Chartreuse Green Liqueur

There’s nothing quite like Chartreuse. Anise, dill, sassafras, rhubarb, and especially chamomile are what I can pick up on the nose. The aroma has a soothing, natural quality like petrichor. Very sweet taste, and instantly I can pick out lychee and elderflower as I sip. The majority of the sweetness fades pretty quickly, leaving me with a pleasant herbal, grassy bee-pollen finish that’s just like what I imagine some rolling green hills in France would taste like if they were made into a liqueur. This is certainly a warm-weather drink, whether mixed or straight. Drinking this in the dead of winter is making me miss being able to sip a Chartreuse & tonic in the backyard on a hot day. If you haven’t tried it, pick a bottle up and give it a whirl.