The Great Chartreuse Shortage - a long national nightmare

In case you haven’t heard, it is nearly impossible to get your hands on a bottle of chartreuse right now if you aren’t a bar. The lovely Mrs EWG is a huge chartreuse fan, and this two year shortage has her at the end of her rope.

Local place got two cases a month also and sold out immediately. $77 per bottle. Highway robbery. Will Aviations survive?

We might need to go over the pond and get some monks of their asses to make some product. Who’s in?

Also, anybody have a source? I could be a Christmas hero…

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Originally Posted by EWG

I could be a Christmas hero…

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dude that lasts about 15 minutes

Sent you a pm. But yeah, the struggle is real. Monks have capped production (cuz Jesus) and prioritized their domestic market which has decreased the amount that is being sent to the US. Bars and restaurants get the lion's share of that which doesn't leave enough to satisfy the retail demand. Based on everything I've heard, it's unlikely to get a whole lot better in the near term.

I had a bijou last night made with citadelle and carpano antica. It did not suck.

Huh, never heard of it.

First world problem

damn EWG i knew i liked you for a reason

also a huge chartreuse fan. my standard green is getting super low, but i still have a lot of this VEP and it's just lovely. all i need is like 1/2 ounce of it and I'm good

i saw bottles the other day at DABS, i could look up what stores have em and maybe stop byhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9ecb356219.jpg

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A horror story in 5 words: No Chartreuse, monks don't care. Given that my go-to cocktail is a naked and famous this is a serious issue. If you ever want to make friends (or enemies) on a chairlift pull out a flask of green chartreuse and see who takes you up on it.

Leon and Sons in Brooklyn seems to have stock on a regular basis and ships to most states. I grabbed a half case of mixed green and yellow a month ago when they had inventory, bundle together with some friends and you get free shipping over a certain dollar amount. Looks like they have green now but no yellow.

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A horror story in 5 words: No Chartreuse, monks don't care. Given that my go-to cocktail is a naked and famous this is a serious issue. If you ever want to make friends (or enemies) on a chairlift pull out a flask of green chartreuse and see who takes you up on it.

Leon and Sons in Brooklyn seems to have stock on a regular basis and ships to most states. I grabbed a half case of mixed green and yellow a month ago when they had inventory, bundle together with some friends and you get free shipping over a certain dollar amount. Looks like they have green now but no yellow.

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greens better anyway

i have both but my yellow bottle is still half full

wonder why

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Does Mrs. EWG have a custom Aviation recipe?

Christmas Hero, Happy Hour Hero… why not both?

Good luck with your quest!

I’ve been checking the local stores since just after COVID with no luck. I’ve pretty much given up.

How similar is it to Genepy and can you get that?

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Originally Posted by tgapp

damn EWG i knew i liked you for a reason

also a huge chartreuse fan. my standard green is getting super low, but i still have a lot of this VEP and it's just lovely. all i need is like 1/2 ounce of it and I'm good

i saw bottles the other day at DABS, i could look up what stores have em and maybe stop byhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9ecb356219.jpg

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Damn, that bottle is 299 at Leon and Sons.

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Originally Posted by Mazderati

Does Mrs. EWG have a custom Aviation recipe?

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Did the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor? Do powder skirts matter? Was it Rob Story's fault?

Well, of course she does (in fact, she actually has a printed menu of house cocktails - very fancy) but as you may have been insinuating, I misspoke (typed?) when I said she needed it for Aviations. That is, in fact, made with Luxardo and Violette, of which there is no shortage. I feel like a heel.

It's her Lumiere that is suffering. Her personal recipe: 1.5 oz gin, 1 oz St. Germain, 3/4 oz green Chartreuse, 3/4 oz fresh lime juice, dash of orange bitters.

Don't fucking tell her I told you the recipe. And yes, there is a second menu that tells the kitchen staff how to make it. Kitchen staff = me, of course. But it's been 86'd at Cafe EWG for some time now, unfortuantely.

An Aviation is my go-to fancy pants drink which is the only reason I knew to ask. The Lumiere sounds good. Good luck in the search.

Not that Chartreuse is really my thing (I did have a "flight" experience at Le Coin recently which specializes in the stuff https://lecoinseattle.com/) but you could try to make your own https://www.instructables.com/How-to...rtreuse-Clone/ . That guys seems pretty committed to the process. You could probably skip steps 1 and 2 and just buy a bunch of Apple Brandy in bulk, though that would definitely get expensive quickly.

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How similar is it to Genepy and can you get that?

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Completely different breeds. Chartreuse is way stronger (55% ABV I think) and tastes like a bunch of the 100+ plants it's made with. Genepi is 40% ABV and tastes like sugar instead of the 1 plant it's made with.

I'm going home sometime in late winter/early spring, place your orders and I can bring some back (minus the tax of 2 bottles Ms Boissal will apply on whatever makes it back).

You mean those Chartreusian monks have something better to do now? Thats a sacrilege. That recipe has been secretly guarded and passed down for several hundred years and many wars that displaced the monks.

In my territory, the shortage seems to be over but it is still $80 a bottle. I don’t sell it anymore but I did for a long time. It’s always interesting when something I used to have to beg a retailer to carry catches on and becomes a big deal. I saw it happen with Chartruese, Pappy, Tito’s, Fireball, the Japanese whiskies… probably other brands I can’t think of. I remember tasting the VEP at a meeting once and it made me gag. One of my co-workers would swear up and down it would cure anything. Now I keep a 200 ml of chartreuse vegetal around at all times. Whenever somebody in the house is starting to feel a cold coming on, we pull it out. My wife mixes a little in some warm water or tea. I usually just take a shot. I don’t know if it works for real but it makes me feel better.

Here in UT. it is available, and it costs $65. OTOH, I have been looking for an amaro from Bologna called Montenegro, and can't find it in the state. It's my favorite, other than Averna

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Damn, that bottle is 299 at Leon and Sons.

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Fuckkk
VEP. With a cork. The real deal. That’s gotten expensive.
Nothing at all like screw cap chartreuse.

Not for mixing. A small dram in a snifter glass and savor the flavor.

Is the rumor true that the secret ingredient of vep is monk semen? Or is it altar boy tears?

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Originally Posted by schindlerpiste

Here in UT. it is available, and it costs $65. OTOH, I have been looking for an amaro from Bologna called Montenegro, and can't find it in the state. It's my favorite, other than Averna

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This was a great tip. Apparently the website/app is messed up and while it says several stores in SLC have it, no one does ... but delivery coming in shortly and part of our crew is teed up to grab some.

If this works it'll be a Merry Xmas indeed. Cruiser, thanks for the heads up. If we get shut out I might have to make the drive south...

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Originally Posted by EWG

This was a great tip. Apparently the website/app is messed up and while it says several stores in SLC have it, no one does ... but delivery coming in shortly and part of our crew is teed up to grab some.

If this works it'll be a Merry Xmas indeed. Cruiser, thanks for the heads up. If we get shut out I might have to make the drive south...

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And we got shut out. Was all gone in 10 minutes and the line was 100 people long. This is getting crazy.

Checked for you, but there is none in Ketchum.