“How much is Absinthe?” is a challenging question to respond to since it all depends on the producer and the type of Absinthe. On shoppersvineyard www.absinthe-recipe.com, an American website their most inexpensive Absinthe was Green Moon Absinthe and Vodka at $29.99, the “Lucid” brand of Absinthe from the popular distillery of Ted Breaux was on special offer at $51.99 and their most costly Absinthe was St George Spirits Absinthe Verte at $73.99.
TheDrinkshop.com, a British organization sell Absinthes from all around the world and also have 32 different types and styles of Absinthe available for sale on their website. Prices vary from £30 -£53 for a 750ml bottle, the equivalent of about $60-100. their cheapest brand is Pere Kermanns and their most high-priced is Sebor.
Essentially, Absinthe is fairly a pricey liquor in comparison to other alcohol based drinks like wine and fermented alcohol including beer and cider.
How much is Absinthe if someone makes it using a kit?
Because bottled Absinthe is expensive plus due to legislation in a few countries, many people are considering making their own Absinthe from a kit that they can purchase online.
You will find several kits available. Some kits give you herbs that you must steep while others provide you with herbs that you must mix with alcohol after which filter following several days.
The kit offered by Green Devil includes two blends of herbs, a principal blend along with a finishing blend, muslin bags for infusing the herbs, their unique micron filtering system, a pamphlet made up of instructions and data and two bottle labels. The kit is made up of enough herbs to produce 2 liters of Absinthe and the herbs consist of wormwood, hyssop, calamus, anise and fennel along with others.
Making use of their standard kit, you can make 2 liters of Absinthe for $34.95 with a thujone content of 70-90mg.
Another way of developing Absinthe from home is to try using Absinthe essences. AbsintheKit.com sell essences that are produced using real Absinthe herbs, including wormwood, aniseed and fennel, and high tech co2 distillation so that the effort is done for you. All you have to do is mix the essence with a neutral alcohol such as Everclear or vodka and there it is, your very own Green Fairy!
The essences from AbsintheKit.com are top-quality and therefore are the same essences they sell to the Absinthe industry. You may either purchase a 20ml essence for $3.95 ($4.95 for the Strong 55) or you can purchase a kit for $29-39. A 20ml bottle of essence will make a 750ml bottle of Absinthe and a kit makes 14 bottles. The kit contains your selected essence, artistic bottle labels and a measure for the essence.
Essences available are:-
– Absinthe Classics Essence – This makes standard “verte” or green Absinthe.
– White Absinthe – This essence creates a premium Swiss type clear or La Bleue Absinthe which louches beautifully.
– Orange Absinthe – This will make an extremely different Absinthe which has a yellow-orange color as well as an orange taste which comes from all natural orange oil.
– Strong 55 Absinthe – This essence makes a stronger plus more bitter Absinthe because of its higher concentration of wormwood. Perfect for those that love the wormwood taste.
The very first three essences create Absinthe with a thujone content of 35mg per 750ml bottle and also the Strong 55 makes one with an thujone content of 55mg.
The essences are delivered worldwide and are user friendly, see AbsintheKit.com for facts and instructions.
How much is Absinthe will depend on whether you are purchasing commercially developed bottled Absinthe or making it from a kit. Probably the most economical strategy is to use essences.