARR Premium Member 19w

Interesting one. Definitely in the “vintage” mode with big flavours more or less competing I went with 4:2:3 ratio and was pretty happy, tho can see the call for a dash of orange bitters, if lemon oils not enough (depending on lemons). Dreamy. Improved on warming a little in the glass.

Melissa Travels Amok Premium Member 21w

I did equal parts as the original recipe indicates, and it was wonderful! However, if I'd made it according to this recipe, it would be off balance.

Vicktor Octoblu 24w

This cocktail was nicer in my imagination than in reality. Perhaps I need to try different gins and vermouths before I give up on it, but my general impression is that it's too sweet and lacks in acidity. For my taste, I'd rather shake it up and add some lemon juice and hold back a bit on the benedictine, although that's suddenly a different cocktail.

Mark Seeley 25w

The Difford's formulation is nice but a bit too sweet at 2200hrs on a work night.

• 1½ oz Beefeater London Dry Gin
• ¾ oz Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry
• ¼ oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
• 2 dashes Dillon's orange bitters