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I'm out of chartreuse. Think it'll work with absinthe?

• jamestimmins 1y ago
  That'll give you a totally different drink. Chartreuse and absinthe both have strong but different flavors; not to mention that a bijou has 3/4oz of chartreuse but that much absinthe would totally overpower any other ingredient.
• voxadam 1y ago
  It would be radically different. I love absinthe but there's a special place in my heart for Green Chartreuse. Damn, now I want a Last Word.
• p1necone 1y ago
  Chartreuse doesn't really have any good substitutes that I can think of, it's got a very distinct flavour that's nothing like absinthe (I like to lovingly describe it as lawn steeped in everclear). Still make the drink with absinthe and see how it goes though - it'll taste totally different but it might still be good, and the ABV and (lack of) sweetness of chartreuse and absinthe are at least fairly close.
  • mkozlows 1y ago
    Genepy is the best substitute. But now that the monks aren't making as much, other subs have popped up. But definitely not absinthe.
    • voxadam 1y ago
      In my opinion, Genepy is a decent substitute for Yellow Chartreuse, not so much for Green. Green has a very herbal flavor where yellow tends to be more floral.
• jsbg 1y ago
  in the best case you'll invent a new drink but I doubt it'll be very good; start with a very small amount instead of using the same proportions as with chartreuse and you may get somewhere interesting, like a gin sazerac kind of drink