All Things Absinthe
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This page is about the spirit Absinthe, its controversial history and modern day resurrection. I have been in the hospitality industry for 20 years.
Like many, I viewed absinthe with a mixture of fascination and distrust. Conflicting opinions abounded as to its effects and history. Was it dangerous? How is supposed to be served? How come it's everywhere, yet supposed to be prohibited? By what standards can anything half-seen or half-known, be judged? My first experience with the spirit was serving Hill's Czech absinth in a club in the UK. Ther
05/03/2017
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15/04/2016
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05/11/2015
Tremors
A twist on Toulouse Lautrec's Earthquake cocktail
30mls Stolen spiced rum
30mls VSOP Armagnac
10mls Blanche absinthe
10mls Sugar syrup
Stir with ice and serve straight up, garnish with fennel flowers.
The coffee and smoke of the spiced rum combines beautifully with the absinthe, bolstered by a rich base of armagnac.
The fennel flowers are edible, so graze on them to bring out the absinthe flavours.
Available at Polly
04/09/2015
Happy Sweet Sixteen to Polly the home of all things Absinthe providing Fitzroy with Awesome cocktail and Super Absinthe List tonight we're gonae party like it's 1999🎉🎉💞💞
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By 1903, absinthe had reached such a height of popularity that wormwood was being exported from the US back to Europe to meet demand?
An article in the Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1903, describes the cultivation of wormwood in Wisconsin. It is rendered down to an oil, which was used to make strong, effective medical liniments. This oil was being exported to Europe to be used to create "The Green Terror of France." By 1902 the price of a barrel of wormwood oil had risen from $1 to $6.
The report says that absinthe was being created in large in America to meet the demand for "this rank poison" in cocktails. "Just a dash of absinthe" is an ingredient of over 150 classic cocktails from the pre-Prohibition era. The author spouts the familiar warnings of the dangers of absinthe, and claims that even a dash, after a couple of the concoctions, creates the familiar image of the dead-eyed, convulsing maniac.
(article sourced from the Butterfly Absinthe home page.)
Check out this video from our friends the cool cats La Clandestine Absinthe.
16/07/2015
If anyone is lucky enough to be at Tales Of The Cocktail do not leave New Orleans without visiting Old Absinthe House
Old Absinthe House serves up curveballs during this year's 'Tales of the Cocktail' event “The one place you’re guaranteed to see everyone you haven’t seen for the entire year, maybe since the last Tales, is the midnight toast outside Old Absinthe House.”
14/07/2015
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10/07/2015
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01/07/2015
Some really interesting results, check out the one on
We were wondering if any of you have ever had a few absinthes and then tried your hand at some art? Let us know we'd love to see how it turned out.
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22/06/2015
We had an absolute blast on Friday night what a great way to be part of the Absinthe Festival without actually being in Switzerland.
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19/06/2015
Massive Merci to Artemisia Distillerie for sharing some of your secrets the absinthe lovers of Melbourne
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