Drinking with the Saints by Michael P. Foley

Author:Michael P. Foley [Foley, Michael P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621573838
Publisher: Brisance Books Group LLC

Liqueur

As if this weren’t enough, there are also several liqueurs associated with the spiritual sons of St. Bernard. The Cistercian monks of L’Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Sénanque (Our Lady of Sénanque Abbey) produce a honey and herbal liqueur called Sénacole—but good luck finding it outside the cloister. The Cistercian monastery on the island of St. Honorat has its own fine wines and liqueurs (including Lérina), its own domaine, and, happily, its own website on which its products can be purchased (see pp. 6–7). So does the Cistercian monastery of Casamari (Abbazia di Casamari) in Italy, which has a delicious line of products. In addition to an herbal liqueur named in honor of today’s saint (Elixir di San Bernardo), there is a Cereate Liquor, an Elixir Sett’erbe, a Millefiori called Great Liquor Casamari, and various fruit and nut liqueurs. (My favorite is their coffee liqueur Rosolio di Caffé.) And the monks also make a luminous yellow Imperial Dye. Invented by a Brother Euthymius, it is a restorative elixir that, it is claimed, combats fatigue, removes the grumbling noises of digestion, prevents tooth decay, frees the airways, disinfects the mouth, and—oh yes—tastes delicious in water, tonic, coffee, tea, and milk.

With its various liqueurs, the secular Eyguebelle distillery in Provence, France, captures something of the essence of the nearby Cistercian Abbey of Aiguebelle.

ST. PHILIBERT, AUGUST 20

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