{"id":989,"date":"2026-06-14T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2026-06-14T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:41:10","slug":"the-philly-bars-that-keep-secret-stashes-of-chartreuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"The Philly bars that keep secret stashes of Chartreuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As global supplies of Chartreuse dwindle its mystique only deepens and its popularity increases. Luckily, Philadelphia bars have concocted not merely ways to get their hands on the spirit, a botanical liqueur produced by Carthusian monks in the Chartreuse Mountains in southeastern France, but even their own, Philadelphia-made versions. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=987\">FIFA Fan Festival will be a once-in-a-lifetime moment, at the expense of neighbors, local groups say<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In 2021, the monks of the Carthusian order, an extremely secluded Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 who adhere to a life of absolute silence and solitude, announced a cap on the production of their cordial, which they had been making since the 18th century. The recipe is culled from an ancient manuscript on the \u201cElixir of Long Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The iconic green liqueur is made of 130 plants\u2014 there is also a Yellow Chartreuse that is milder and sweeter due to the inclusion of honey and saffron \u2014and is the base for several famous cocktails, including the Prohibition-era Last Word and the Naked and Famous (a classic cocktail from New York\u2019s Death &amp; Co.). With robust alpine notes, it is also commonly served neat. It\u2019s also a favorite of bartenders and mixologists nationwide.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt adds depth and character to cocktails,\u201d said Neill Laughlin, a partner and manager at Old City\u2019s Sassafras.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>With the rise of the craft cocktail movement in the early 2000s and then drinking habits during the pandemic, which drove people to start shaking up more cocktails at home, Chartreuse has only gotten increasingly more popular. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The monks\u2019 decision to limit their production has had a trickle-down effect for Philadelphia\u2019s cocktail programs, like the one at Sassafras, run by Laughlin and Donal McCoy. Philadelphia\u2019s bars already struggle with obtaining specialty liqueurs due to Pennsylvania\u2019s Liquor Board restrictions. But Sassafras, who maintains its own long history (almost 50 years in business), doubled down on Chartreuse-based cocktails, adding four to their new bar program (which changes quarterly). It\u2019s no easy feat: a search of the PLCB\u2019s Fine Wine and Good Spirits site shows no bottles of Chartreuse in stock at all.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou need to have contacts within the PLCB,\u201d explained Laughlin. \u201cCertain [liquor] portfolios are broken down to different vendors and it\u2019s a lot of homework to discover who has what products and how to get them. The liquor control board took it away from the stores and allocated Chartreuse to certain bars and restaurants \u2014 but you have to buy it in bulk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And so, Sassafras has been stocking up on Chartreuse for years. Supply is never regular. \u201cThere\u2019s no warning when the ship [from France] comes in and how much you\u2019re going to get,\u201d said Laughlin, who just two weeks ago, managed to obtain four cases each of Green and Yellow Chartreuse.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=985\">IBX and Highmark want to cut costs by moving more outpatient care to surgery centers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re comfortable offering six cocktails at Sassafras that use it,\u201d said Laughlin. The newest cocktails at Sassafras include the 1904 ($65) featuring Yellow Spot Irish whiskey, Chartreuse VEP, and Antica Formula, Naked and Famous ($17) made with Catedral Espadin Mezcal, Aperol, Yellow Chartreuse, and lime juice, the Champs-Elysees ($16) with St-R\u00e9my VSOP, Green Chartreuse, lemon juice, Angostura bitters. And for high rollers, the bar has also debuted one Chartreuse-based cocktail that costs $115 The \u00c0rd-R\u00ecgh (Irish Gaelic title meaning \u201cHigh King\u201d) is crafted with The Macallan Rare Cask, alongside Chartreuse VEP and Chartreuse MOF \u2014 \u201ctwo exceptionally rare and highly coveted expressions of the French liqueur,\u201d said Laughlin.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Chartreuse has also entranced newer cocktail programs, like the one at chef Scott Calhoun\u2019s Ember and Ash. Calhoun also recently put a Chartreuse cocktail on his menu: \u201cOur Herb Your Enthusiasm ($19) is a play on a gimlet with Green Chartreuse, gin, charred fennel and cucumber syrup, and lime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen we start to get low on either and our purveyor is out, I scour the PLCB online system to have bottles shipped to my local store for pick up,\u201d said Calhoun.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The dearth of Chartreuse has also inspired Chris Fetfatzes of Grace and Proper and Sonny\u2019s Cocktail Joint, establishments known for crafting their own spirits like amari. Fetfatzes\u2019 liqueur, dubbed the \u201cGreen Monk\u201d is made with about forty botanicals and is inspired by the forty Kelpius monks of the Wissahickon, a doomsday cult that inhabited Wissahickon Valley Park in the 1690s. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGreen Monk has a hint of chamomile, a hint of mint, and a hint of g\u00e9n\u00e9py with a little bit of a menthol burn,\u201d said Fetfatzes.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And given that it\u2019s produced in Philadelphia and not by actual monks, a shortage is unlikely. .<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=983\">Teaching an old don new tricks: How \u2018Skinny Joey\u2019 Merlino went from wiseguy to influencer<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where to find French Chartreuse-based cocktails in Philadelphia, as well as cocktails made with a Philly dupe of the increasingly rare liqueur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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