Absinthe derives its name from a type of wormwood species called Artemisia absinthium. This green liquor's notorious ...

Few spirits have a more mysterious and convoluted reputation than absinthe. This Swiss spirit is nicknamed "la fée verte" or ...

"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...

Ever since absinthe was outlawed due to rumours it led to insanity, this simple drink has become the nation's go-to apertif. It's difficult to imagine France without apéro (aperitif hour), that ...

The À La Louisiane is a 19th-century New Orleans cocktail composed of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Bénédictine herbal ...

Although absinthe consumption and creation may seem ... The goal here is to turn the alcohol in the mixture into a vapor that rises and condenses its way up each of these compartments in this ...

Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks.