First Absinthe Recipes
Pernod’s Absinthe, Original Pernod Fils, had been distilled from wine and included several
natural herbs and essential oils from plants like grande wormwood, aniseed, melissa, fennel, lemon balm, dittany, angelica root, hyssop, star anise, nutmeg and juniper.
Several manufacturers of the Green Fairy (Absinthe’s nickname) used distinct recipes and ingredients. Other herbs used in Absinthe production included 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 as it was the ingredient that gave Absinthe its typical bitter taste, as well as its name.
Wormwood contains the chemical thujone which was thought to be similar to THC in the drug cannabis. Thujone is psychoactive and can easily cause psychedelic effects when ingested in large quantities. Anise seed and fennel seed both contain anethole that’s considered to be psychoactive and Angelica root is grown as a drug in Lapland. Absinthe is a mysterious mixture of sedatives and stimulants, no surprise that artists and writers just like Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde claimed that it presented them their genius and determination! “A clear headed drunkenness” is how being drunk on Absinthe have been identified.
Absinthe was notoriously prohibited in France in 1915 when Prohibitionists claimed that it would ruin the land and send everyone insane. However, studies have shown that drinking Absinthe is just as safe as drinking any of the other strong alcoholic drinks like whisky and vodka. Absinthe is mainly alcohol and simply contains minute volumes of wormwood as well as the other herbs so, if consumed sparingly, is no real hazard to health.
Self-made Absinthe Recipes
There are numerous Absinthe recipes on the net using different herbs as well as other methods – steeping, filtering etc. but making Absinthe at home from plants, dried herbs or essential oils is not to be recommended. Why?
– Absinthe should be distilled.
– You’ve got no manner of knowing the thujone content of your completed Absinthe – a lttle bit risky.
It is advisable to buy either a top quality Absinthe, ensuring that it’s got the vital ingredient wormwood, or to buy an Absinthe kit which comprises of Absinthe essences that have previously been distilled.
It’s also possible to buy Absinthe in the USA now – Breaux’s label “Lucid” is legal in the USA.
AbsintheKit.com does fantastic Absinthe kits which contain:-
– Absinthe essence – pick from classic, white (that makes clear Swiss style Absinthe, Strong 55 (with a 55mg thujone content) and Orange (flavored with orange oil).
– A measure.
– Artistic Labels to embellish your Absinthe bottles.
One bottle of essence will make 14 bottles of Absinthe!
To make Absinthe using these kits you merely mix 20ml of the Absinthe essence by using a neutral alcohol such as Everclear or vodka and that is it – finished, your won bottle of Green Fairy.
Simple and easy to utilize and, as these essences are the exact same as the ones sold to distilleries, you are aware that you are receiving a secure, top-quality product.
In the event you search on the internet there are lots of cocktail Absinthe recipes just like Ernest Hemingway’s famous “Death in the Afternoon” – Absinthe and champagne. Take pleasure in