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Where to Buy Absinthe Online?

May 20, 2009

There are so many websites selling Absinthe and Absinthekits that its hard to know where to buy Absinthe online. Absintheliquor.com is probably the best as they also supply the same absinthe essence to the liquor industry from their industrial site distillery-yeast.com.

Absinthe, referred to as the Green Fairy or La Fee Verte, is a strong alcoholic beverage with an anise taste. Henri-Louise Pernod’s original Absinthe was made with a wine alcohol base and flavored with herbs such as grande wormwood, and aniseed. Although Absinthe is distilled at high proof and is very strong, it is served diluted with iced water. Absinthe is approximately twice as strong as other drinks such as vodka and whisky.

Real Absinthe contains the herb wormwood which gives the drink its characteristic bitter taste. In the early 1900s the drink was banned because wormwood contains thujone. It was thought that thujone was psychoactive and harmful to health. Tests have now shown that Absinthe only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.

Absinthe is enjoyed after preparing it using a method called The Ritual. A shot of Absinthe in a glass is diluted with water dripped over a cube of sugar on an Absinthe spoon. The water gradually mixes into the alcohol causing the drink to louche and become cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and essential oils will louche.

Where to buy real Absinthe online

To enjoy Absinthe properly you need to order a quality Absinthe made by a reputable distillery. Absinthe that has wormwood. Some websites will give you details about alcohol by volume (or proof) and thujone content. For example there is Absinth24.net says that Absinthe La Clandestine from Claude-Alain Bugnon has an abv of 53% and has less than 30mg of thujone. Thedrinkshop.com, a UK based company gives very good product descriptions of the Absinthe available to order on their web shop and has product reviews.

To ensure you use good quality Absinthe is to just make your own. Home distillation is illegal in most countries unless you have a license and Absinthe just is not real without the distillation process. But, AbsintheKit. make real wormwood Absinthe essences which are distilled by high tech carbon dioxide distillation. They contain natural, traditional herbs, the same essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are distilled so you only need to mix 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka or Everclear. So, that’s it, and it is very easy.

There are essences in 4 unique varieties:-

Absinthe Classic Essence – This essence produces a classic green Absinthe with thujone of 35 mg.

Absinthe White Essence – Use this essence to make a clear Absinthe reminiscent of Swiss La Bleue style Absinthes. This essence produces an Absinthe with a 35 mg thujone content.

Absinthe Orange Essence – Flavored with orange oil with a thujone content of 35 mg.

Absinthe 55 Strong Essence – This essence produces a darker green Absinthe with a stronger wormwood flavor. 55 mg is the content of thujone.

The essences are available in 20 ml bottles or in 280 ml bottles. An AbsintheKits contain a 280 ml bottle of essence, a handy plastic measure and artistic bottle labels.

It is important to buy Absinthe online at sites where you will find quality Absinthe that tastes right and that louches. Look for companies selling award winning brands or make your own from essences.

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