Even if you’ve never tried absinthe, you’ve heard plenty about it. “The green fairy” is iconic, as are legends of its power. Long illegal in the States, absinthe is said to provoke hallucinations, ...

This week, we’ve shown you how to make absinthe through distillation and with kits. Today, we’re taking the really easy road — just buying it. Feel free to take it easy, we’re going to share which ...

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Absinthe. “This is a louche ceremony,” Bill says. The ceremony will turn the absinthe cloudy, just like its own notorious ...

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 ...

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A particularly infamous green drink has inspired Picasso’s artwork, fueled the writing of Oscar Wilde and contributed to prodigious hangovers for centuries. Reports of absinthe’s famed hallucinogenic ...

Many countries are embracing absinthe again, after nearly a century of shunning the alcoholic drink. Historically, absinthe, also known as the “Green Fairy,” was said to cause hallucinations.

While old wives tales of absinthe's hallucinogenic effects have likely been greatly exaggerated over the years (the compound responsible for these supposed effects, thujone has been found to be ...

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