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Describing Absinthe Recipes

A person should know about the interesting history of Absinthe. A French doctor made Absinthe as a tonic in Switzerland, in the late 18th century. By 1805 the absinthe recipes had got into the hands of Henri-Louis Pernod who started distilling it in his factory in Pontarlier in France.

Original Absinthe Recipes

Pernod's Absinthe, Original Pernod Fils, was distilled from wine and contained many natural herbs and essential oils from plants including grand wormwood, aniseed, melissa, fennel, lemon balm, dittany, angelica root, hyssop, star anise, nutmeg and juniper.

Different manufacturers of the Green Fairy (Absinthe's nickname) used different recipes and ingredients. Absinthe is also prepared using the herbs like calamus root, mint, cloves, nutmeg, roman wormwood, anise seed, coriander, sweet flag and licorice. The herb wormwood, Artimesia Absinthium, was always used in the making of pre-ban Absinthe because it was the ingredient that gave Absinthe its characteristic bitter taste, as well as its name.

According to the general thought the thujone content of wormwood and THC in the drug cannabis were similar. Thujone is psychoactive and can cause psychedelic effects when consumed in large quantities. Angelica root is grown as a drug in Lapland and a psychoactive element anethole is found in anise seed and fennel seed. Absinthe is a mysterious mix of sedatives and stimulants, no wonder that artists and writers like Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde claimed that it gave them their genius and inspiration! “A clear headed drunkenness” is how being drunk on Absinthe has been described.

Absinthe was famously banned in France in 1915 when Prohibitionists claimed that it was going to ruin the country and send everyone insane. Studies claimed that consuming Absinthe is just as safe as drinking any of the other strong alcoholic drinks. Absinthe is not dangerous for anyone as it is basically alcohol and only contains only a small amount of wormwood and the other herbs.

Homemade Absinthe Recipes

There are many Absinthe recipes on the Internet using different herbs and different methods – steeping, filtering etc. It is not suggested to make Absinthe at home from plants, dried herbs or essential oils. Why?
- A person must use distilled Absinthe.
- The thujone content cannot be known of consumed Absinthe.

It is far better to buy either a quality Absinthe, making sure that it's got the vital ingredient wormwood, or to buy an Absinthe kit which consists of Absinthe essences that have already been distilled.

You can even buy Absinthe in the USA now – Breaux's label “Lucid” is legal in the USA.

AbsintheKit.com does great Absinthe kits which consist of:-

- Absinthe essence – choose from classic, white (which makes clear Swiss style Absinthe, Strong 55 (with a 55mg thujone content) and Orange (flavored with orange oil).
- This is a measure.
- Artistic Labels to decorate your Absinthe bottles.

One can produce 14 bottles of Absinthe from one bottle of essence!

To make Absinthe using these kits one has to make solution of 20ml of the Absinthe essence and a neutral alcohol like Everclear or vodka to get own bottle of Green Fairy.

These essences are similar to the ones sold to distilleries so there is hundred percent chance of getting a safe, top-quality product.

A variety of cocktail Absinthe recipes are available on the Internet. Have fun in finding and mixing the cocktails.

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