DON'T PANIC! The Monks have STOPPED making Chartreuse🧘♂️ (Here's what you do!)
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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Much has been said about Chartreuse lately. Seems like everywhere I turn on the cocktail internet someone is talking about this once obscure liqueur. Five years ago almost nobody but serious cocktail nerds paid much attention to Chartreuse, but in these last few years due to it’s rising popularity, and COVID related supply chain issues and apparently the monks who make it coming out to say that they will be making LESS of this spirit so as to focus more on Monastic life and duties. Not only is it incredibly hard to find, but it seems like it’s only going to get harder to find over time. Is this the cocktail world’s very next pappy Van Winkle? It might be! Will we soon be paying 1500 bucks for this stuff? I hope not! Luckily for us there are some great alternatives out there so today we’re Going to talk about what Chartreuse is, what we can use as replacements when that bottle of Green Chartreuse is too expensive or out of reach. And of course we’re going to make some cocktails with those replacements
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00:00 Chartruse is HARD to find!
02:16 What IS Chartreuse?
03:54 What does it TASTE Like you ask?
04:43 CAN you replace it?
06:06 Pago Pago
07:11 Tasting Notes
07:44 Recipe
07:49 Love & Murder
09:06 Tasting Notes
10:04 Recipe
10:10 Prince Henry Punch
11:31 Tasting Notes
12:34 Recipe
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Recipes:
Pago Pago
1 1/2oz (45ml) Gold Rum
1/2oz (15ml) Green Chartreuse
1/4oz (7.5ml) Crème De Cacao
1/2oz (15ml) Lime Juice
1/2 Cup Cubed pineapple
Pineapple Frond Garnish
Love & Murder
1oz (30ml) Campari
1oz (30ml) Green Chartreuse
1oz (30ml) Lime Juice
3/4oz (22ml) Simple Syrup
Saline (5:1 Kosher salt to water)
Prince Henry Punch
3/4 ounce rhum agricole, preferably La Favorite Blanc
3/4 ounce aged rum, preferably Plantation Barbados 5 year
3/4 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce green Chartreuse
1/2 ounce raspberry gomme syrup
6 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish Mint and seasonal fruit - Навчання та стиль
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Chartreuse production hasn't stopped. They just scaled back production 4 years ago and only announced it now. It's still being made it will just not be as often.
The title is a bit of misinformation. They haven't stopped production, they actually said they will not scale up production anymore to meet the growing demand so now Chartreuse is an allocated product.
I heard years ago that Tempus Fuget was trying to replicate Chartreuse, hopefully they're still working on that and can create a proper alternative.
You know my heart absolutely fell when I saw this video’s title, and while I’m still super rocked by this (chartreuse is my desert island only one bottle forever bottle) your comment did at least bring me some solace because yes, tempus will definitely show up, but dang :/
Total Wine carries a liquer called 'Ver' that's pretty close to Chartreuse, in a cocktail I use a tiny bit less and it replicates it fairly well. I always need to be able to make a Last Word!!!
My Total Wine sells that Ver for 52.99. Still a bit pricey.
Thank you! This is the video I’ve been waiting for since the shortage began. ❤❤❤
This is the video I needed!
Thanks 😀
Thank you so much for addressing this problem. Uncle Pete's Cocktail Shop has an episode on replacements as well.
I found a small mom & pop liquor store in Arkansas that had over half a dozen bottles of yellow chartreuse on the shelf for about $50 each. I plan on stockpiling.
What a great video. Thank you!!
I had a cocktail at a local place called Grapes and Soda, and I could have sworn it had green chartreuse in it, but it was just a mix of herbs and bitters. It had Savory, Cilantro, and quite a few other herbs that I wish I could remember.
Great work incorporating the selling of the glassware right into the video. Nice and quick so people can't skip but also remind people they can buy them.
I bought them. They’re lovely.
I buy it if I see it and fortunately haven't gone without yet but this is a great video. Much needed!!!
For those interested: multiple distributors are only moving Chartreuse to bars / restaurants. It's likely retail stores will not be seeing them again. What I and my restaurant manager are doing is buying a case and splitting it with the liquor store across the street.
