The Chartreuse Smash is one of the great modern “bartender’s handshake” cocktails—a jewel-toned, herbaceous, highly aromatic drink that bridges centuries of monastic liqueur tradition with the contemporary craft-cocktail movement. Bright, green, and irresistibly alive in the glass, it carries the lineage of juleps and smashes into the age of farm-to-glass bartending, where herbs, citrus, and intentional technique define the drink’s personality. I. Origins The Chartreuse Smash