Where to Find Absinthe Online?
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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 base of wine alcohol and flavored with herbs such as grande wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), aniseed and fennel. Absinthe is distilled at high proof and is quite strong but it is served diluted with iced water. It is twice as strong as other spirits such as vodka and whisky.
Absinthe contains the herb wormwood that gives the drink its bitter taste. Wormwood contains the chemical thujone which was one of the reasons why the drink was banned in the early 1900s. It was believed that thujone was harmful to health and psychoactive. Tests have now shown that Absinthe only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.
Absinthe is enjoyed after using a prepartion method called The Ritual. A shot of Absinthe in an Absinthe glass is diluted with water dripped over a cube of sugar in an Absinthe spoon. The water gradually mixes into the alcohol causing the drink to louche becoming cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and essential oils will louche.
Where to find real Absinthe online
To enjoy Absinthe you need to order a quality Absinthe made by a reputable distillery. Absinthe which contains wormwood. Most websites will give you details about alcohol by volume (or proof) and thujone content. Absinth24 is an example.net says that Absinthe La Clandestine from Claude-Alain Bugnon has an alcohol by volume 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 also has product reviews.
If you make your own you can ensure that you are using quality Absinthe. Home distillation is illegal in most countries unless you have a license and Absinthe just is not real without the distillation process. But, AbsintheKit.c makes real wormwood Absinthe essences distilled using carbon dioxide distillation. They contain traditional herbs and are the same essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are already distilled so you only need to mix 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka or Everclear. That’s it, very easy.
There are essences in 4 unique varieties:-
Absinthe Classic Essence - Essence which makes a classic green Absinthe with a thujone content of 35 mg.
Absinthe White Essence – Use this essence to make a clear Absinthe reminiscent of Swiss La Bleue style Absinthes. This essence makes an Absinthe with a 35 mg thujone content.
Absinthe Orange Essence – Natural flavored with orange oil, makes a yellowy orange Absinthe with a thujone content of 35 mg.
Absinthe 55 Strong Essence - This essence produces a darker green Absinthe with a stronger wormwood flavor. The content of thujone will be 55mg.
The essences are available in 20ml bottles, to make one 750ml bottle of Absinthe, or in 280ml bottles to make 14 bottles of Absinthe. The AbsintheKits contain a 280 ml bottle of essence, a handy plastic measure and bottle labels.
To buy Absinthe online it is important to get quality Absinthe that tastes right and that louches. Find reputable companies selling award winning brands or make your own from essences.
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