Queen Elizabeth Wine
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
Method
- 3 SHAKE all ingredients.
- 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish
- 5 Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
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Flavour profile
16.4% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 152 calories
History
Lime zest and dry vermouth provide balance to the rich, herbal, and saffron notes of Bénédictine liqueur.
Cocktail historian David Wondrich found this drink referenced in an advertisement for Bénédictine liqueur, published in the February 1935 edition of Esquire Magazine. The advertisement stated, "Here is the prize-winning recipe in a recent nation-wide cocktail contest." The Queen Elizabeth was the winning cocktail in a U.S. cocktail competition sponsored by the liqueur brand. It was created the year prior by Herbert L. Quick, who was then the head bartender at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. Herbert named his cocktail not after royalty, but in honor of his wife, Elizabeth. Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 book, Jones' Complete Barguide. QUEEN ELIZABETH WINE Cocktail Glass Stir 1-1/2 oz dry vermouth 1/2 oz Benedictine 1/2 oz lemon (or lime) juice
Created by Herbert L. Quick