I requested this thread, but was on vacation in Paris so forgot to follow. I was able to get some Chartreuse, but even the bottle shops in Paris were saying Chartreuse was getting harder to find in France these days. With that said, here’s a recipe I made.

The Centenary:

2 oz Gin

1 oz Yellow Chartreuse

.5 oz Cocchi Storico Vermouth di Torino

2 dashes citrus bitters of your choice

Stirred, strained, served in a Coup or Nick and Nora. This is kind of a play on a Bijou.

The above was made by me misreading/misremembering the ingredients for a cocktail from a New Orleans restaurant called La Petite Grocery. Their cocktail was a white negroni riff called the “100 Year Cocktail.” I mixed up their Cocchi American with Cocchi Vermouth. So when trying to make their cocktail I think it is something like:

1.5 oz gin

.75 oz Yellow Chartreuse

.75 oz Cocchi Americano

For substitution of chartruse during the shortage consider:

Faccio Brutto Centerbe. It is green, but taste is closer to yellow chartreuse.

Dolin Genepy is a decent sub for green.

Strega. Yellow in color, but maybe a bit more herbal.