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CHARTREUSE , a liqueur, so called from having been made at the famous Carthusian monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, at See also:Grenoble (see below) . In consequence of the Associations See also:Law, the Chartreux monks See also:left See also:France in 1904, and now continue the manufacture of this liqueur in See also:Spain . There are two See also:main varieties of Chartreuse, the See also:green and the yellow . The green contains about 57, the yellow about 43% of See also:alcohol . There are other See also:differences due to the varying nature and quantity of the flavouring matters employed, but the secrets of manufacture are jealously guarded . The genuine liqueur is undoubtedly produced by means of a See also:distillation See also:process . |
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