Alexandre Le Grand, in 1863 almost 100 years later, discovered the secret recipe in an old manuscript. Alexandre fine tuned the formula and baptised the liquor with its present name.

Chartreuse liquors are based on a very complex recipe aged centuries. It took a while to decipher the original that was gradually adapted. The French revolution was a bad time for recipes but eventually the monks got their secret back.

I found a second mural with this brand in Bergues (N-France), August 1999

BONAL was a Gentiane - Quina liquor with motto Ouvre l'appetit
or gives appetite

This painting with the Basque type face is the youngest of both versions. It was painted over an earlier version identical to the picture right. Look carefully for the traces: oblique text, scripted Liqueur.

Covering, once again, an older version and showing how the brand tries to become more Basque than before.

Painted on a wooden canvas. Notice that sun nor snow are mentioned. The bottles tell us that the brand comes in two tastes: green and yellow.

Initially, Pernod was an absinthe concoction made in Switzerland and later in Pontarlier (France). Because absinthe was outlawed in the beginning of the 20th century the then Pernod Fils company switched to anis.

Both murals again show how the layout adapted to the available wall space. (other examples: Martel and Suze)

From 1919 on a liquor with several aromatic plants, spices and pine buds. Originally made by a pharma­cist. Then probably a bit stronger.

More about Cutty Sark and the owners Berry Brothers & Rudd.

Born in Couvet (Switserland) in 1823 (father: Frédéric Berger) as an absinthe and later redesigned into anis.
A Marie Brizard brand since 1995.

This ad is part of a great wall with other brands:
Renault lubricants, kitchens Luxor.

VEB means Volkseigener Betrieb, or factory of the people, and stems from the East Germany period.