It is necessary to know about brewing Absinthe at home where there is unavailability of real wormwood Absinthe.

Henri-Louis Pernod used a wine base and herbs including aniseed, hyssop, fennel, lemon balm, star anise, angelica, veronica, juniper, dittany and nutmeg for making his Green Fairy. Czech company Sebor use a blend of 13 herbs, including chamomile and mint in addition to wormwood,  and a 100 year old recipe to make their Absinthe.

There are 3 main ways to make your own Absinthe drink:-

1.A person will require a recipe to distill his own Absinthe liquor.
2.Use an Absinthe Kit with a blend of herbs and instructions.
3.Use an Absinthe essence

How to Brew Absinthe Using a Recipe

Distilling liquor at home is illegal in most countries unless you have a license and is quite complicated. Typical home-brew recipes include:-

– Wormwood (Grande Wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium)
– Information about Green Anise
– Fennel
– Alcohol

The ingredients are first macerated for several hours, heated and then slowly distilled and then colored with extra herbs such as lemon balm, hyssop and petite wormwood. One has to heat the mixture again, then filter and dilute it.

Other recipes only require a blend of herbs with alcohol. Just for example:-
– 30g/ 1 ounce dried Wormwood is required
– Need of 1 teaspoon of hyssop
– 1 tablespoon angelica is also important
– 1 pinch of fennel seeds is required
– 1 teaspoon of lemon balm
– Take ¼ teaspoon each of caraway seeds and coriander seeds
– 1 liter of Everclear or vodka

In a bottle mix chopped dried wormwood with the alcohol and leave for 1-2 weeks in a cool dark place. Mix the sieved wormwood with the other herbs. Refilter after 3 or 4 days. This is the real Absinthe.

Brewing Absinthe at home in these ways is not recommended. Distillation is necessary for getting real Absinthe.

How To Brew Absinthe with a Herbal Blend Kit

There are many different herbal kits on sale online, for example the kits from  Green Devil. One can buy their kits to get these things
– Unique micron filtration system is done for them.
– An Absinthe blend is required which includes grande wormwood, hyssop, calamus, melissa, anise seed, fennel seed, star anise and coriander.
– Absinthe flavoring and finishing blend which contains more herbal ingredients.

Their Deluxe kit also contains two Absinthe spoons, two Absinthe glasses, a 1000ml bottle, two bottle labels, two muslin bags for infusing the herbs, a poster and a pamphlet containing information and instructions.

They claim that their finished Absinthe will contain as much as 70-90mg of thujone per liter which is the chemical found in wormwood and was believed to cause psychedelic effects. One will not get a true Absinthe without distillation.

How To Brew Absinthe With an Essence

Absinthe essences are available to buy from AbsintheKit.A real Absinthe can be prepared at home by visiting AbsintheKit.com. The essences are prepared from traditional Absinthe herbs. A person can easily prepare his own bottle of the Green Fairy by simply mixing the essence with Everclear or vodka.

4 types of essence are available – one to make a classic verte Absinthe, one to make a clear La Bleue style Absinthe, one to make an orange flavored Absinthe and another to make a stronger more bitter Absinthe. The Absinthe industry uses essences and they all contain real wormwood.

AbsintheKit.There are essence, bottle labels and a plastic measure in the Absinthe kits sold at the site AbsintheKit.com. To know more about brewing Absinthe with their essences one should go through their website.

There has been much controversy regarding the thujone levels in Absinthe and whether Absinthe can really make you hallucinate but what about its alcohol content – How much alcohol is in Absinthe?

Due to the label on all commercial alcoholic drinks about alcohol content people are capable for making informed decisions about drinking them and how much to consume.

The measurement of alcohol content is done by a hydrometer. A hydrometer seems slightly like a fishing float with a thermometer attached. When the hydrometer is put in liquid it floats upright. The water line will be at the level marked 1 after putting it in water.000, if it is put in sugared water the level will be higher because the water is denser. When the hydrometer is used in fermenting alcohol the float moves lower as the sugar is eaten by the yeast. A person needs to take the first measurement with the sugar but before the yeast is added and then the final measurement after the yeast has completed fermentation while preparing alcohol.

