Discovering What to Mix Absinthe With
The standard technique of serving Absinthe is by using a technique
referred to as the Ritual also to dilute it with water. Some individuals are bored of drinking Absinthe this way and would like to learn what to mix Absinthe with. I hope that this article motivate you to enjoy Absinthe even more.
Absinthe is a strong liquor that is flavored with natural herbs such as grande wormwood (artemisia absinthium), aniseed and fennel. In addition, it sometimes consists of petite wormwood (artemisia pontica). The aniseed gives the drink its amazing anise taste and also the wormwood provides the Absinthe its characteristic bitter or slightly sour flavor.
Grande wormwood is made up of thujone, named 3 thujamone or 3 sabinone via the book The IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. Thujone is a ketone and also a monoterpene just like the other terpenes, menthol and camphor. Some other names that thujone extracted from wormwood has been termed as are Absinthol, salvinol and tanacetone.
Thujone is the reason that Absinthe was banned in many countries in early 1900s. It had been the thujone that has been held responsible for the madness and suicide of Van Gogh and several artists and writers claimed that drinking Absinthe gave them their genius and inspiration through dreams and hallucinations. The well-known Absinthe drinker Oscar Wilde said of Absinthe:
“After the first glass of Absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” You will never know what could happen after a whole bottle?!
We now know that Absinthe is no more harmful than almost every other strong spirit such as vodka and whisky, although it is twice the strength. Research has revealed that Absinthe only consists of traces of thujone and that it’s not probable to take in enough Absinthe for thujone to obtain any negative or side effects. It will not cause you to hallucinate or go insane and is now legal in the majority of countries. It is still illegal in Ireland however the Irish can order it from abroad and get it shipped for private consumption.
You can make your personal bottled Absinthe by using Absinthe essences from AbsintheKit.com. These essences are produced by distilling classic Absinthe herbs and all you should do is to mix them with vodka or Everclear – a simple and affordable strategy to make Absinthe.
What to Mix Absinthe With
Seeing that Absinthe is legal in the majority of countries, we can try out making use of it in cocktails or create classic Absinthe cocktails such as New Orleans Sazerac or Death in the Afternoon.
Sazerac Recipe
1 teaspoon of a top quality Absinthe
Ice cubes
A sugar cube or perhaps 1 teaspoon of sugar.
1 ½ ounces of Rye whisky (not bourbon)
3 dashes of angostura bitters
1 Lemon peel twist
Freeze a glass inside your freezer.
Swirl the Absinthe around the glass to coat the sides and also bottom of the glass. Throw away (or drink!) the surplus.
Position the other ingredients inside a cocktail shaker or mixer and shake for around ½ a minute.
Pour to the glass, including the lemon peel.
Death in the Afternoon
5 ounces of chilled champagne blended with 1 ounce of Absinthe – tasty!
Many people like to use mixers such as lemonade, 7UP and cherryade with their Absinthe and I have even heard of Red Bull being combined with Absinthe! Be inventive when deciding what you should mix Absinthe with, use recipes from the Internet but provide them with your personal twist or make-up your very own. Have a great time.