THE MONK’S ELIXIR
by Jason Wilson
Mar 28, 2017
3 minutes
We’ve all heard romantic backstories about strange and foreign liqueurs—tall tales of rare and obscure ingredients or ancient and arcane distilling practices. “Did you know that this Alpine schnapps is made with a rare mountain flower that only blooms during a full moon and can only be picked by a barefoot virgin by candlelight?” “Did you hear about this agave spirit derived from a centuries-old plant hacked by a wizened shaman with a machete blessed by Quetzalcóatl himself?” Most
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