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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

Grenoble (see below). In consequence of the Associations See also:

Law, the Chartreux monks See also:

LEFT

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

alcohol. There are other See also:

DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

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 (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation See also:

PROCESS

process.

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