seth8530
The Atomic Wine Maker
Over the past few weeks I have been expanding my bar to include new spirits to use for mixing since I really enjoy making pre-prohibition era cocktails. Thus, my usual bar which consist of bourbons,rum, vodkas, gins and various scotches got augmented by St.Germain, campari, grand marnier and my new favorite friend.. Green Chartreuse!
At first I was a bit tenative about really enjoying a liqour, most of the cocktails I found called for fractions of a tsp per drink. However, I decided to figure out how it would taste on the rocks.. and by the divine.. It was wonderful.
I tend to dislike sweet drinks, I find them hard to drink and I find it cloying. However, this wonderful drink is balanced just as well as any wine could hope to be. When diluted with ice water it takes on a wonderful emerald green colour. The flavour is very herbicous and vegital yet, it has a wonderful spiciness to it. In all honesty it is rather hard to describe. Coming in at around 110 proof it is certainly something you want to serve small and you will want to make sure you have plenty of time to enjoy it since each sip leaves a nice long lingering taste. In fact, have a picture and observe its natural mighty green colour.
So you might begin to understand that I am slightly obsessed. Well last night, inspired by a larger than normal research check, it reached a new level. I walked to the downtown liqour store and I found some of their special edition green chartreuse. Ie VEP chartreuse. This wonderful tincture was priced at 180 dollars however, after some deft negotiation I walked out of the store with it for 145 bucks. I will say, this is by far the most expensive bottle of liqour I have ever purchased and likely the most expensive I am likely to purchase in a long time. So now to quit wasting my words and your time reading this rambling monologue I present the presentation.
All in all, I really enjoyed it. When compared side by side it tasted similar to its less expensive sister, but it was much more mellow and more refined with a spicy structure. It tasted less sweet and the aroma when diluted down a bit was heavenly. I intend on only partaking of this guy on special occasions. I will use the "normal" green chartreuse for cocktail mixing and the occasional on the rocks experience. Now, back into its case so I will never have to worry about finishing the bottle.
For those interested in the very cool history of this drink check out this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(liqueur)
So does anyone else have any spirit reviews or obsessions?
At first I was a bit tenative about really enjoying a liqour, most of the cocktails I found called for fractions of a tsp per drink. However, I decided to figure out how it would taste on the rocks.. and by the divine.. It was wonderful.
I tend to dislike sweet drinks, I find them hard to drink and I find it cloying. However, this wonderful drink is balanced just as well as any wine could hope to be. When diluted with ice water it takes on a wonderful emerald green colour. The flavour is very herbicous and vegital yet, it has a wonderful spiciness to it. In all honesty it is rather hard to describe. Coming in at around 110 proof it is certainly something you want to serve small and you will want to make sure you have plenty of time to enjoy it since each sip leaves a nice long lingering taste. In fact, have a picture and observe its natural mighty green colour.
So you might begin to understand that I am slightly obsessed. Well last night, inspired by a larger than normal research check, it reached a new level. I walked to the downtown liqour store and I found some of their special edition green chartreuse. Ie VEP chartreuse. This wonderful tincture was priced at 180 dollars however, after some deft negotiation I walked out of the store with it for 145 bucks. I will say, this is by far the most expensive bottle of liqour I have ever purchased and likely the most expensive I am likely to purchase in a long time. So now to quit wasting my words and your time reading this rambling monologue I present the presentation.
All in all, I really enjoyed it. When compared side by side it tasted similar to its less expensive sister, but it was much more mellow and more refined with a spicy structure. It tasted less sweet and the aroma when diluted down a bit was heavenly. I intend on only partaking of this guy on special occasions. I will use the "normal" green chartreuse for cocktail mixing and the occasional on the rocks experience. Now, back into its case so I will never have to worry about finishing the bottle.
For those interested in the very cool history of this drink check out this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_(liqueur)
So does anyone else have any spirit reviews or obsessions?
