Name: Episcopal
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow

Episcopal
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

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How to make:

STIR ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

My favourite way to enjoy Chartreuse. Especially good when made with V.E.P Chartreuse.

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History:

A well-established drink promoted by the marketeers at Chartreuse and named due to the combining of the clerical colours of green and golden yellow.

According to The Ecclesiastical Review, the shade of green used for vestments signifies the "sight of sunlit meadow and shady woodland, all of which indicates the sense of hope and peace or of tranquil gladness." Green is worn on Sundays and Ferias in Ordinary Time while golden cloth was traditionally worn for the Novena (16 to 24 December) according to a Spanish custom abolished in the 1950s.

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
40.16% alc./vol. (40.16° proof)
27.1 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Justin Aniello

5th May at 00:47

A perfect ratio of the two, though I think I still prefer them on their own just to fully enjoy their differences. Will still break this out from time to time.

To those that say that so much chartreuse is heresy, a couple hundred years of people drinking it straight would highly disagree.

Ignacio Seligra

14th November 2024 at 19:19

Alcohol content of the undilluted mix must be a whopping 50%ABV, since it's 2 parts Green at 55%ABV and 1 part Yellow at 40% (my bottle says 40 and not 43).

Darren

24th July 2024 at 19:09

A great prelude to a religious experience, although the bar owner in Chartres clearly felt I was asking him to commit sacrilege.

Florian Ruf

22nd August 2023 at 17:08

I absolutely agree on the matter of dilution, some soda improves the cocktail very much. I even suggest to give it a splash of lemon juice to balance the sweetness. If you think this measures will diminish the Chartreuse feeling, you could add some drops of Chartreuse Elixir.

Loraine Herring

12th January 2023 at 19:59

Im afraid that my view on this is sacrilege
Chartreuse should be used sparingly and with reverence not like Watchtower confetti, thrown at you from street corners
Chartreuse, like a good Cardinal, should be in the background supporting the Pope of Alcohol, not centre stage on the alter of cocktails.
Amen brothers and sisters.

Florian Ruf

22nd August 2023 at 17:11

I agree and as my try showed to me, it is really difficult to make an only-Chartreuse cocktail really satisfying.

Ramon Simpson

25th January 2022 at 23:55

A large sphere of ice with a good 1 oz of Topo Cico ( carbonated mineral water ).. balances out the sweetness from the two

William Smith

22nd August 2021 at 23:13

That would be an ecumenical matter!

Anonymous

16th April 2021 at 13:47

Great drink if you like Chartreuse; however, I will echo David on the importance of diluting a bit. Give it a good stir and serve with ice and it is delightful.

John Hinojos

23rd March 2021 at 04:31

This is a great Chartreuse drink. It is well balanced, but I found it a little on the sweet side. I may consider holding back a little on the yellow Chartreuse for late night sipping, and use as is for after dinner.

David M.

22nd December 2020 at 07:00

If you like Chartreuse, this is as good as it gets. Straight Green is too hot and a bit too herbal. Straight Yellow is sippable as a liqueur, but a bit too sweet for me. This is a great combination with alcohol, herbs, and sweetness all in perfect balance, helped by a bit of dilution from the stir. Santé!