Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a psychoactive drug and the alcoholic drink of choice among some of the greatest ...

Ah, the dreamy green goddess that is formally known as absinthe. The uniquely green liquor is readily associated with old European lore of wild shenanigans and floaty hallucinations, which made it an ...

Considering its antiquity, it is surprising that alcohol can still stimulate controversy about its social role. Historical study of the alcohol scare in this case the absinthe paranoia of the 19th ...

Absinthe may be one of the most misunderstood spirits. While some people insist it tastes like black licorice, others maintain it's far more complex with fresh and herbaceous hints of fennel and anise ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...

Fans of the green fairy, you’re in luck. As of September 2023, London’s swanky Hotel Café Royal debuted their latest on-premise cocktail concept, Green Bar, which highlights a variety of unique ...

On the preferred potable of Paris’s avant-garde. Left: Edgar Degas, Manet Seated, 1867–70, Pencil, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Right: Edouard Manet, 1870. Photo: Nadar. A few days before ...

Have you ever had a drink of something strong, spiced, and mysterious and then gotten paranoid that someone was out to get you or gone crazy? Well, some would have you believe that you were most ...