[sic]According to tradition, a marshal of artillery to French king Henry IV, François Hannibal d'Estrées, presented the X monks at Vauvert, near Paris, with an alchemical manuscript that contained a recipe for an "elixir of long life" in 1605. The recipe eventually reached the religious order's headquarters at the Y monastery, in Voiron, near Grenoble. It has since then been used to produce the "Elixir Végétal de la Y". The formula is said to call for 130 herbs, flowers, and secret ingredients combined in a wine alcohol base. The monks intended their liqueur to be used as medicine. The recipe was further enhanced in 1737 by Brother Gérome Maubec.
The beverage soon became popular, and in 1764 the monks adapted the elixir recipe to make Z(Green), as is known today. In 1793, the monks were expelled from France, and manufacture of the liqueur ceased. Several years later they were allowed to return. In 1838, they developed Yellow Z, a sweeter, 40% alcohol (80 proof) liqueur, colored with saffron.
The monks were again expelled from the monastery following a French law in 1903, and their real property, including the distillery, was confiscated by the government. The monks took their secret recipe to their refuge in Tarragona, Spain, and began producing their liqueurs with the same label, but with an additional label which said Liqueur fabriquée à Tarragone par les Pères X ("liquor manufactured in Tarragona by the X Fathers").
Today, the liqueurs are produced in Voiron using the herbal mixture prepared by two monks at Y. The exact recipes for all forms of Z remain trade secrets and are known at any given time only to the two monks who prepare the herbal mixture. Just gimme Z(below)
Answer: Chartreuse
