The standard technique of serving Absinthe is by using a strategy referred to as the Ritual and to dilute it with water. Some people are uninterested of drinking Absinthe in this manner and want to understand what to mix Absinthe with.absinthe-spoons I hope that this article motivate you to enjoy Absinthe much more.
Absinthe is actually a strong liquor that is flavored with natural herbs such as grande wormwood (artemisia absinthium), aniseed and fennel. It also sometimes consists of petite wormwood (artemisia pontica). The aniseed gives the drink its amazing anise taste and the wormwood gives the Absinthe its typical bitter or slightly sour flavor.
Grande wormwood is made up of thujone, named 3 thujamone or 3 sabinone via the book The IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. Thujone is actually a ketone as well as a monoterpene much like the other terpenes, menthol and camphor. Additional names that thujone obtained from wormwood has been termed as are Absinthol, salvinol and tanacetone.
Thujone is the reason that Absinthe was banned in several countries in the early 1900s. It was the thujone that has been held responsible for the madness and suicide of Van Gogh and several artists and writers claimed that drinking Absinthe afforded them their genius and motivation through dreams and hallucinations. The famous Absinthe drinker Oscar Wilde said of Absinthe:
“After the first glass of Absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” You never know what would happen after having a whole bottle?!
We now know that Absinthe is not any more harmful than some other strong spirit such as vodka and whisky, even though it is double the strength. Studies have shown that Absinthe only contains traces of thujone and that it is not likely to ingest enough Absinthe for thujone to have any negative or harmful effects. It won’t cause you to hallucinate or go insane and is now legal in the majority of countries. It remains illegal in Ireland however the Irish can order it from overseas and have it shipped for private consumption.
You can create your very own bottled Absinthe by utilizing Absinthe essences from AbsintheKit.com. These essences are created by distilling conventional Absinthe herbs and all you have to do would be to mix them with vodka or Everclear – a straightforward and economical method to make Absinthe.
What to Mix Absinthe With
Now that Absinthe is legal in most countries, we could try out utilizing it in cocktails or produce classic Absinthe cocktails much like the New Orleans Sazerac or Death in the Afternoon.
Sazerac Menu
1 teaspoon of a high quality Absinthe
Ice cubes
A sugar cube or 1 teaspoon of sugar.
1 ½ ounces of Rye whisky (not bourbon)
3 dashes of angostura bitters
1 Lemon peel twist
Freeze a glass within your freezer.
Swirl the Absinthe round the glass to coat the sides and also bottom level of the glass. Throw away (or drink!) the surplus.
Position the additional ingredients in a cocktail shaker or mixer and shake for about ½ a minute.
Pour in the glass, incorporating the lemon peel.
Death in the Afternoon
5 ounces of chilled champagne blended with 1 ounce of Absinthe – delightful!
A lot of people like to use mixers just like lemonade, 7UP and cherryade with their Absinthe and I have even got word of Red Bull being blended with Absinthe! Be imaginative when deciding what things to mix Absinthe with, use recipes from the Internet but let them have your own personal twist or make-up your own. Enjoy yourself.