Yesterday, we blogged about how you can make distilled absinthe, with links to websites that either sell stills or provide directions for creating homemade stills. But since distilling alcohol without ...

This week, we’ve shown you how to make absinthe through distillation and with kits. Today, we’re taking the really easy road — just buying it. Feel free to take it easy, we’re going to share which ...

After years of an international ban and a rapid return to mass marketability, small distillers of absinthe are returning the drink to respectability Banned in most of the world in the early 20th ...

Striding through a field of prickly, thigh-high plants, Francois Guy ponders possible explanations. He has been asked why absinthe, a drink once considered so lethal it was almost universally banned ...

Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a psychoactive drug and the alcoholic drink of choice among some of the greatest ...

Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...

Does absinthe contain any drugs? Will you start hallucinating green fairies after a couple of sips? The myths and misinformation surrounding this potent herbal concoction are many. But which ones hold ...

Perhaps you already have your own absinthe story. You drank it in New Orleans one foggy night, too full of fumes to remember much aside from the cloudy green swirl of the drink as water drip-dropped ...