Alcohol by volume is known by the following formula
Alcohol content can be calculated by the formula Original gravity – Final gravity x 131 = Alcohol by volume.

Label is used for the alcohol by volume content of drinks in the EU and the United States but a few countries uses the proof. One can find proof to be approximately two times more alcohol by volume.

Different brands of Absinthe have different alcohol contents. Look at the following statistics:-

Lucid Absinthe 62% abv (124 proof)
Alcohol by volume is 53% in La Clandestine Absinthe
Sebor contains 55% abv
The alcohol content is found to be 60% in Pere Kermanns
The alcohol content in Pernod Absinthe is 68% abv
The alcohol content in Mari Mayans Collectors 70 is 70% abv (140 proof)
Knowledge of La Fee XS Absinthe Suisse 53% abv (106 proof)
The alcohol content is found to be 68% abv (136 proof) in La Fee XS Absinthe Francaise
La Fee Bohemian 70% abv (140 proof)
La Fee Parisian 68% abv (136 proof)
The alcohol by volume is 53% abv (106 proof) in Kubler 53
Doubs Mystique Carte D’Or contains 65% abv of alcohol
Roquette 1797 75% abv (150 proof)
The volume of alcohol in Jade PF 1901 is 68% abv
The alcohol content in Jade Edouard is 72% abv (144 proof)
Ideas about Jade Verte Suisse 65% abv (130 proof)
Jade Nouvelle Orleans 68% abv (136 proof)

As you can see Absinthe can range from 53% abv to 75% abv, quite a difference. Now, let’s compare those levels to other alcoholic drinks:-

Absolut Blue Vodka 40% abv (80 proof)
38% abv (76 proof) is there in Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila
The volume of alcohol in beer is about 4 to 5%.
Alcohol by volume in Table Wine is 9-12%.
The availibility of alcohol is 40% in Johnnie Walker Black Label Scotch Whisky.
Everclear 95% abv (190 proof)

No other alcoholic drink seems to come close to Absinthe!

There can be differences in alcohol content of homemade Absinthes. An Absinthe essence is available at AbsintheKit.com.A person can see a great difference in the alcohol content of Absolut vodka and the Everclear.

Absinthe was banned in the 1900s because of claims that thujone, the chemical in wormwood, was like THC in the drug cannabis and that it was psychoactive and caused psychedelic effects. Consumption of enough amount of any liquor can be dangerous to health. As people in Memphis have understood this so Memphis was the city that drank the least alcohol in the USA in the year 2006.

Although alcohol is fine if consumed in moderation but one should know about alcohol content in Absinthe and other drinks.

Artemisia Absinthiumis the botanical and Latin name for the plant Common Wormwood. The name “Artemisia” was kept from the name of the Greek Goddess Artemis. Artemis was famous goddess of forests and hills, of the hunt and also a defender of children. Later Artemis and the moon was corelated. People believed that the Latin “Absinthium” occurred from the Ancient Greek for “unenjoyable” due to wormwood’s bitter taste.

The Common Wormwood plant generally grows in rocky areas and on arid ground in Asia, North Africa and the Mediterranean. It has also been found growing in parts of North America after spreading from people’s gardens. The different names for common wormwood are armoise, green ginger and grande wormwood.

The silver gray leaves and tiny yellow flowers are attraction of wormwood plants. The production of Wormwood oil is done from the tiny glands on the leaves. The Artemisia group of plants also includes tarragon, sagebrush, sweet wormwood, Levant wormwood, silver king artemisia, Roman wormwood and southernwood. The Artemisia plants are members of the Aster family of plants.

Wormwood has been used as a herbal medicine since ancient times and its medical uses include:-
– Easing labor pains in women.
– The poisoning from toadstools and hemlock can be counteracted.
– A very good antiseptic.
– The problems related to digestion is solved by it. Wormwood may be used in solving the problems of stomach acid.
– It is also being used as a cardiac stimulant in pharmaceuticals.
– One can use it in reducing fevers.
– It can help in discharging intestinal worms.
– It was mainly taken as a tonic.

There is research claiming that wormwood may be effective in treating Alzheimer’s disease and Crohn’s disease.

Effects of Artemisia Absinthium

Wormwood is a key ingredient in the liquor Absinthe, the Green Fairy, which was banned in many countries in the early 1900s. Absinthe is named after this herb which also gives the drink its characteristic bitter taste,

Absinthe was banned because of its alleged psychedelic effects. It was thought to cause hallucinations and to drive people insane. Absinthe was also linked to the Bohemian culture of Parisian Montmartre with its loose morals, courtesans and artists and writers.

The chemical thujone and the THC are said to be similar. As Absinthe is a strong spirit so a person will be comatose before experiencing the effects of thujone in it!

Drinking Absinthe is just as safe as drinking any strong spirit but it should be consumed in moderation because it is about twice as strong as whisky and vodka.

An Absinthe without Artemisia Absinthium is not the real Absinthe. Besides the real Green Fairy “fake” Absinthes are also available which are produced from other herbs and flavorings. If you want the real thing you must check that they contain thujone or Common Wormwood or use essences,such as those from AbsintheKit.com, to make your own Absinthe containing Artemisia Absinthium.

Absinthe wormwood is normally Artemisia Absinthium or Grand Wormwood which is actually a variety of wormwood which does not contain a vast amount of the chemical thujone. Roman Wormwood also contains thujone alike the Grand Wormwood so drinks with two types of wormwood may contain more thujone. Thujone amounts can differ between brands significantly, some Absinthes only have negligible amounts of thujone, whereas others have up to 35mg/kg. Only Absinthe which has negligible amounts of thujone is legal for sale in the USA because thujone is an illegal food additive there.

Controversy is there about Absinthe Wormwood?

Common Wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium was used for medicinal purpose from Ancient times. One has used it :-
– To decrease poisoning caused by toadstools and hemlock.
– How to use as a tonic .
– Helps in lowering down a fever.
– As a digestive stimulant.
– Parasitic intestinal worms can be treated.
It is the herb Wormwood which gives Absinthe its bitterness, its green color and its name. The essential herbal oils in Absinthe are also responsible for the famous “louche” effect, the cloudy that happens when water is added to the drink.
In the early 1900s Absinthe was banned in many countries because it contained the chemical thujone which has alleged harmful effects. Absinthe drinking was believed to be a danger on a country. A french man killed his whole family after drinking Absinthe and lots of other alcohols for which Absinthe was claimed to be the basic cause!
Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde are among the writers and artists who enjoyed this drink before it was illegalized. Absinthe was never restricted in the UK, Spain, Portugal or the Czech Republic though banned in many European countries.

Absinthe Wormwood Revival

There was never any real evidence linking Absinthe drinking to hallucinations or insanity and it is now known that Absinthe is no worse than any other highly alcoholic drink. As Absinthe has approximately twice the alcoholic content in comparison to other drinks so it should be consumed in moderation but the wormwood in it is not harmful at all. The combination of the sedative effects of some of the herbs (and the alcohol content)and the stimulating effects of the Wormwood and other herbs can make a person feel a funny lucid or clear headed type of drunkenness when consuming heavy dose of Absinthe.

Absinthe drinking became a revival after it’s relegalization in many countries. There are many different types and brands of Absinthe available to buy and buyers can even order Absinthe essence, to make their own Absinthe, online from companies like AbsintheKit.com.

The European Union and the United States allow only trace amounts of thujone which is an important content of Absinthe. One should get Absinthe that contain real wormwood and herbs.

Absinthe spoons, Absinthe glasses, fountains, drippers and brouillers are all collectively known as Absinthiana and are the accoutrements used in the preparation of Absinthe. The price of such antiques and collectibles are quite substantial because of highly valued original items.

