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Tag: Chrysanthemum

  • Chrysanthemum – Mildly Life Changing

    Life changing might be a bit of an overstatement, but this cocktail definitely changed the way I look at Benedictine and dry vermouth.  As I began sipping my first Chrysanthemum and taking notes, as I always do, I wrote this down.  “Four sips in and this drink is already one of my favorites.”  At the…

  • Chrysanthemum

    This week I’m going old school again and pulling a recipe from the pages of the The Savoy Cocktail Book, the Chrysanthemum cocktail.  In addition to the recipe the ingredients for this cocktail are old school as well.  Benedictine, for example, has been around for 500 years this year.  More on that later this week.…