Chartreuse

lemansky

Hey everybody!I don't know if there is a forum that is more suited to this question but I didn't know of one so I decided to go with After Hours.Recently I did a shot of Chartreuse and nobody really warned me how toxic it was....enough said.I know that there are a many different chartreuse cocktails.....but I saw the barman mix the chartreuse with something.Does anybody know aht the standard mix would be if you just go up to the bar and order chartreuse?Thanks in advance

GBX

Ive only served and drank it straight. Its quite potent and a nice drink

testicle

Green Chartreuse should be taken straight. No ice.

Yellow, not to sure.

The Elixir should be taken if you have an iron stomach, or are a sick calf - not recommended for human consumption.

unclebill98

The only time i had it was in fibbers years ago.. Cousin gave me a shot of it straight...tastes horrible..he then gave me a bottle of S Ice to wash it down with..he then said bye bye..about 20 mins later I was totally wasted..ended up around the corner smoken with 2 homeless people(I dont smoke). Got into taxi handed him my D Liense to get home, fall asleep in the hall. Never again. I had 3 bottles of bud before hand...very strong drink.

biko

There is a spirits forum

I think green is 58%, way too strong by itself for me. Unless its shots.

Check out http://www.chartreuse.fr/pa_green&yellow_uk.htm

Zillah

I fell in love with Chartreuse years ago. Diageo have made the supply rare an expensive in Ireland these days, very upsetting. I drink it straight, at room temperature and savour every drop. Shooting Chartreuse is blasphemy.

Rabies

We have a shot that we call ABC. Not for customers, only for other bar staff and just one is allowed if we serve it.

1/3 of each of these

Absinth 70%
Bacardi 151 75%
Chartreuse 55%

Toxic

Black Swan

There's a beach bar/cafe in Balboa, California, that has a specialty drink that includes chartreuse as one of the many ingrediants. It's called an Adios Madre and is served in a 22 oz mini-fishbowl with an umbrella, and if you try to drink more than one, you, your Ma, and almost everyone is adios afterwords!

nesf

Moved from AH.

I've only ever drank it straight so I don't know tbh.

hullaballoo

There are a few more common, or old school drinks with Chartreuse in them. The most usual combination is Chartreuse and tonic. But don't ask me why - it tastes worse than it sounds.

Technically it's a digestif, so should be had straight with no ice, but shouldn't ever be done as a shot. That said, I've only ever drank it as a shot.

Jimoslimos

Yep like many here I've only (just remembered!) having it as a shot. Crazy days! Would be interested in tasting it properly now (i.e., not down the hatch with a feed of drink in me already:o )

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

if you want to know what chartruese tastes like, next time you're filling your car up take a sip of petrol

bonkey

Mordeth wrote:

if you want to know what chartruese tastes like, next time you're filling your car up take a sip of petrol

Pfah. Petrol doesn't taste of herbs in the lovely way that Chartreuse does.

Its an acquired taste, granted.

Then again...I guess you could say the same about petrol.

Jimoslimos

Mordeth wrote:

if you want to know what chartruese tastes like, next time you're filling your car up take a sip of petrol

Would that be leaded or unleaded, high octane value perhaps?;)

Theta

Its made by a silent order of monks isn't it??? Or at least it was!

jdivision

Rabies wrote:

We have a shot that we call ABC. Not for customers, only for other bar staff and just one is allowed if we serve it.

1/3 of each of these

Absinth 70%
Bacardi 151 75%
Chartreuse 55%

Toxic

The French have a version of that known as the TGV. Not quite as toxic but it's a third each of tequila, gin and vodka.

bonkey

Dunno about silent, but yeah...still made by monks.

lemansky

nesf wrote:

Moved from AH.

I've only ever drank it straight so I don't know tbh.

Thanks for putting this in the right place!

I think the shot I did was a yellowish colour but my state of mind and the lighting at the bar wasn't really such as to allow me pass judgement on this......Thanks for all the feedback though.I suppose if I was sober and full of food I may try it again but not as a shot.This way seems to be the preferred way among all the hardened Chartreuse heads out there!
I also checked out that link above to the site about it-I'm definitely now wanting to try some of those combos.....I may even try that ABC thing at some stage but my God it sounds as though its a new way of committing suicide!

Does anyone have any stories about their run ins with Chartreuse?

larossa

When i was living in France some of the barmen over there would pour it into shot glasses, light it up and you had to suck it up through a straw while it was flaming. One's enough to knock you to the ground though:D

lemansky

larossa wrote:

When i was living in France some of the barmen over there would pour it into shot glasses, light it up and you had to suck it up through a straw while it was flaming. One's enough to knock you to the ground though:D

The fact that you're still alive is a tribute to your body!:D Flaming Chartreuse.....couldn't imagine it....wouldn't want to imagine it!

*Tripper*

Oh god don't get me started on this stuff, friend brought back a bottle when he was in france i fink. We mixed it with wicked blue(seemed like the most sensible thing to do!) and the next morning I woke up in our kitchen with our front door open all night so god knows how many hobos ahd there way with us!





Brilliant stuff though!!! Where might one get this in ireland and at what cost?

lemansky

*Tripper* wrote:

Oh god don't get me started on this stuff, friend brought back a bottle when he was in france i fink. We mixed it with wicked blue(seemed like the most sensible thing to do!) and the next morning I woke up in our kitchen with our front door open all night so god knows how many hobos ahd there way with us!





Brilliant stuff though!!! Where might one get this in ireland and at what cost?

Yea sounds about right!:D I asked a barman and he doesn't even know where they get their supply of it tbh.......as has been said its fairly hard to come across!Its very expensive as well which is why I guess even if you just ask for a shot of it on its on(no fancy mixes) they still water it down albeit with more spirits!I like your idea though....wicked blue..ouch

*Tripper*

Arghhh!! I need my fix! Yep the wicked blue just made it go down easier, for some people a bad thing, for me a VERY good thing!!

lemansky

*Tripper* wrote:

Arghhh!! I need my fix! Yep the wicked blue just made it go down easier, for some people a bad thing, for me a VERY good thing!!

Whatever makes it go down as long as it doesn't come back up again!:D Earlier on this thread you'll see a link to a Chartreuse website....maybe you can see there where to buy it in Iteland??Or google it I suppose.......I have a feeling though that when I eventually stumble upon it (and then buy it) it'll have been by accident though!