If you cannot afford original Absinthiana then you can buy replicas from companies such as AbsintheKit.To prepare the perfect Absinthe in style one can visit AbsintheKit.com.

Types of Absinthe Spoons

Absinthe spoons, cuilleres, were introduced in the 1880s to make Absinthe preparation easier. In the past perforated cups over Absinthe glasses had been used. To drip water and sugar into the Absinthe slots were made in these spoons.

Absinthe spoons or cuilleres come in various forms and are also made out of numerous different kinds of metal including silver, nickel and chrome. There are over 375 varieties of Absinthe spoon according to Marie-Claude Delahaye.
Among all the types of spoon the French Pelle is the most common type includes “les feuilles d’Absinthe” which have got Absinthe foliage designs on them. In 1889 the inauguration of the Eiffel Tower was also admired by the famous spoon design featuring the Eiffel Tower.
There is also available a second group of Absinthe spoons popular as “les Grilles” or “Les Grillagees”. One can also buy “Les cuilleres” having a long handle and a cradle to hold the cube of sugar.

Absinthe spoon “Les Cuilleres de Poilus” is among the well known Absinthe spoons. A Poilu was a French soldier from the Great War and these Cuillere spoons were fashioned by soldiers at war using materials which were close at hand – shell casings, aluminum, tin and brass. These spoons were only made at the start of the war because Absinthe was banned in France in 1915. Soldiers prepared these spoons to fit their own drinking cups. Now a person can get these beautiful and unique spoons as highly collectible antiques.

Absinthe was banned because of the alleged psychedelic and psychoactive effects of thujone, the chemical found in the herb wormwood which is a major ingredient in Absinthe. Absinthe was legalized in many countries in the 1990s after it was claimed of having no harmful effects.

The Absinthe Ritual

There is a ritual to be followed by lovers of the Green Fairy (Absinthe). It is necessary to have these items to prepare the perfect Absinthe
– An Absinthe spoon
– An Absinthe Glass
– Absinthe
– One has to take iced water
An Absinthe fountain, brouiller or carafe can be used for the water according to a few people.
The process of preparing Absinthe
-25-50ml of Absinthe should be poured into the glass.
– After resting Absinthe spoon on the glass place a cube of sugar on it.
– The iced water should be slowly dripped onto the sugar cube. You should begin to see the louche happening from the bottom of the glass.
Due to insolubility of the essential oils in water louche is visible. The finished drink should appear milky or cloudy.

The accurate ratio of water and Absinthe lies between 3:1 and 5:1.

Using Absinthe spoons and other Absinthiana makes the Absinthe ritual full of fun.

A person should know about the interesting history of Absinthe. Absinthe was created in Couvet of Switzerland, in the late 18th century by a French doctor as a medicine. By 1805 the Absinthe recipes had got into the hands of Henri-Louis Pernod who started distilling it in his factory in Pontarlier in France.

Original Absinthe Recipes

Pernod’s Absinthe, Original Pernod Fils, was distilled from wine and contained many natural herbs and essential oils from plants including grand wormwood, aniseed, melissa, fennel, lemon balm, dittany, angelica root, hyssop, star anise, nutmeg and juniper.

A variety of recipes and ingredients were used by different producers of Absinthe,The Green Fairy. Absinthe is also prepared using the herbs like calamus root, mint, cloves, nutmeg, roman wormwood, anise seed, coriander, sweet flag and licorice. The herb wormwood, Artimesia Absinthium, was always used in the making of pre-ban Absinthe because it was the ingredient that gave Absinthe its characteristic bitter taste, as well as its name.

The thujone content in wormwood was believed to be similar to THC in the drug cannabis. One can have psychedelic effects due to large quantity of thujone intake. Anethole is said to be psychoactive which is content of anise seed and fennel seed and Lapland grow Angelica root in the form of drug. Absinthe is a mysterious mix of sedatives and stimulants, no wonder that artists and writers like Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde claimed that it gave them their genius and inspiration! “A clear headed drunkenness” is description on being drunk on Absinthe.

