In the 11th century, Bruno of Cologne, a renowned cleric and intellectual from a noble German family, rejected the chance to become a bishop. Forswearing the career bump of higher placement in the ...

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What many people don’t know about Chartreuse is that the Carthusian monks have made it since 1737. (Yes, you read that right.) Named after the monks’ Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the ...

YOU PEER THROUGH the glass at the emerald liquid shimmering within, turning the very sun green with envy as it filters through the bottle to your gleaming eye. This grass-colored liqueur, with its ...

We’re uncorking our latest column, Bottoms Up — a weekly guide to everything brewed, bottled, blended, barrel-aged and generally booze-soaked. Up first, the strange-but-true story of chartreuse, an ...

Legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson's holy trinity for inspiration was marijuana, cocaine, and Chartreuse. In his song "'Til the Money Runs Out," Tom Waits sings about buying "a pint of green ...

Behind the gray stone walls of the 900-year-old Grande Chartreuse monastery, high in the French Alps, two monks dry, crush, and sort 130 herbs and spices into burlap bags. The "plants room" where they ...

In the two-plus decades that I have been behind bars, I’ve noticed some fads when it comes to what my brethren drink while we work. I’m not talking about sipping cocktails or some rare craft beer; I’m ...

Camper English’s new book Doctors and Distillers is the kind of summer read that cries out to be enjoyed with a spirit or cocktail in hand. An appropriate choice would be a small glass of Chartreuse.

Only two monks know the full recipe for Chartreuse, and even in the pandemic they stuck to their Middle Ages motto: “The cross is steady while the world turns.” The Pouring Ribbons bar in Manhattan ...

The monks who make the French liqueur announced they won't be ramping up production to meet demand. Katie Brown is an editor for Food & Wine specializing in kitchen product reviews. An avid home cook ...