My 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.
I guess they didn't have malort on hand.
Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
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Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#122Living in Grenoble (25km away from Voiron where the Chartreuse is made), I welcome this decision. I'd hate to see Chartreuse (also the name of the local mountain range where the monks' monastery is based) become industrialized to the point where its authenticity is lost, for the sake of global market supremacy. For an alternative, try Genepi. It's not a brand name, but another type of artisanal liquor made out of a c…
As someone who didn't like genepi, I found Verveine du Velay interesting. Perhaps it's less rare herbs, still nice green color, less complex.
I also hope the security conference in Grenoble will secure it's supply of Chartreuse (you get a small 50cl bottle in the welcome package for as long as I remember)
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#123My 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.
A bartender once told me the next shot was free but I’d almost certainly throw up. That was my first time drinking Captain Morgan. I did the same thing to a guy in a bar and he didn’t make it to the bathroom. The power of suggestion is pretty wild since it tastes fine, a nice enough spirit.
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#124Living in Grenoble (25km away from Voiron where the Chartreuse is made), I welcome this decision. I'd hate to see Chartreuse (also the name of the local mountain range where the monks' monastery is based) become industrialized to the point where its authenticity is lost, for the sake of global market supremacy. For an alternative, try Genepi. It's not a brand name, but another type of artisanal liquor made out of a c…
As someone who didn't like genepi, I found Verveine du Velay interesting. Perhaps it's less rare herbs, still nice green color, less complex. I also hope the security conference in Grenoble will secure it's supply of Chartreuse (you get a small 50cl bottle in the welcome package for as long as I remember)
Do you have a link to that conference?
Chartreuse shots were provided at the end of SnowCamp [1] a few weeks ago, though I missed my chance for talking too long with one of the speakers..
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#125If you have a bottle, please try the Monks' Picnic[1]
It will make your backyard parties smoother.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/monks-picnic/16446/
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#126I didn't even know Chartreuse was something you could drink; I always thought it was just the name of a color.
I'll admit, I also clicked into this article expecting something about trends in popular colors. :D
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As someone who didn't like genepi, I found Verveine du Velay interesting. Perhaps it's less rare herbs, still nice green color, less complex. I also hope the security conference in Grenoble will secure it's supply of Chartreuse (you get a small 50cl bottle in the welcome package for as long as I remember)
Do you have a link to that conference? Chartreuse shots were provided at the end of SnowCamp [1] a few weeks ago, though I missed my chance for talking too long with one of the speakers.. [1] https://snowcamp.io/
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270mg of caffeine and 112ml of alcohol per 750ml bottle. Like three strong coffees and seven shots of vodka in a single serving. I truly think it ought to be taxed heavily to repay the costs that society bares for it's existence.
Surely they don't market it as a single serving!? It is fairly weak as far as fortified wines go, but you typically don't drink a whole bottle... As far as the caffeine, the whole bottle has less than a scoop of most pre-workout.
It's equivalent to 'bum wines' in the US. Huge market would be teenagers and problem drinkers. They absolutely drink it in a single serving, it's an incredibly cost effective, high sugar way to get out of your mind. We certainly employed its dubious abilities in my teens.
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I was born in the early/mid 90s so I haven't experienced what it was "before", but can you expand? I'm a big enjoyer of whisky so I'm interested in what changed for you.
Thanks for asking. For me a lot of single-malt scotch, up until around 2000 (maybe later) seemed never to have been completely domesticated as a normal consumer product. Depending on what kind you liked, it could be almost kind of gross. My favorite in the 1990s was Talisker, which had almost a kind of rotting fish flavor. I have literally tried mixing a dash of fish sauce into today's Talisker to recover that. (Unfo…
This is interesting, and I love your taste for weird off flavours. I lately have developed a new love for whisky that appeared almost out of nowhere. Something about the alcohol taste disappeared suddenly and opened a whole world.
Re: Where has all the Chartreuse gone?
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was born in the early/mid 90s so I haven't experienced what it was "before", but can you expand? I'm a big enjoyer of whisky so I'm interested in what changed for you.
I can't talk to as far back as GP, but as someone who's been teetering on the edge of whisky snobbery for the past decade or so: a major change has been a shift to no age statement (NAS). This has been accompanied by an obliteration (either complete unavailability, or equivalent due to costs exceeding sane economic bounds) of older options. The logistics for a product that has a 20+ year lead time are extremely fragi…
Ah I see. You are definitely way deeper down that rabbit hole than I. I got Ardbeg Uigeadail (which I think didn't state its age, like you are mentioning) and thought it was fantastic. Even Laphroaig and Macallan and so on suit me fine.