Absinthe was claimed to be dangerous for the society so it was illegalized in France in 1915. Although studies proved that Absinthe as safe as consuming any other strong alcoholic drinks. Absinthe is mainly alcohol and only contains minute quantities of wormwood and the other herbs so there is no danger to health from it.

Homemade Absinthe Recipes

There are many Absinthe recipes on the Internet using different herbs and different methods – steeping, filtering etc. It is not recommended to make Absinthe at home from plants, dried herbs or essential oils. Why?
– One should distill the Absinthe.
– You have no way of knowing the thujone content of your finished Absinthe – a bit risky.

It is far better to buy either a quality Absinthe, making sure that it’s got the vital ingredient wormwood, or to buy an Absinthe kit which consists of Absinthe essences that have already been distilled.

Breaux’s label “Lucid” is legal in the USA.

AbsintheKit.com does great Absinthe kits which consist of:-

– Absinthe essence – choose from classic, white (which makes clear Swiss style Absinthe, Strong 55 (with a 55mg thujone content) and Orange (flavored with orange oil).
– A measure of.
– Buy Artistic Labels for decorating Absinthe bottles.

A single bottle of essence is enough to make 14 bottles of Absinthe!

Bottled Absinthe can be prepared by dissolving 20ml of the Absinthe essence with a neutral alcohol like Everclear or vodka.

There is surety of getting a safe, top-quality product because these essences are alike the ones sold to distilleries.

Lots of cocktail Absinthe recipes are there for a person on the Internet. Enjoy finding and mixing your cocktails.

There has been a renewed interest in Absinthe liquor about the world in the last decade since Absinthe’s legalization in many countries. One cannot get all the brands of Absinthe, the Green Fairy in the United States.

Know about Absinthe Liquor?

Absinthe is a distilled anise flavored spirit which was created for medicinal purposes as an elixir or tonic by the legendary Dr Pierre Ordinaire in Couvet, Switzerland. In between the 19th and 20th century it became famous in Switzerland and France.

A wine base is used in Absinthe preparation and it is flavored with herbs. Basic herbal ingredients of Absinthe are common wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), which gives Absinthe it’s name and it’s bitter taste, aniseed and fennel. Hyssop, lemon balm, star anise, dittany, juniper, nutmeg and licorice are other common herbs used in the Absinthe preparation.

There are many different types of Absinthe liquor:-

– Verte – This is the classic green Absinthe of the French La Belle Epoque and the Absinthe favored by the Bohemian culture of Montmartre and consumed by artists and writers such as Pablo Picasso, Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Gauguin, Degas, Baudelaire and Verlaine.

– La Blueu or La Blanche. Get this clear Absinthe. Bootleg Swiss Absinthe was clear at the time of ban.

A few Czech Absinthes are normal Absinthes but this term points to “Absinths” which are actually wormwood bitters without having an anise flavor.

– A sweeter flavor in Absenta, Spanish Absinthe is due to Alicante Anise.

– Hibiscus flowers are added ingredient in Rouge or Rose Absinthe due to which it appears red.

You can buy many different types and styles of Absinthe online– traditional styles and modern classics which are based on vintage Absinthes but have a modern twist.

As well as buying these different types of Absinthe beverages, you can also make your own Absinthe from Absinthe essences. AbsintheKit.The website AbsintheKit.com provides essences to the Absinthe industry and to consumers. The four types of essences prepared by them are a classic green Absinthe essence, a clear Absinthe essence, a strong essence which makes an Absinthe with a stronger bitter wormwood flavor, and an orange flavored essence which is flavored with orange oil and makes a lovely orange-yellow colored Absinthe. All the essences are made using top-quality herbs and are distilled that can be mixed with vodka or Everclear to get own wormwood Absinthe.

AbsintheKit.The website AbsintheKit.com also provides Absinthiana.

Whisky or vodka is less stronger than Absinthe. Care should be taken when consuming such a strong spirit especially if it is being mixed with other strong spirits in cocktails – it is very easy to get drunk on Absinthe!

Only a few drinks like Absinthe liquor have their many myths, legends, lies and falsehoods.

