# Yellow Chartreuse

A softly sweet French herbal liqueur made by the Carthusian Fathers from 130 plants, with spice, citrus, anise, and floral notes.

Parent category: [Herbal liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/herbal-liqueur.md)

Alcohol: 43% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Alaska](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alaska.md): A vivid early Martini relative pairing dry gin with honeyed, herbaceous Yellow Chartreuse and orange bitters.
- [Brandy Daisy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-daisy.md): The 1888 Harry Johnson branch joins Cognac and Yellow Chartreuse over crushed ice, with lemon, rich syrup, soda, berries, and mint around its herbal centre.
- [Death Flip](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/death-flip.md): Blanco tequila, Jägermeister, Yellow Chartreuse, vanilla, and a whole egg make Chris Hysted-Adams’s Australian modern flip strange on paper and lush in the glass.
- [Diamondback](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/diamondback.md): High-proof rye, bonded apple brandy, and Yellow Chartreuse make a dry, formidable three-spirit drink whose fruit and herbs emerge only after deliberate dilution.
- [Greenpoint](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/greenpoint.md): A Manhattan variation layering rye and sweet vermouth with herbal Yellow Chartreuse.
- [Monte Cassino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monte-cassino.md): Damon Dyer’s equal-parts rye sour makes Yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine full partners, joining grain, herbs, honeyed spice, and lemon.
- [Naked and Famous](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/naked-and-famous.md): An equal-parts mezcal sour balancing smoky agave with bittersweet orange, herbal Yellow Chartreuse, and lime.
- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Widow's Kiss](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/widows-kiss.md): Calvados anchors equal small measures of Yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine in a compact nineteenth-century digestif whose sweetness is checked by aromatic bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/yellow-chartreuse
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/yellow-chartreuse-dfe98b78.webp
- Source: https://www.chartreuse.fr/en/produit/yellow-chartreuse/