Top 10 Chartreuse Drinks and Cocktails

What is Chartreuse

Chartreuse (pronunciation: shaar’trooz or shaar’troos) is a strong French liqueur, since 1737, and was made by the then Catholic ‘Carthusian Monks’ hailing from the ‘Grande Chartreuse’ monastery in the Chartreuse Mountains (and hence the name).

Top 10 Chartreuse Drinks and Cocktails

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This distilled beverage has a very sweet taste and is prepared from 130 kinds of flowers, plants, and herbs, and continues to taste better and better with age. Interestingly, there are two distinct types of Chartreuse – the 110 proof Green Chartreuse (55% abv), which is the original one, and the 80 proof Yellow Chartreuse (40% abv), which is the sweeter variation.

Now, try out our collection of the few of the best recipes which would be simple and easy for you to make at home.

Recipes for Cocktails with Yellow and Green Chartreuse Liqueur

Chartreuse Drinks

1. Green Chartreuse Standard Party Shots

Evenly mix ½ oz of each of green Chartreuse, chilled orange juice and 151-proof Bacardi rum in a large glass jar or bowl. Now pour into shot glasses and shoot in with your friends.

Green Chartreuse Standard Party Shots

2. Simple French Green Chartreuse Cocktails

Simply stir mix ½ oz of each of green Chartreuse, cherry brandy and white gin with a dash of absinthe (optional, depending upon your taste for hardness) and a cup of ice cubes. Pour into old-fashioned glasses and serve.

Simple French Green Chartreuse Cocktails

3. Green and Yellow Chartreuse VEP Long Drink Recipe

In a shaker, mix well ½ oz of each of yellow and green Chartreuse VEP (i.e., old and aged) liqueurs, along with 1½ oz gin. Strain into drinking glasses over ice and serve.

Green and Yellow Chartreuse Long Drink Recipe

4. Hot-n-Tangy Drink made with Chartreuse Yellow Liqueur

Shake together ½ oz of fresh grapefruit juice and yellow Chartreuse (alternatively, Chartreuse Elixir Vegetal Liqueur), each, along with 2 oz orange gin, ¼ tsp fine sugar powder, 1 tsp lemon or lime juice and a dash of Tabasco sauce. Pour over ice in a stylish glasses rimmed with sea salt. Garnish with a grapefruit slice before serving your guests.

Hot-n-Tangy Drink made with Chartreuse Yellow Liqueur

5. 2-Ingredient Instant Martini Drink Using Chartreuse

Use a shaker to lightly shake 3 oz gin with ½ an oz of green Chartreuse. Serve with ice in martini glasses.

2-Ingredient Instant Martini Drink Using Chartreuse

6. Yellow and Green Chartreuse Mixed Shooter Drinks

Pour 1 part of each of yellow Chartreuse and Creme de Menthe, along with 2 parts of green Chartreuse in chilled shot glasses. Serve.

Yellow and Green Chartreuse Mixed Shooter Drinks

7. Easy-Fizzy Yellow Chartreuse Cocktail

Arrange cocktail glasses and fill each one with a handful of ice cubes. Now, pour 1 part of gin and yellow Chartreuse in each, and fill the rest combining beer/champagne with sparkling soda water (as per taste). Serve before the fizz escapes.

Easy-Fizzy Yellow Chartreuse Cocktail

8. 1-Minute French Martini Cocktails with Chartreuse

Lightly shake 3 oz of gin with ½ oz of green Chartreuse and strain into pre-chilled glasses. Garnish with chilled olive and serve.

1-Minute French Martini Cocktails with Chartreuse

9. Alcoholic Red-Christmas Cocktail with Yellow Chartreuse

In a cocktail glass, stir mix ½ oz of each of Irish whiskey, vodka, sweet vermouth and yellow Chartreuse, along with ½ oz of cherry juice. Float ice from the top and serve with cherries.

Red Christmas Cocktail with Yellow Chartreuse

10. Chartreuse Swizzle Refreshing Summer Cocktail Drink

Shake together 1¼ oz of yellow Chartreuse, ½ oz Velvet Falernum, with 2 oz of pineapple juice, and ¼ oz of fresh ginger and lemon juices, each. Pour into a cocktail glass over ice. Sip, and relax.

Chartreuse Swizzle Refreshing Summer Cocktail Drink

Now when you know how to drink Chartreuse, we are more than sure that, you will be convinced enough to try them all, along with your buddies and your close ones. So just feel confident and get along!