Bénédictine was never made by monks #shorts

Chartreuse really does descend from a Carthusian “elixir of long life”, and only two or three monks are said to know the recipe. Its rival Bénédictine, robed monk on every bottle, was invented in 1863 by a French wine merchant who wrapped it in a tale of a lost monastic recipe. The tale sold magnificently. From “What Visiting the Apothecary Was REALLY Like in the 1700s | Sleepy History of Medicine” — 2 hours, made to fall asleep to, on the channel. #history #sleepstory #historyofmedicine