I highly doubt that in my area lol. Of course I live in the heart of the drinking capital of North America 😂
Now it’s time for me to double charge the liquor store 😂
I can get it
My store has a lot maybe cause where I live no ones knows about
Where do you live?
It's funny, I've only heard people talk about the chartruese situation, it's been exactly the same where I live.
That is to say, rare as hell (only seen 2 bottles in 5 years) and insanely expensive (between 100 and 120 in store)
Meanwhile yellow chartruese... doesn't exist, it's impossible to find in store.
Thank you for this! I still have some green but been out of yellow for months and can’t find it anywhere.
This is just what I needed. I am WAY too cheep to buy Chartreuse to give it a try. I am looking forward to trying these out.
I tried a cocktail recently called a Bijou which I really liked. It's similar to a negroni but with chartreuse instead of campari. I had it with blood orange bitters and it was a really lovely drink.
you are featuring Genepy Le Chamois, which is instead a Yellow Chartreuse substitution. My favorite bar ABV uses des Alpes for their Last Word which is delicious
Cmon dude youre above clickbait like this. Theyre not stopping making it, theyre just halting increasing production
This comment hasn't aged well.
I was just in Spain this week and they have so much Chartreuse over there that Chartreuse reps were in Two Schmucks making drinks and pouring shots of it. Every bar had it.
I've been wondering what to do if I can't find Chartreuse (I still have half a bottle, and can order a couple more before it's gone) and have been asking around, and here finally a video on the topic. Thanks!
I've always been curious about Chartreuse, never managed to try it, it was always a bit too expensive and out of my class lol. Had no idea the green was so rare and only getting more rare. I would like to try one of these substitutes one day for fun if I could even find those.
LEANDRO!!! Awesome video!!! I def love pineapple/Green Chartreuse combo!!! GC might be my fav liqueur EVER!!!! CHEERS!!!!
Hey Leonardo, another great informative and fun video! I've been a long time watcher (since 2019 to be exact). I know you are based in the US, thus the cocktail scene you're surrounded by would in the most part - be inspired by where you're from. I know you try to ensure that you broaden your scope, and present cocktails from around the world, (for example - Japanese cocktails) but i'd love to see more cocktail videos that are dedicated to around the world. I.e (I know this is biased), but I'm from Australia - we are taking the world by storm right now in the cocktail scene. We keep climbing up the ladders each year for best bars, best new bars and so forth. Other places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Barcelona, Lisbon, are all places that are also making cutting edge cocktails that deserve to be show cased on such an amazing channel like yours, with the audience that cares. It's just a thought - but would love to see more videos that highlight a broader scope of the current bartending scene. Still loving the content, and if you'd like a nudge in a good direction for the Aus scene in particular, would be happy to have a chat :) Cheers, Mel, from Melbourne, Aus - Whisky & Alement bar.
Love this! And I am working on it! I know full well Australia is killing it so don’t you worry! That video is coming also on Freepour doing a video on Australian whiskey! Thanks so much for the detailed comment and most of all for your support!
@@TheEducatedBarfly Sounds great! Mate, I love what you guys do, and have loved watching this channel evolve over the years. Looking forward to that video on Aus Whisky.
Many thanks for this video and all the other ones. I would like to know what do you think about Benedictine as a Chartreuse substitute ?
Regards
I like how you compared Chartreuse with Faccia Brutto. I'd be interested to see how the Pago Pago and Prince Henry Punch compared when you use Chartreuse in those (as opposed to using Centum Herbis and Genepy like you did in the video). Perhaps an idea for a couple shorts?
Great video on the alternatives, have to explore. We do need to work on your Italian though :)
Workin on it
Green Chartreuse still seem to be readily available at the Norwegian liquor monopoly. Then again, having a single supplyer for the whole country might make it easier to aquire
Just bought a bottle at the absinthe store in Antibes🙌🏼
I just found 6 bottles of the green one and a bunch of the yellow ones.
Wound up buying 2 of the green ones.
I’ve been super lucky to be in an area where it isn’t popular and always have bottles on the shelf for a very reasonable 30cad
Fun fact: the Love and Murder was named after “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” which won the Tony award for best new musical in 2014!
this is a very niche observation, but i laughed when you said 'slappypants and crushypoo' instead of 'slappypoo and crushypants' - switching it up!!
