Chartreuse -- a color better known these days as "Brat Green" -- gets its name not from a herb or a flower as one might expect, but from an alcoholic beverage. More accurately, chartreuse gets its ...
I recently found myself skimming book after book after book - of an antiquarian nature - looking for quotations concerning drinks and drinking. It's one of my very favorite pastimes. I like to use ...
Learn how to harness the powers of these beloved herbal liqueurs. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Ofgang is a Connecticut journalist who writes about drinks. For those looking for Chartreuse these days, the struggle is very ...
Green Key, a Chartreuse-inspired spirit made with more than 72 botanicals Credit: Jeremy Yap/courtesy Wilderness Club A t the height of lockdown, one curious trend emerged that has outlived everyone’s ...
Edit: Since this piece was first published in 2022, the Carthusian Monks who produce Chartreuse in France have announced that production of the liqueurs was quietly capped at a set level in 2021. Thus ...
It’s been about a year and a half at this point since I wrote this piece formally acknowledging the seeming shortage and widespread disappearance from the shelves of the indispensable liqueur we know ...