Let’s start with a few things that absinthe is not. Absinthe is not hallucinogenic. Absinthe won’t make you go crazy. Absinthe isn’t illegal. If you’re like most people, those three statements have ...

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When you think of absinthe, thoughts of the green fairy, hallucinations and late 19th century artists like Hemmingway, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh are probably top of mind. But, with the rise of ...

A piece written while inebriating oneself with absinthe. Read on as Elise test-tastes these fabulous absinthes...with interesting results! For many years people have believed that wormwood, or ...

WASHINGTON — They called it the green fairy, and they said it could drive you to peaks of manic creativity — that is, if it didn’t first drive you mad. Countries banned it. Teetotalers reviled it.

Ted Breaux didn’t set out to become the master distiller of Lucid absinthe — the first genuine absinthe to be sold stateside in close to 100 years. The New Orleans native had pursued a career as a ...