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FrenchherballiqueurThelongstandingbottleandlabelofBénédictineAposterfrom1908advertisingBénédictineBénédictine(Frenchpronunciation: [benediktin])isanherballiqueurproducedinFrance.Flavoredwithtwenty-sevenflowers,berries,herbs,roots,andspices,itwasdevelopedbywinemerchantAlexandreLeGrandinthe19thcentury,andmarketedashavingbeenderivedfromanoriginalrecipeofBenedictinemonksoftheAbbeyofFécampinNormandylostintheashesoftheFrenchRevolution.Adrierversion,B&B,blendingBénédictinewithbrandy,wasdevelop...
French herbal liqueur
The longstanding bottle and label of Bénédictine A poster from 1908 advertising BénédictineBénédictine (French pronunciation: [benediktin]) is an herbal liqueur produced in France. Flavored with twenty-seven flowers, berries, herbs, roots, and spices, it was developed by wine merchant Alexandre Le Grand in the 19th century, and marketed as having been derived from an original recipe of Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy lost in the ashes of the French Revolution.
A drier version, B&B, blending Bénédictine with brandy, was developed in the 1930s.
History[edit]In 1863 Alexandre Le Grand developed a recipe for an herbal liqueur, helped by a local chemist, from old medicinal recipes that he had acquired from a religious foundation where a maternal grandparent had held office as a fiscal prosecutor. To market it, he embellished a story of it having been developed by monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp i...