What is green Chartreuse?
Green Chartreuse: French herbal liqueur made by Carthusian monks from 130 plants. Green is the strong original.
- Category
- Liqueur
- Taste
- Intense herbs, mint, pine, honey, a hot finish.
- Strength
- 55% ABV
- Similar to
- Strega, Génépy
- Also called
- green chartreuse, chartreuse
The story
In 1605 a French marshal gave Carthusian monks near Grenoble a manuscript for an "elixir of long life." The green liqueur followed in 1764. To this day only two monks know the full recipe. In 2023 they capped production, so it's often hard to find.