The market · Liqueurs and bitters · France and the north-west

Green chartreuse

Herbal liqueur made by Carthusian monks in the French Alps from a secret recipe of some 130 plants — intensely herbal, minty and sweet, at 55%.

herbal · minty · hot

Kinds

Green
55%: herbal, minty, hot.
Yellow
Lower in strength, sweeter and honeyed.

If you can't find it

Spirit shops — and often allocated, so scarce.

  1. 1Génépi
    The same
    You lose depth and heat; génépi is lighter and sweeter.
Honestly

Nothing else has its herbs. In a Last Word, it's the point.

Goes with

lime juicelondon dry ginmaraschino liqueurpineapple

Knowing it

Where to buy
Supply has been short since the monks capped production in the 2020s — buy it when you see it.
A little history
The monks trace it to a 17th-century manuscript for an 'elixir of long life'.
Worth knowing
The Last Word — equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime — is a template: swap any one of the four for something like it and the balance holds.

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