Weird on Moon Juice: A Guide to the Current State of Absinthe

RE: Weird on Moon Juice: A Guide to the Current State of Absinthe

Mackenzie Parks — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:49:50 GMT

Awesome. Incredibly awesome.

RE: Weird on Moon Juice: A Guide to the Current State of Absinthe

Joe Herrig — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 21:53:30 GMT

Nice read. Admitted don't know much about Absinthe, and- other than its notorious reputation- I really just lump it in with the rest of the anisettes.

Funny all the hallucinations always got blamed on the wormwood. Anything with 120-140 proof can probably do the trick w/ alcohol alone.

RE: Weird on Moon Juice: A Guide to the Current State of Absinthe

LGS — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:52:05 GMT

Great Article...Absinthe popularity at the turn of the 20th Century was motivated by the Phylloxera epidemic in Europe at the end of the 19th century & Napoleon III loss to the Prussians losing Alsace & Lorraine resulting in his abdication and the start of the third republic. The French were pretty depressed losing Alsace, a king and scarcity of wine hence Degas's famous painting L'Absinthe....might as well get strung out on Absinthe!!!. There was not enough wine to drink so all social classes began to drink Absinthe. Absinthe was drank by the lower classes until the rich started drinking it because wine was scarce. The French drank so much absinthe at the turn of century they stunted their population growth making it impossible for France to have able men to fight in WWI or WWII. This information comes from my Favorite Absinthe book, Hideous Absinthe: A history of the Devil in a bottle.

RE: Weird on Moon Juice: A Guide to the Current State of Absinthe

Brian Donegan — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:07:30 GMT

Great article! Thanks Steven.

It's so nice to see a well thought out and researched piece about one of my favorite drinks. Writers seems to focus more on the lore than the information. Awesome read!

For any other Absinthe enthusiasts out there I'd highly recommend searching out the bottles from Jade Liqueurs (P.F. 1901 being my personal favorite). Also Emilie Pernot (different from Pernod) sometimes makes a limited run Absinthe called 'Sauvage' from all wild wormwood. It is one of the best things I have ever drank. Sadly I went through my 3 bottle purchase pretty quickly and am now eagerly awaiting their next release.