An Absinthe revival can be experienced due to the authorization of some brands of Absinthe in 2007 in the United States. Yet, some people don’t really know how to use Absinthe correctly or even what Absinthe is.

What is Absinthe

Absinthe is not a hallucinogen or a drug. It is a strong alcoholic beverage with an alcohol by volume of up to 75% and an anise flavor.

In the 18th century Absinthe was made as a medicine by Dr Pierre Ordinaire of Switzerland for his patients. Absinthe was distilled and sold by Henri-Louis Pernod commercially by the turn of the 19th century. Pernod used a wine alcohol base distilled with variety of natural herbs and also fennel, aniseed, star anise,wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium),  hyssop, lemon balm, angelica, juniper, dittany, nutmeg and melissa.

People of France prefer Absinthe to wine. As the Absinthe bars became famous the “Ritual” or traditional method of using and preparing Absinthe was born.

Absinthe was banned in France in 1915 after it was claimed that Absinthe contained psychoactive chemicals and cause hallucinations, convulsions, insanity and death. It is now known that these claims were false. These effects are not caused by Absinthe. In most of the nations Absinthe was legalized in the 1990s.

How to Use Absinthe the Traditional Way

To prepare Absinthe in the traditional way is to use the “Ritual”.
These are necessary items :-
– One must have the Absinthe glass or a large glass.
– Absinthe
– An Absinthe spoon– replica glasses and spoons can be purchased online at AbsintheKit.com along with top-quality Absinthe essences to make your own Absinthe. One can prepare his own Absinthe by using top-quality Absinthe essences.
– A sugar cube is needed.
– Chilled carafe iced water.

A shot of Absinthe is needed to flow into the glass.
One has to rest the spoon on the rim of the glass and then put the sugar cube on it.
One has to drop slowly the iced water over the sugar to dissolve it.
The Absinthe louche is seen as the water mixes into the Absinthe. The mixture louches due to the insolubility of the essential oils in water.
One can stir Absinthe to feel the taste of the Green Fairy.

However Absinthe will not give hallucinations but it is a strong drink and can be consumed easily. Absinthe is made out of a curious blend of herbs – some are naturally sedative in nature and others are stimulants. One can feel a very different drunkenness with this blend of herbs. It is also popular as a “clear headed” drunkenness.

The Czech or Bohemian Method

With this method, once you have poured the shot of Absinthe into the glass you dip the sugar cube into the alcohol and then set it alight on the spoon with a match. After the caramelization and melting of sugar the iced water van be added into the Absinthe.

A person cannot have that fun with serious method as experienced with the Bohemian method. It can be dangerous as the Absinthe glass can burn also! It is necessary to take care.

Though the Ritual is the most popular way of using Absinthe but it can also be used in cocktails.

It is difficult to select the right one as there are many contradictory Absinthe information available online and in books.

Misleading Absinthe Information

One book “Absinthe The Cocaine of the 19th Century: A History of the Hallucinogenic Drug and its Effect on Artists and Writersin Europe and the United States” by Doris Lanier, compares Absinthe to drugs such as cocaine because it was said to be addictive, to give a sense of euphoria, have psychedelic effects and weaken the brain and other faculties.

The period during which Absinthe became a well known product is known as “The Great Binge”. This was a time when numerous of today’s unauthorized drugs such as crack cocaine, morphine and heroin were developed and used by people for medicine, on prescription for coughs etc. Even in drinks. Absinthe, Vin Maraiani and Coca Cola were a few famous drinks in bars. As these drugs and drinks were all thought to be harmless so they were widely consumed throughout Europe.

The reason to link Absinthe with these drugs was it’s popularity with Bohemian artists and writers and also with the harlots of the Moulin Rouge and Montmartre.

Thujone was claimed both psychoactive and similar to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in the drug cannabis. The essential oils contain THC and Thujone which affects the central nervous system and the GABA receptors in the brain respectively. The consumption of wormwood in large quantities give rise to the same effects as caused by the cannabis intoxication.

