Two ingredients, one snifter and no ice. Cognac brings dried fruit and oak, Bénédictine adds honey, saffron and a whole herb garden, and together they make a smooth, warming digestif to nurse slowly at the end of a meal.
1 oz
cognac or another French brandye.g. Hennessy · Rémy Martin · Martell · Courvoisier · Pierre Ferrand
1 oz
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Garnish: None · Ice: Served up, no ice
B&B (Brandy and Bénédictine)
Rich honey and warm spice from the Bénédictine, dried fruit and vanilla from the cognac, finishing long and gently sweet. Full strength, like a neat spirit.
Bénédictine is a French herbal liqueur produced in Fécamp, Normandy, since the 19th century. Its label and marketing long told the story of a monk's recipe from the local abbey, though the liqueur itself was developed and commercialised by wine merchant Alexandre Le Grand in the 1860s.
The B&B mix of brandy and Bénédictine is usually said to have become popular at the 21 Club in New York in the 1930s, where guests liked to drink the two together. Its success led the Bénédictine company to launch a ready-bottled B&B in the late 1930s, which is still sold today. Made fresh, it lets you choose your own cognac and adjust the ratio.
A French herbal liqueur from Fécamp in Normandy, flavoured with a secret blend of herbs and spices and sweetened with honey.
Traditionally neat at room temperature in a snifter, which lets the aromas open up.
Yes, Bénédictine sells a bottled B&B, but mixing your own lets you choose the brandy and the ratio.
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A contemplative digestif by a library fire.
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