I was told Ver is also a good replacement for green chartreuse. And it's cheaper!
The Last Word is one of my favorite martinis! I need Green Chartreuse!
I saw a 750 ml of Green Chartreuse at a neighborhood liquor store for $80. I figured I’ll stick to ordering cocktails featuring Green Chartreuse when I go to Vegas (I love Bijou). Now I’m thinking of buying the bottle if it’s still on the shelf.
80$ for 750ml is an immediate purchase because that’s cheaper then the 375ml I can only find here
Love and Murder is right up my alley ... I'm the weirdo who asks the liquor store clerk for "something like Campari, but less sweet and more bitter". I also love piney flavors and lime ... I might try making one without the simple.
Now, to see if any local liquor store stocks Genepy ... I won't even hope for Charteuse.
Have you considered trying Boomsma Cloosterbitter? It's a much simpler profile of ingredients, but I've tested it in multiple green chartreuse cocktails and often I can't tell the difference. And in the few where I can tell the difference I actually prefer the Boomsma.
Yes!!
I wouldnt say its readily available in Canada but it shows up on LCBO shelves from time to time. If you live close to the border, do your research, might be worth a drive.
I would recommend (if they still make it) Izarra. Very hard to find in the US, and not as complex as Chartreuse.
Thanks for this! Any thoughts on subs for Yellow Chartreuse? I currently have a bottle of green in my bar, but no yellow.
Strega is probably your best bet
Been hoarding what’s left of my green and yellow like gollum for the last year. Leandro, when you slammed that new bottle down a part of my heart died 😂
We found a whole bunch. Marius bought some in Mexico which apparently doesn’t have a shortage
I remember the night I was introduced to this wonderful liquor. Ballroom Blitz was playing and all I could remember is Sharktooth...
The 90s were good times
This explains a lot. Greg from HTD has been going through a big Chartreuse phase, and it's made me want to try it - but I got sticker shock when I found it at the store. So expensive!
Welcome to the delicious world of capitalism...
@@Mark723 Capitalism is when a Liqueur is made by one single group of monks and they not only decide to keep their recipe to themselves and not sell out to a cooperation, but furthermore, want to make less because they'd prefer to focus on their monastic lifestyle rather than their own profits.
@@Mark723 literally nothing to do with capitalism
@@Robin-vf7oq Classic capitalism
@@Robin-vf7oq creating artificial scarcity to inflate notoriety and demand is a very common feature of capitalist economics
I've heard good things about Ver and Brucato Chaparral as Green Chartreuse replacements as well. For yellow, the best I've heard are Strega and Ibis.
I've only tried Ver as a Chartreuse replacement and it's very good! Maybe a little sweeter and less bitter but it's my go to whenever I need Chartreuse. It's also inexpensive and easy to find in my area at least.
I have a bottleChaparral and while it hits similar notes it is Very very very very different
You would think someone like tempus fugit could do some industrial espionage or something to get an exact replacement.
You and Anders did great videos on this topic, but I haven't heard anyone discuss possible subs for YELLOW Chartreuse. I feel like it shows up in more recipes...
This was announced months ago (that the monks were cutting back, I heard for environmental reasons). All the stuff got bought up from all the Total Wine shops in the LA area.
Any substitutes for Yellow Chartreuse? I haven't found one in a long time. Great video!
we're working up some alternatives
I appreciate the effort you put in to show alternatives and how they taste compared to chartreuse. I just wish the title of the video wasnt so misleading. I can understand that by reducing production its going to get harder and harder to acquire, but when I saw the title it seemed like that was going to happen quite quickly if they had fully stopped and people were going to panic buy/stock up on it.
My Trsted supplier still has them, maybe time to stock another bottle
(I am in europe, maybe its still easier here)
I almost purchased 6 bottles when I saw them, but I waited. I went back today to buy and I only saw one 😢
Great video, guys! Which one do you think comes closest to Yellow Chartreuse?
We're working on some alternatives :)
I can only get the 375ml of green chartreuse where im at but I can also get the yellow chartreuse 750ml, but theres under 500 bottles in the whole area of the green…
I have some but Idk if I should be drinking it lol
I found a bottle called Ver Liqueur for $45 that is a decent alternative
Where am I going to get a replacement for yellow chartreuse?
