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Widow's Kiss

After dinner/digestif · Hall of Fame and must know/try · Herbal

4.2 198 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Calvados apple brandy
1/2 oz Bénédictine D.O.M.
1/2 oz Chartreuse Yellow
2 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a nick & nora glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of 2 skewered maraschino cherries.

Method

  1. 3 STIR (or shake) all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with skewered cherries.

Flavour profile

29.9% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 212 calories

History

Herbal with hints of apple, mint and eucalyptus. This classic is also often made with green Chartreuse, but is preferred with half Yellow Chartreuse and half Bénédictine, as per classic recipes.

George J. Kappeler created this drink at New York City's Holland House Hotel. The recipe is taken from his 1895 book, Modern American Drinks. Widow's Kiss A mixing glass with half-fine ice, two dashes Angostura bitters, one-half a pony of yellow chartreuse, one-half a pony of Benedictine, and one pony of apple brandy. Shake thoroughly, then strain into a cocktail glass and serve. Kappeler's recipe can be translated as: 1 pony = 45ml = 1½oz Apple brandy (calvados) ½ pony = 22.5ml = ¾oz Bénédictine D.O.M. ½ pony = 22.5ml = ¾oz Yellow Chartreuse 2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Created by George Kappeler