You Can Buy Absinthe Online
If you are new to Absinthe, 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, otherwise known as the Green Fairy, is a strong alcoholic beverage with an anise taste. Henri-Louise Pernod's original Absinthe was made with a wine alcohol base and flavored with herbs such as grande wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), aniseed and fennel. Althought Absinthe is distilled at high proof and is quite strong, it is served diluted with iced water. It is much more stronger than other spirits such as vodka and whisky.
Absinthe contains the wormwood which gives the drink its bitter taste. Workwood contains the chemical thujone and was one of the reasons why the drink was banned in the early 1900s. It was believed that thujone was psychoactive and harmful to health. Studies have now shown that Absinthe, even pre ban Absinthe from distilleries like Pernod, only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.
Absinthe is prepared by a method called The Ritual. A shot of Absinthe is diluted with water dripped over a cube of sugar on an Absinthe spoon. When the water mixes into the alcohol, it causes the drink to louche and become cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and essential 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 which has wormwood. Websites will give you details about alcohol by volume or proof and thujone content. Absinth24 is an example.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 very good product descriptions of the Absinthe available to order on their web shop and has product reviews.
Another good way of ensuring you use quality Absinthe is to make your own. Home distillation is illegal in most countries unless you have a license and Absinthe just is not real without the distillation process. But, AbsintheKit. make real wormwood Absinthe essences which are distilled by high tech carbon dioxide distillation. They contain natural, traditional herbs and are the same essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are already distilled so you don't have to do anything apart from mixing 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka. That is it, and it is very easy.
There are essences in 4 different varieties:-
Absinthe Classic Essence - The essence which makes a classic Absinthe with thujone content of 35 mg.
Absinthe White Essence is an essencue used to make a clear Absinthe. This essence produces an Absinthe with a 35 mg thujone content.
Absinthe Orange Essence – Natural flavored with orange oil, makes a yellowy orange Absinthe with a thujone content of 35 mg.
Absinthe 55 Strong Essence - Produces a darker green Absinthe and has a stronger wormwood flavor. Content of thujone will be 55 mg.
Essences are available in two sizes depending on the number of bottles of Absinthe you which to make. An AbsintheKits contain a 280 ml bottle of essence, a handy plastic measure and artistic bottle labels.
It is important to know where to buy Absinthe online is imporant so that you get quality Absinthe that tastes right and that louches. Search for reputable companies selling award winning brands or make you own from essences.
