Over the last two and a half centuries, absinthe has divided opinions and earned quite the rap sheet. Accused of being addictive and psychedelic, the spirit has been outlawed almost everywhere at one ...

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Perhaps you already have your own absinthe story. You drank it in New Orleans one foggy night, too full of fumes to remember much aside from the cloudy green swirl of the drink as water drip-dropped ...

The Green Fairy, once the drink of choice for the likes of van Gogh and Zola, is being poured with panache along the French-Swiss border. Ice-cold water pours from an absinthe fountain into a glass of ...

Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a psychoactive drug and the alcoholic drink of choice among some of the greatest ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An analysis of century-old bottles of absinthe — the kind once quaffed by the likes of van Gogh ...

In its early stages absinthe produces an agreeable feeling of intoxication. By its continual employment the character becomes changed. To the brightness and gayety of the first effects succeeds a ...