In the spring, rumors began circulating that Chartreuse, the much-ballyhooed French herbal liqueur, had suddenly become hard to find. Countless fans took to social media to decry the shortage, question if others had any leads on bottles, posit conspiracies, or cheer when they found a bottle. The monks themselves are silent on the shortage – apparently concerned about producing too much of the green elixir, lest they contribute to the “alcoholization of the world,”