# Monte Cassino

Damon Dyer’s equal-parts rye sour makes Yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine full partners, joining grain, herbs, honeyed spice, and lemon.

Strength: 33% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 22.5 ml [High-proof rye whiskey](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/high-proof-rye-whiskey.md)
- 22.5 ml [Yellow Chartreuse](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/yellow-chartreuse.md)
- 22.5 ml [Bénédictine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/benedictine.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Shake all ingredients hard with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [Diamondback](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/diamondback.md): High-proof rye, bonded apple brandy, and Yellow Chartreuse make a dry, formidable three-spirit drink whose fruit and herbs emerge only after deliberate dilution.
- [Final Ward](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/final-ward.md): An equal-parts rye variation on the Last Word, with Green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lemon.
- [Monte Carlo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monte-carlo.md): Rye, Bénédictine, and Angostura make an Old Fashioned branch in which the liqueur supplies every trace of sweetness as well as a deep herbal finish.
- [Scofflaw](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/scofflaw.md): High-proof rye and dry vermouth form a taut Prohibition-era frame for lemon, pomegranate, and orange bitters, landing between a sour and a Dry Manhattan.
- [Paper Plane](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/paper-plane.md): An equal-parts bourbon sour balancing Aperol, Amaro Nonino, and fresh lemon.
- [Naked and Famous](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/naked-and-famous.md): An equal-parts mezcal sour balancing smoky agave with bittersweet orange, herbal Yellow Chartreuse, and lime.
- [Widow's Kiss](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/widows-kiss.md): Calvados anchors equal small measures of Yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine in a compact nineteenth-century digestif whose sweetness is checked by aromatic bitters.
- [Greenpoint](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/greenpoint.md): A Manhattan variation layering rye and sweet vermouth with herbal Yellow Chartreuse.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monte-cassino
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/monte-cassino-04605255.webp
- Recipe source: https://loungerati.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-were-drinking-benedictine-from.html