Centerbe is very common here in Italy
11:25 my kid eats through those so quick I can barley use them for Cocktails. I have to buy it separate and hide it.
Can you make caviar from martini or old fashioned pls..❤
So please to se you're using La Favorite agricole rhum
If you're in Austin, TX the Austin Shaker has chartreuse.
Found a bunch at a liquor store in San Diego
What's the recipe for the Raspberry Gum Syrup??
I whould have gotten it at the last dollar sale at twin liquor 😢
You should give Brucato Chaparral a try for a good Chartreuse replacement!
I have it. It’s good very similar but I wouldn’t call it a good sub
In houston, Chartreuse has been nowhere to be found for a while, except one store that somehow consistently has a good stock of both green and yellow for $63 😮
I just snagged a few bottles of green here in Galveston at Spec’s. Had been checking for weeks and today found some. They seem to have more left.
Genepy le Chamois gets all of the focus as a substitute but highly recommend Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter Herbal Bitter. Its by far the closest I have ever found to Chartreuse. Hard to find in smaller cities but its pretty close in taste, though a little sweeter and less alcoholic. BONUS it has the same green color and usually is between 30-50 bucks
^2
I agree, Boomsma is a better/ closer alternative than Genepy
Those of us who live in control states might have a hard time replacing it
How much is a bottle over in the states now? In Germany a bottle of green is about 40€, yellow around 35€
Out west here in AZ, there isn't any. Online about 75$.
In Ohio I've only seen it once in the past year, a liquor store here had the green and yellow out, 67 for green 63 for yellow.
The distribution company behind Chartreuse said, they will focus to their "original market", when it comes to distributing the liqueur. So i hope, we here in the alpine area will not suffer that much from the shortage, as the US and other parts of the world.
My favourite austrian online shops sell for 45€ (green) and 38€ (yellow) at the moment, so thats a good sign.
Uh, I think I’m at a crossroad. 🍺🍺
Nice to see the frank tasting notes here, on both the balance of the drinks and the effectiveness of given Chartreuse substitutes! Unfortunately there don't seem to be *really* good 1:1 substitutes yet, as you found, which is interesting. If the monks really want to focus on their monastic life, maybe they should just license the manufacturing - or at least the recipe - to a trusted partner who would handle it well. Not some huge producer, but I'm sure there are some smaller, still "artisanal"/hand-crafted ones that would jump at the chance.
That is my question too. Why not license it?
@@schmup53 they've also stated that they're not a big fan of the environmental impact of harvesting large quantities of the plants if I recall correctly. So maybe they'd be worried they another company would be even more destructive
Funnily enough some people aren’t as interested in just making money. A disappearing breed in their case I suppose.
@@andrewduncan4908 Of course I totally get that. Except they're quoted as saying:
"The monks are limiting production to “protect their monastic life,” the letter said in part, adding that they “are not looking to grow the liqueur beyond what they need to sustain their order.” If they just want to "sustain their order" and have maximum monastic life, licensing would make more sense, would it not? 🤷♂
I’ve become a big fan of Kloosterbitter from Boomsma in these times although I’ve never back to backed with chartreuse.
I still had a bit of green chartreuse left when I got a bottle of Kloosterbitter a few weeks ago. Did a side-by-side comparison, both straight and in a Last Word, and it is VERY close. The best replacement I’d found previously was Ver liqueur, but it was noticeably different (more peppery, less rich). Kloosterbitter is *extremely* close to green chartreuse, nearly indistinguishable in the cocktail.
Not sure if there's a bunch of misinformation going around or if a lot of channels are using this as clickbait but the monks have NOT stopped making Chartreuse. They've reduced production by 10%. Yes, it'll be harder to get.... but it'll be far from gone.
It’s clickbait. 😂 what the monks said was they wouldn’t ramp up production to meet demand. Shocking the world! What do you mean they aren’t gonna cash in???? Isn’t money the MOST important thing????
Hi Leandro, awesome video. One little thing: the correct pronunciation of faccia is something like “fudge cha”.
