Benediction
The Benediction is a gentle, charming cocktail from the folks at the Standard Hotel in New York City. It showcases Bénédictine, a honey-herbal liqueur made from a 500-year-old recipe.
Down the coast in Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Blanton at Parcel 32 swaps the orange bitters for a swath of orange peel in a riff he calls the Holy Benediction. We do indeed prefer it the “Holy” way – but both versions are delicious, and we’ve included it both ways.
Bénédictine is fairly sweet on its own, so a drier sparkling white wine will do best.
Ingredients
- ¾ part Sweet herbal liqueur
- 1 piece Orange peel or Orange bitters
- 5 parts Sparkling white wine
Instructions
Build in a chilled flute glass in the order given.
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Read more
- Benediction recipe at The New York Times
- Holy Benediction cocktail at Imbibe
Haylee Mills, Google Play Store 
