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Fabulous stuff, we were lucky to chance upon the Chartreuse museum, shop and bar in Voiron a few weeks ago whilst touring France. For any drinks aficionado, a guided tour of the museum with tasting is highly recommended. Very enjoyable all round and the story and access to the cellar is is fascinating. Just to say that the main distillery is no longer at Voiron since 2018 it moved to the Aiguenoire distillery in Entre-Deux-Guiers.

finally found me a bottle and made a last word. very happy. very strong and unique liqueur and a fantastic cocktail

Curious how long this keeps. I inherited a bottle from my Grandfather which was probably bought (and opened) in the late 1980's. Still tastes fine to me...

Insanely tasty on its own, burst of herbaceousness hits you right in the face yet it’s so good and balanced. One of the best liqueurs I’ve ever tried. What a shame you can’t easily obtain it.

I tried Ver as a substitute. It was decent in the Last Word and a few other cocktails I tried. More Anise in Ver, which I really don't care for. In the meantime I will keep searching for Chartreuse.

I'm going to try Grandmont liqueur as a replacement for Green Chartreuse, and Strega for Yellow. I guess the only way the market will stabilise is with a sizeable spike in the retail price of the originals to choke off demand...

For those suffering from a Green Chartreuse shortage, I just tried a back to back comparison of Green Chartreuse and Génépy le Chamois in a Last Word. It perhaps loses a little complexity (and ABV) but it still works.

c1810! looks like typos can't be edited either. Very rudimentary.