The misunderstood spirit has a long history. When enjoyed the proper way, it’s absolutely delicious. “On both continents, absinthe became widely viewed as an icon of Parisian bohemian culture, reviled ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...

Last week, we posted a blog series on absinthe that included pointers on how to distill absinthe and how to make absinthe from kits. Some readers expressed kit absinthe is not “real” absinthe, with ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we blogged about how you can make distilled absinthe, with links to websites that either sell stills or provide directions for creating homemade stills. But since distilling alcohol without ...

Sometimes the Burning Question crew suspects that the editors wish us jail time, disfigurement, death or worse. It’s not that they necessarily hate us, mind you. They just have this thing about ...

Taste-testing Jim & Tonic's Elder Scrolls-inspired drink, paired nicely with Skyrim. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a ...