Several countries banned Absinthe along with some drugs in the early 1900s. Because of the madness it was illegalized that time. People lumped Absinthe, the Green Fairy, together with drugs like heroin (the White Fairy), cannabis and cocaine and even now there are many people and websites who mention Absinthe in the same sentence as magic mushrooms, LSD, weed, cannabis and ecstasy.

Absinthe Information – What we now know

We know that medical studies on Absintheand wormwood in the past were not accurate and were “colored” by the prohibition movement of the time and the worry that Absinthe was a drug. The thujone content in Absinthe is so less that it cannot have any dangerous effects. Even tests on vintage pre ban Absinthe has proved that it hardly contained any thujone at all. A person would die of alcohol poisoning long before being affected with thujone.

Studies and research have caused various nations to relegalize Absinthe due to which it can now be enjoyed everywhere across the world.

Because of it’s high proof one has no problem to get drunk on Absinthe. One must be careful while consuming it as it has twice the alcohol content. A person drinking Absinthe will experience intoxication different from other spirits or fermented beverages. A number of people describe it as a “lucid” or “clear headed” kind of drunkenness. The blend of herbs and the alcohol can explain this. Some people enhance these qualities by making cocktails containing Absinthe and the caffeine loaded drink Red Bull!

The misleading Absinthe information can make a person to buy Absinthe to give him vivid hallucinations. A person can have entertainment while making this herbal alcoholic drink. Real, top-quality Absinthe essences is available at AbsintheKit.com which can be used in the making of own wormwood Absinthe.AbsintheKit.com is a fun and economical way to enjoy Absinthe.

Since there has been an Absinthe revival in many countries over the past few years, many people are seeking Absinthe info.

As Absinthe has green color so it is called as “La Fee Verte” or “The Green Fairy”. It is not fermented like the alcoholic beverages, beer and cider.

The main herb in Absinthe is common wormwood, artemisia absinthium, which gives Absinthe both its name and its distinctive bitter taste. As thujone was restricted in the countries like the USA so they prepared Absinthe without wormwood.

Absinthe is also prepared with the other herbs and essential oils like Fennel, green aniseed, star anise, hyssop, lemon balm, juniper, angelica, licorice, dittany, coriander, nutmeg and sweet flag. It is the essential oils in Absinthe which cause the drink to louche when water is added. The drink becomes cloudy because the oils are soluble in alcohol but not in water.

Absinthe Info about the Ban

The prohibition movement claimed that Absinthe was harmful and that drinking Absinthe led to “Absinthism” which was characterized by convulsions, fits, madness, brain damage and ultimately death. Thujone is the chemical found in wormwood which was believed to be dangerous. It was believed that Absinthe had a large amount of thujone content because of which it was extremely toxic and dangerous. Most of the countries banned Absinthe in the early 1900s.

Everyone is familiar that these statements and claims are far from the truths related to Absinthe. Thujone can be dangerous but only in large quantities. Absinthe from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries was thought to contain as much as 350mg of thujone per kg, recent studies have shown that it contained a maximum of 6mg per kg – a huge difference. One has to drink sufficient amount of Absinthe for thujone to be of any danger!

Absinthe has now been legalized in most countries and there are many types and styles available:-

– Clear Absinthe – This is known as La Bleue or Blanche Absinthe and is commonly distilled in Switzerland.

– La Verte – This is traditional green Absinthe, the Green Fairy.

The normal French or Swiss Absinthe is less sweeter than the Spanish Absinthe.

– Bohemian or Czech style Absinthe is a wormwood bitter in comparison to an Absinthe, which does not contain aniseed or fennel.

A few Absinthes are unreal as they lack thujone or wormwood content.
You can also make your own Absintheby using Absinthe essences from AbsintheKit.com. The distillation process of these essences are done by using modern carbon dioxide distillation. Absinthe with real wormwood can be prepared by making a solution with a neutral alcohol.

For purchasing essences, replica spoons and Absinthe glasses and getting more Abisinthe info one can visit to AbsintheKit.com.