In the 17th century, they continued with the French Revolution, which led to years of wandering of the manuscript and political clashes, during which the Carthusians were even expelled from the Kingdom of France. Brother Charles delivers the bottles on donkeys, wedged between sacks of hay. This promising momentum was shattered by the political crises which erupted in with the Tile Day in Grenoble, preceding the overthrow of the French Revolution the following year. In , the National Assembly promulgated the law on the civil constitution of the Clergy and the government then made an inventory of the property of the Carthusians.
In , the state decided to expel the monks from the Grande Chartreuse, Vauvert and all the monasteries in France. It is in this troubled context that the manuscript passes from hand to hand. Under the impetus of Dom Ambroise Burdet, and thanks to his notes, they will endeavor to produce the Elixir again.
Production then remains limited, with only a small still being reinstalled. The monks are also developing treatments such as toothpaste - and the "Specific" against toothache -, the steel ball or syrups. Eight years of work lead to the "good practical recipe" written down by Dom Messy. From , writings testify to the development of a new " Elixir of table or of health ".
In addition to this medicinal aspect, the monks understood that this new elixir, whose production is three hundred liters per year, can now become a real liqueur with a unique taste. In , the monks finally recovered their manuscript against 3, francs from the widow of Pierre Liotard, allowing the final adjustments for their liqueurs.
In , a lemon balm liqueur characterized by a white color was developed by Brother Bruno Jacquet. That same year, Brother Colomban Mure-Ravaux produced just before his death a completely different blend, softer with a pale yellow color. It was in this spirit of will that Father Garnier, attorney and responsible for Liqueurs, decided, still in , to call another health liqueur developed with patience by the monks: the " Green Chartreuse ". In , the revenue for the first month was equal to that of the sales of the previous year: success was rapid.
Thanks to the income generated by the sale of liquors and the now famous elixir, the monastery was able to devote itself to more charity in the years that followed. The presence of soldiers in the massif in , will make the reputation of the Chartreuse: they taste it and talk about it in all the barracks!
From , sales became the main income of the monastery and increased tenfold the following year. Her fame is such that she is referred to as the "Queen of Liquors". The liqueurs and the Elixir are now exported to Lyon or Bordeaux, but also to Vienna, Gap, Geneva, Marseille, Nancy, Nevers and even to Paris and Italy, although the brand has still not been officially registered. After discovering the " Yellow Charterhouse " during a visit to the monastery, they advertise it.
The success is such that counterfeits and lawsuits pile up. To put an end to copies, the Chartreux Fathers made special bottles and affixed labels and stamps " Liqueur made at the Grande Chartreuse " accompanied by the signature of Dom Louis Garnier. On November 20, , the latter deposited the mark for the first time for the Carthusians. In , the increase in the production and trade of liqueurs - but also the desire to limit transport and avoid the risk of fires in the monastery - forced the distillery to be transferred from the monastery to Fourvoirie in the town.
At the same time, a warehouse and shipping location is set up in Voiron. Development work on the two sites began in at the initiative of Reverend Father Dom Jean-Baptiste. In the monastery is kept the deposit of aromatic plants. At the end of the s, counterfeiting did not stop and about fifteen trials took place until Dom Louis Garnier then registered the trademark in Despite this protection, the Practical Guide for the Distillator observed that the Chartreuse was , " Of all liquors, the one that has given rise to the greatest number of counterfeits ".
The Vatican is satisfied with the activity of the monks, because each year, since , it has made it possible to meet the needs of the French Seminary in Rome but also to come to the aid of the local populations, as was the case during the terrible fire which ravaged Saint-Laurent-du-Pont in , or even with the construction of a hospital in in the same town.
Not all of the aroma can be captured by re-distillation and the reason is the fixative effect of the sucrose. The Chartreuses, being liqueurs, have quite a bit of sugar and all that sugar basically hangs on to a small percentage of the aroma. When you taste what is left in the pot after distillation, there is some aroma left hanging around. Fixatives are commonly used in the perfume industry to reduce the volatility of wearable fragrances so they can linger longer on the skin.
They are also used to bring aromas together when they are perceived spatially so they are experienced as a symphony and not just a disparate sequence in order of decreasing volatility. Keep in mind, their common usage is with frontal olfactory experiences and not retronasal olfaction which governs most flavor experiences.
The power of fixatives is currently a hot topic in food processing due to new options like the sugar trehalose. Many research papers dehydrate fruit juices with added sugars and then try to measure how much aroma was left over.
Maximizing fixative effect is important for high quality freeze drying. Sucrose exhibits a definite fixative effect but trehalose demonstrates an effect that is vastly more significant. The fixative effect of sucrose will put limitations of re-distilling Chartreuse but it should not deter anyone from experimenting.
To reveal the sugar content of Chartreuse, what is left in the boiler should be collected, diluted back to the mL original volume and left to cool to room temperature. Finding the sugar content will reveal how much aromatic sugar it will take to restore the volatile alcoholic fraction to its original level. Results revealed a specific gravity of 1. Do not be surprised if your results differ. Liqueurs are notorious for inconsistency. To re-sweeten the alcoholic segment, weigh out grams of grated Jaggery and stir patiently until the sugar dissolves impatient people can use a blender.
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