Sometimes great ideas are too early for their time. Arrested Development, one of the greatest TV comedies ever, debuted in 2003 and was cancelled in 2006. Leonard Cohen wrote the song “Hallelujah” in ...

Paul Einbund, sommelier and owner of The Morris in San Francisco, is serious about Chartreuse. He’s visited the distillery where Carthusian monks craft Chartreuse according to a centuries-old secret ...

What’s the worst letter you’ve ever received from an order of monks? I’ll go first. So when the Carthusian monks—the order of silent French monks who make Chartreuse, coaxing dark herbal magic from ...

The Chartreuse Swizzle sounds fancy (and it is), but it’s also refreshing as hell on a hot day thanks to all that crushed ice. Here’s how to make one, step by step.

These days, a sure sign of autumn’s arrival (or at least what passes for it in these parts) is the reintroduction of pumpkin spice-flavored everything on store shelves. I have a better idea. Let’s ...

Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, mash 1 fresh sage leaf, 1/2 lime cut into wedges, and 2 Tbsp. honey simple syrup (see below for recipe) in a 16-oz. mixing glass or a cocktail shaker 4 ...

Carthusian monks developed the recipe for Chartreuse over centuries, refining the instructions for an “elixir of long life.” It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that liqueur versions were released. The ...

Four months ago, Joshua Lutz started scouring the country for Chartreuse, the bright-green herbal liqueur based on a secret recipe of 130 botanicals and produced in the French Alps by the Carthusian ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. It ...