The author lost me at "some lame speakeasy in some third-tier city".
Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's because marketing people in France have to use English words for everything, for some reason. They think it sounds cool but in this case it is really ridiculous.
Or maybe it is to disambiguate "vert chaud" (hot green) and "verre chaud" (hot glass) that are pronounced the same way. =)
Verte chaude would be grammatically correct, though if there's just a dash of Chartreuse in a cup of hot chocolate, I'd wager the gender of the most statically significant beverage should prevail (Vert chaud).
Also chances are you'd drink those from a mug or cup, not a glass.
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#63Funny how the author manages to misspell the first occurrence…
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#64Guess us undeserving drinkers in our “third-rate cities” can just go pound sand? Sounds like a good decision for the monks but that’s a lot of condescension for someone who lives in Philly of all places.
You might have missed a bit of tongue in cheek self-deprecating humour here. Just saying.
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#65Making millions of cases does not make any sense in today’s environmental content and will have a negative impact on the planet Interesting that they make this argument, and not the rather more obvious one that their 55 ABV spirit, like all spirits, is going to be overwhelmingly consumed by people who drink way too much.
People who drink way too much don't drink £55 a bottle spirits. They drink £20 a bottle spirits.
How much alcoholics spend to satisfy their addiction is largely a function of how much disposable income they can muster.
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#66Guess us undeserving drinkers in our “third-rate cities” can just go pound sand? Sounds like a good decision for the monks but that’s a lot of condescension for someone who lives in Philly of all places.
2.5th-tier.
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#67I studied in Grenoble (near Voiron where the Chartreuse is made) and had a lot of hangover because of it. The "party-cocktail" over there is TNT (Tip'n'top) : Chartreuse / Vodka / Orangina on shooters. Good memories.
Same here (ENSERG/Phelma). I find it funny that the name for Chartreuse + Hot chocolate in English is "Verte chaud" (I'll skip the conjugation error), while it's "Green chaud" in French.
And another one here as well! Was wondering how many of us are browsing HN...
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#68“satisfying the demands of some knucklehead mixologist doing his little riff on the Last Word at some lame speakeasy in some third-tier city.” This has to be the shittiest most pretensions statement I’ve read all year.
I agree. The pretentious gatekeeping put me off the article.
Pretty sure the author is talking about himself
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#69Guess us undeserving drinkers in our “third-rate cities” can just go pound sand? Sounds like a good decision for the monks but that’s a lot of condescension for someone who lives in Philly of all places.
You might have missed a bit of tongue in cheek self-deprecating humour here. Just saying.
On second reading (and some context in the thread about the author), I definitely missed something.
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#70My friend and I once asked a bartender for the absolute worst drink he could make. He came back with straight green chartreuse. It did not disappoint.