Despite sampling nearly every brand of absinthe available for sale in the United States, I have yet to see any green fairies outside of the LGBT contingent at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. This ...

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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 ...

Composite image of a bottle of absinthe with two cocktails - Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty When it comes to different types of liquors, there are none that are as perhaps widely condemned and ...

If you’re a big absinthe drinker and can’t get enough of historic paraphernalia, then you need to treat yourself to a classy absinthe fountain. But not just any piece will do to honor the Green Fairy.

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WASHIGNTON – It’s a drink that was made popular at the turn of the 20th century in Parisian cafes and bars. And more than 100 years later, the strong liquor has not lost its appeal. Several D.C. area ...

FEW drinks carry a reputation like that of absinthe. Once thought to contain psychoactive hallucinogens, it was christened ‘the green fairy’ due to its pale green colour and the supposed effects of ...

Erik Rust was first tempted by the green fairy in 2000, on vacation in Spain. That”s where Rust, general manager at Bistro Beaujolais in Carmel, first got a taste for absinthe, the anise-based spirit ...

It’s all Hallow’s Eve, and perhaps the most suited alcoholic pairing with October 31 is the bewitching absinthe. Especially if it’s black. Guy Rehorst, owner of Great Lakes Distillery, had been toying ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...