Thursday, January 22, 2009

You Can Find Absinthe to Buy Online

There are so many websites selling Absinthe and Absinthekits that its hard to know where to buy Absinthe online. Absintheliquor.com is probably the best as they also supply the same absinthe essence to the liquor industry from their industrial site distillery-yeast.com.

Absinthe, referred to as the Green Fairy or La Fee Verte, is a strong alcoholic beverage with an anise taste. Henri-Louise Pernod's original Absinthe was made with a base of wine alcohol and flavored with herbs such as grande wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), aniseed and fennel. Although Absinthe is distilled at very high proof and is very strong, it is served with iced water which dilutes it. Absinthe is approximately twice as strong as other drinks such as vodka and whisky.

Real Absinthe contains the herb wormwood which gives the drink its characteristic bitter taste. In the early 1900s the drink was banned because wormwood contains thujone. It was believed that thujone was psychoactive and harmful to health. Studies and tests have now shown that Absinthe only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.

The Ritural is a method of preparing Absinthe for drinking. A shot of Absinthe in a glass is diluted with water dripped over a cube of sugar on an Absinthe spoon. The water gradually mixes into the alcohol causing the drink to louche becoming cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and oils will louche so you need to make sure you use a top-quality Absinthe.

Where is buy real Absinthe online

To enjoy Absinthe properly you need to order quality Absinthe. An Absinthe that contains wormwood. Some websites will give you details about alcohol by volume (or proof) and thujone content. A example is Absinth24.net says that Absinthe La Clandestine from Claude-Alain Bugnon has an abv of 53% and has less than 30mg of thujone. Thedrinkshop.com, a UK based company gives great product descriptions of the Absinthe available to order on their web shop and also has product reviews.

To ensure you use good quality Absinthe is to just make your own. Home distillation is illegal in many countries unless you have a license and Absinthe just is not real without the distillation process. However, AbsintheKit. sells real wormwood Absinthe essences which is distilled by CO2 distillation. They have natural, traditional herbs which are the same essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are already distilled so you only need to mix 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka or Everclear. So, that's it, and it is very easy.

The essences comes in 4 unique varieties:-


Absinthe Classic Essence - This essence makes a classic Absinthe with a thujone content of 35 mg.

Absinthe White Essence – Use this essence to make a clear Absinthe reminiscent of Swiss La Bleue style Absinthes. This essence makes an Absinthe with a 35 mg thujone content.

Absinthe Orange Essence – Natural orange oil which makes a yellowy orange Absinthe.

Absinthe 55 Strong Essence - Produces a darker green Absinthe and has a stronger wormwood flavor. Content of thujone will be 55 mg.

The essences are available in 20 ml bottles. This can make one 750 ml bottle of Absinthe. The AbsintheKits contain a 280 ml bottle of essence, a plastic measure and bottle labels.

It is important to know where to buy quality Absinthe online so that your get Absinthe that tastes right and that louches. Find companies selling award winning brands or made your own from essences.

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