Carthusian monks developed the recipe for Chartreuse over centuries, refining the instructions for an “elixir of long life.” It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that liqueur versions were released.

Entertainment Chartreuse liqueur shortage grows as monks vow to protect prayer time Updated: May. 09, 2023, 8:35 a.m. | Published: May. 09, 2023, 6:31 a.m.

Thanks, in part, to Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails, sales of the liqueur in Detroit increased by 20% to 25% last year, says Tim Master, the director of specialty spirits for Frederick Wildman and ...

Chartreuse, a centuries-old liqueur, is made by the Carthusian order of monks in the French Alps. In 2019, the monks capped production to lower their environmental impact and focus on prayer.

The Chartreuse website also informs us that the liqueur turns up in the Alfred Hitchcock film A Woman Disappears. The translation bot must never have come across The Lady Vanishes.

Monks from the 900-year-old Carthusian order in the French Alps have cocktail devotees shaken and stirred. The herbal liqueur Chartreuse, long made by the community, has been in short supply in ...

The recent US craze for Chartreuse reportedly began in 2003, when a bartender in Seattle popularised a cocktail known as The Last Word – a mix of gin, Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur and lime juice.

The result was Uncharted Rhapsody American Forest Liqueur, which BroVo Spirits founder Mhairi Voelsgen calls the most complex product the company has ever crafted. More than a decade of ...

The most notable variety, Green Chartreuse, is a liqueur made from some 130 herbs and plants, the full extent of which are only known by two or three people at any given time (although the exact ...

A monk checks the level of barrels of Chartreuse in 2011 in Voiron. The liqueur is named after the Monks' Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains near Grenoble, French Alps.