Benny & Benne: Miner's Club Benedictine
We've covered the history of Benedictine, but what about the history inspired by Benedictine? Today we take an interesting journey through one group's love of this drink, and how a small British club became the biggest purchaser of Benedictine in the world. Small towns, big wars, travels, trials, lads and liquors all on today's Tipsy Timeline.
Today's story involves the Burnley miners' working men's social club and how it became the biggest buyer of Benedictine in the world! Sources for today's story can be found in the following locations
- http://www.pals.org.uk/bene.htm
- https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2014/11/top-five-world-war-one-drinks/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2772859/Welcome-world-s-biggest-consumer-French-Benedictine-liqueur-A-working-men-s-club-Burnley-1-000-bottles-year-stuff.html
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/liqueur-is-hot-stuff-at-working-men-s-club-1436797.html
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-36610675
- https://www.jamieoliver.com/drinks-tube/benedictine-and-the-burnley-miners/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accrington_Pals