Finding out What to Mix Absinthe With
The conventional
technique of serving Absinthe is to use a strategy known as the Ritual also to dilute it with water. Some people are bored of drinking Absinthe this way and want to learn what to mix Absinthe with. I hope that this information will allow you to enjoy Absinthe even more.
Absinthe is a strong liquor which is flavored with herbal plants including grande wormwood (artemisia absinthium), aniseed and fennel. Additionally, it sometimes features petite wormwood (artemisia pontica). The aniseed provides the drink its fantastic anise taste and also the wormwood provides the Absinthe its characteristic bitter or slightly sour flavor.
Grande wormwood consists of thujone, named 3 thujamone or 3 sabinone by the book The IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. Thujone is a ketone as well as a monoterpene like the other terpenes, menthol and camphor. Other names that thujone extracted from wormwood has been referred to as are Absinthol, salvinol and tanacetone.
Thujone is the reason why Absinthe was banned in lots of countries in early 1900s. It was the thujone that has been held accountable for the madness and suicide of Van Gogh and many artists and writers claimed that drinking Absinthe afforded them their genius and inspiration through dreams and hallucinations. The famous Absinthe drinker Oscar Wilde stated 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.” Who knows what might happen after a whole bottle?!
We now know that Absinthe isn’t any more hazardous than some other strong spirit like vodka and whisky, though it is twice the strength. Research has shown that Absinthe only consists of traces of thujone and therefore it is not possible to take in enough Absinthe for thujone to obtain any negative or harmful effects. It will not cause you to hallucinate or go insane and it’s now legal in the majority of countries. It is still illegal in Ireland however the Irish can order it from offshore and get it shipped for private consumption.
You can create your very own bottled Absinthe by utilizing Absinthe essences from AbsintheKit.com. These essences are produced by distilling traditional Absinthe herbs and all you must do is to mix them with vodka or Everclear – a straightforward and economical way to make Absinthe.
What to Mix Absinthe With
Since Absinthe is legal for most countries, we can easily try out using it in cocktails or produce classic Absinthe cocktails such as New Orleans Sazerac or Death in the Afternoon.
Sazerac Menu
1 teaspoon of a good quality Absinthe
Ice cubes
A sugar cube or 1 teaspoon of sugar.
1 ½ ounces of Rye whisky (not bourbon)
3 dashes of angostura bitters
1 Lemon peel twist
Freeze a glass in your freezer.
Swirl the Absinthe around the glass to coat the sides as well as bottom of the glass. Eliminate (or drink!) the surplus.
Place the additional ingredients inside a cocktail shaker or mixer and shake for around ½ a minute.
Pour into the glass, adding the lemon peel.
Death in the Afternoon
5 ounces of cooled champagne blended with 1 ounce of Absinthe – delicious!
A lot of people prefer to use mixers just like lemonade, 7UP and cherryade with their Absinthe and I have even got word of Red Bull being mixed with Absinthe! Be inventive when deciding what to mix Absinthe with, use recipes off of the Internet but give them your personal twist or make up your very own. Enjoy yourself.
