28th March 2023 at 20:22
I also use Noilly Prat, and I have now made this both with and without 5ml of sugar as recommended by another comment. I can recommend this addition if using Noilly Prat. (I also flame my garnish; the lemon really adds something to the nose.)
4th February 2023 at 23:41
This is the cocktail that has brought me the most compliments. It reminds me a bit of tea with honey, which I attribute to the Benedictine combined with the lemon twist. As someone else mentions in the comments, this is a drink where the twist plays an essential role.
25th December 2022 at 17:21
I also used Dolin as it’s what was on hand. I’d back the Benedictine down a bit as it was sweeter than I personally prefer. Express the lemon twist.
23rd December 2022 at 10:05
This recipe seems to date back to 'Old Waldorf Bar Days' (1931). There's a similar drink - albeit with orange bitters - called the Ford Cocktail in Kappeler's 1895 'Modern American Drinks'.
23rd December 2022 at 12:14
Thanks, Jason. Not something I spotted. I've added a link between the two cocktails as variations. Old Tom versus London dry.
22nd July 2022 at 20:42
John's Excellent Gin
25th April 2022 at 16:24
A bit sweeter with my ingredients than I was expecting but nice flavour, very fresh. The lemon peel is definitely not just a garnish.
18th April 2022 at 23:46
Having only a bottle of B&B on hand, I bumped the ratio to equal parts hoping to balance things out. The drink was perfectly balanced with a very nice herbal complexity. 9/10
As the quantity is quite small overall I have doubled the amount of gin which makes the drink still balanced given the Benedictine BOM is quite sweet.