SRR wrote:Finally nabbed a decent priced bottle of Chartreuse at a local supermarché of all places.... 2 glasses included, and a cocktail recipe list. Upon first sniff it seemed familiar, and the familiarity was gin, definitely. But it's more than gin, it's got this sweet side to it, and other aspects. It's an interesting drink. Worth having in your cabinet to wow the ladeez with. Or the guyz, you know, 'cuz those "fancy" guys wouldn't mind a French drink and all. But what the hell dun I know.
I bought a bottle of it today (pricey...$54) and it is quite interesting. I do like the "herbal drinks made by monks" tradition and oddly I was able to pick out another spice in Chartreuse and that was Grain of Paradise. Obscure as hell now but not in the era that monks would have been brewing it. I know this because before I got the bottle I had bought some G.O.P in Seattle and pulverised and sampled some (put it on eggs...not bad but black pepper is better).
I am going to the fancy white people store up on the hill and see if I cannot get some kind of yuppified tonic water to drink with it.