Chartreuse Yellow
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This liqueur is gentle, floral and honeyed: think daisies under a hot sun. This has floral and violet aromas, with hints of sweet lemon and intense spices. On the palate are thick honey and blood orange flavors mixed with an array of exotic spices, including saffron, anise and cloves. There’s a bitter leaf and licorice finish, with a softening, sweet character.
Proof: 80
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Yellow, faintly tinged with green. The aroma is bright, mild and lime-lollipop sweet, although the flavor is more herbal, with hints of mint and anise, and a pronounced licorice finish and alcohol sting. Thick, syrupy and tongue-coating.
With hundreds of years of tradition and history, Chartreuse comes from a breathtaking, remote mountain monastery high in the French Alps. Produced as an act of devotion by the Carthusian order of monks, it’s now consumed in a similar act of devotion by many Americans! The formula for Chartreuse is complex and varied, including over 130 different types of mountain flowers, herbs, roots, and other botanicals. To maintain the historic secrecy, the formula is known only in part and only to three monks so that no single person is in possession of the entire recipe. Today Chartreuse liqueur has become a cult classic. Bartenders and mixologists across the country are constantly concocting fun, innovative drinks using this distinctive liqueur.