Chartreuse (liqueur) roots", and that yellow chartreuse is, "Similar to above, adding cardamom seeds and socctrine aloes." However the recipe remains a secret. The monks intended their liqueur to be used as medicine. The recipe was further enhanced in 1737 by Brother Gérome Maubec. The beverage soon became popular, and in 1764 the monks adapted the elixir recipe to make what is now called Green Chartreuse. In 1793, the monks were expelled from France along with all other Religious Orders and manufacture of the liqueur ceased. A copy of the manuscript was made and kept at the Monastery. The original left with
Izarra (liqueur) Izarra (liqueur) Izarra is a sweet liqueur made in Bayonne in the French Basque Country. This liqueur of basque origin is now produced in Angers, far from the original distillery. There are three varieties of Izarra: Pyrenean herbs and other flavourings are used in a fifteen-month process to produce the liqueur. Four different liquids are produced: alcohol distilled with herbal flavorings; a liquid resulting from the soaking of prunes and walnut shells in armagnac; syrup of sugar and local acacia honey; and a colouring infusion of saffron for the yellow and several plants for the green variety. The liqueur matures