Award Winners: The Drink that Wouldn't Die

Proof

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Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Chartreuse, a beloved liqueur among bartenders, defies the test of time. We recount the history of this drink that wouldn't die in our 2022 IACP Award-Winning episode on this potent elixir created by Carthusian Monks. Ready to shake or stir? Read our Review Team's recommendations for best cocktail shakers. Get a 14-day free trial for an America’s Test Kitchen digital subscription at atkpodcast.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's Kevin Pang. It's that time again for Best of Proof Award season.
0:09.0	We're bringing you our award-winning episodes while we produce new ones that will debut in March, just a few short weeks.
0:16.2	This week we have another episode by our head producer behind Proof.
0:19.6	This episode, by managing producer Yumi Iraqi, looks at the history of Chartreuse.
0:25.0	It's a green liqueur that's produced by monks in France.
0:32.0	And this episode won proof best
0:34.4	podcast at the 2022 International Association of Culinary Professional
0:39.7	Media Awards. We're super proud of this one and I think you'll enjoy it. So this week
0:44.8	on Proof, it's The Drink That Wouldn't Die.
0:50.0	Hey Yumi.
0:54.0	Hey Kevin, how's it going?
0:55.0	Really, really great.
0:57.0	We're having friends over for the first time in like 18 months for dinner and yeah, super
1:02.1	excited about that. Yeah, like the last time it happened
1:04.8	my friends Kelly and Cal came over they brought over this gift and it's a bottle of
1:10.0	liqueur that I've only vaguely heard about but never really tried. It's this pale, grassy green
1:16.7	color. It's almost like someone had steeped green jolly ranchers in water and I'm actually
1:22.1	holding it in my hand right now and it's a bottle of
1:25.6	chartruse and I have to say I've not opened this it's sat in my cupboard for the last 18 months and I have no idea what to do with that.
1:35.3	Sitting open in your cupboard, you haven't even tried it once?
1:39.4	No, I'm a little bit scared. I mean like I don't know anything about it but I know you are a big
1:45.0	cocktail nerd you mean and I know you're actually working on a story about chart truce I
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