There’s like sixteen people telling me the correct pronunciation and they’re all different 😂
The correct pronunciation is Fah-Cha it means Face in Italian. I mess up pronunciation all the time
Better stock up
just a correction, it is "fah-cha broo-taw"
they did not stop doing it :)
"Making less of the liquor and focusing more on Monastic duties?" Does that mean the market was flooded and prices went to the basement?
I have 2 bottles of the green and 1 of yellow…..and no you can’t have them!
Have anyone experience with this one: Chartreuse Cuvée des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Sommeliers
Thanks. I was familiar with Genepy, but not the other two. I picked up a bottle of Chartreuse last week for $94. Needless to say, I'll be using it sparingly. Also, it's pronounced Pogo like bongo. ;-)
Good for the monks though. Monastic life is their vocation, not supplying us with booze. The same with the nuns near me they make amazing diary but it isn’t to make money it’s to support the community hence they will reject a buy out to a company that we all know will strip the product of what makes it truly unique
i get that it's a secret proprietary recipe, but can't we use booze forensics to reveal the ingredients??
Probably but to my knowledge nobody has
It just wouldn't be the same without all the love and ministrations that a monk can bring to the mix...
NPR did a story years back that MIT tried using mass spectrometry, if memory serves. Didn’t work.
Why dont they just license production out and use the money for their monastic stuff
Pronounced Faccia wrong
If I need to drink responsibly why do I need the snake oil you're peddling?
The "c"s in both Faccia Bruto and Centum Herbis should be pronounced "ch" but other than that I really enjoyed the video. I just wish it didn't involve so many repetitions of those particular mispronunciations.
Se La Vie good buddy faccia is indeed pronounced Fah-Cha but Centum is not pronounced Chen-Tum it’s pronounce Sen-Tum
@@TheEducatedBarfly C'est? Although Centum is Latin, Centoerbe is also Italian and thus I take the Italianate Latin pronunciation.
I want to like it. But in the end I always go “meh”. It has a very cloying flavor in everything you put it in.
Leandro, the headline on this video "The monks have STOPPED making chartreuse"...is wrong.
You also note in your presentation that the monks are going to be "making less of the spirit"....which is inaccurate. From what I have been able to find rather than cutting production they just won't be increasing production in response to future increasing demands.
I didn't see that somebody pointed out both these errors in a prior comment. Leaving mine up to emphasize what the current situation actually is.
Sort of click-baity. The monks are still making chartreuse, they are just not increasing production to meet the demand.
Love the videos, the music not so much.....10 seconds repeating in hell.
@TheEducatedBarfly I'm French, Chartreuse is pronounced with a Z like zoo.
God kills a kitten everytime you pronounce it with a S !
What assholes! there's only two dudes who know this recipe and they're just like, nah, y'all, we gonna stop?! pass the recipe on down, homies. Jesus! (see what i did there)
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FOURTH!!!!! YESSIR!!!
Leandro needs a signature move while shaking his potent potables, akin to Steve the Bartender's patented smile - perhaps relating to when he sucks in his lips in concentration while shaking the tin: the drill which we have all come to know and love. There is the slappy-pants/crushy-poo maneuver, which may be an eligible contender, though these come post shake. Nonetheless, I'm not just here for his brain, so anything will do. And that little clothes-pin clip is a new one for me - perhaps it's a New York and/or California thing. Compari and Chartreuse combined in a cocktail: the anarchists are dancing in the streets...
The dead eye stare is my signature move
@@TheEducatedBarfly And there we have it, folks...from the man himself: the dead-eye stare. Combine that with a slappy-poo, and this man will take over the bar world.
Potent Potables? Is that a Gloomhaven reference!?
So dont buy this and don’t get to shit faced… simple
There are alternatives that contains similar herbs as Chartreuse and that are far more affordable.
Those qrazy monks are biting their own tails so to speak.
"... ACQUIRED taste..." is CORRECT.
One of those "mixers" that leave you wondering, "what am I supposed to do with this?," since the flavor is SO pronounced, it's kinda hard to miss. 😯
Wouldn't exactly call it a crowd FAVORITE, so if the monks do decide to stop producing it, I think the general public reaction will be... MEH. 😕
please get your pronunciation right..... You butcher the French Language... :(