Absinthe derives its name from a type of wormwood species called Artemisia absinthium. This green liquor's notorious ...
Few spirits have a more mysterious and convoluted reputation than absinthe. This Swiss spirit is nicknamed "la fée verte" or ...
"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...
So when we heard about the Absinthe Lounge over on Lamar Street ... down version made from a less potent kind of wormwood. The drink itself has few, if any, redeeming qualities.
The drink actually dates back to the early 1800s. The Sazerac was created by Antoine Peychaud, who also invented Peychaud’s ...