Absinthe derives its name from a type of wormwood species called Artemisia absinthium. This green liquor's notorious ...

Absinthe is a strong spirit created when a neutral alcohol is distilled with botanicals like anise, wormwood, fennel and other herbs and spices for a licorice-like flavor. There are two main ...

"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...

Although absinthe consumption and creation may seem ... The goal here is to turn the alcohol in the mixture into a vapor that rises and condenses its way up each of these compartments in this ...

The À La Louisiane is a 19th-century New Orleans cocktail composed of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Bénédictine herbal ...

Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks.

According to Delahaye, absinthe introduced aniseed to the aperitif hour, along with a "playful and convivial ritual" of diluting the 75% ABV liquor with sugar and water. "It was the sprout of what ...