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Posted on February 14th, 2013 by absinthejack
Archive for the ‘Absinthe Brands’ Category
Finally…. Good US Made Absinthe
Posted on January 29th, 2013 by absinthejack
Ever since absinthe was legalized here in the USA in 2007 I’ve been looking for a US absinthe that could hold its’ own against the best of the Euro brands. I’ve been very dissapointed …. until now. A few years ago Joe Legate started the …Ridge Distillery to produce absinthe. I decided that it was time to give a few US brands a try. So I picked up a bottle each of the Ridge Blanche and the Ridge Verte. I am delighted to say that they are both excellent, right up there with my favorite Euro brands. Wonderful aromas ( the blanche reminds me of the Essai line from the Matter Distillery), great color on the verte, and full, rich flavor with both. My hat’s off to Joe and the Ridge Distillery for finally putting the USA in the running with Europe 
See MoreEnd of the World Absinthe
Posted on December 18th, 2012 by absinthejackThis is a bottle of locally produced HG absinthe bottled especially for the December 21st Apocalypse.
Vintage Pre-Ban Pernod Fils Absinthe
Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by absinthejack
Here’s a neat little collectable. This is a half liter size Pernod Fils absinthe bottle from the good old days It’s in pretty good condition being that it’s 100+ years old. The way you can tell a pre-ban bottle from the later Taragonna bottles is in the label. Over the name there is an oval with a white cross in it, whereas the later bottles replaced the cross with the name Pernod. The only thing I don’t like about this bottle……it’s empty
Absinthe Set – The perfect gift for christmas
Posted on October 20th, 2010 by Absinthe.FM
Brandnew at Absinthe.FM is the Absinthe “Cigar” Collection. This high quality Absinthe set includes 5 of the finest Absinthes available. The Absinthes are nicely packed in small tubes, which look like cigars, indicating the premium quality of this Absinthe set.
This set qualifies as well as a perfect christmas gift! Our favorite Absinthe in the set is Absinthe Maison ALANDIA and Absinthe Heritage!
Marilyn Manson´s Absinthe Mansinthe
Posted on August 25th, 2010 by Absinthe.FMMarilyn Manson is a famous Absintheur. He usually drinks the Absinthe Serpis Red with 65% alcohol. But since 2008 he has his own Absinthe brand, Absinthe Mansinthe. The reviews for Mansinthe Absinthe are quite contradictionary. Some say that it is too weak in taste and louche for a real Absinthe, others like the lower licorice / anise taste of this Absinthe. Overall we would say it is a decent Absinthe. But we think it is a bit too moderate for an eccentric like Manson. What do you think..?
Mansinthe Absinthe
La Maison Fontaine Takes Gold
Posted on July 30th, 2010 by absinthejack
At this years International Wine and Spirits Competition La Maison Fontaine Absinthe took the Best in Class Gold Medal. It is a typical La Bleue Absinthe, but it is distilled in France, not Switzerland. It has a very fresh and crisp taste. 15 herbs are used for distillation. The producers recommend to try this Absinthe as well the “cucumber” way. Add some slices of cucumber into the decanter you use for diluting your Absinthe. It will give the drink a pleasant freshness. This wonderful absinthe is available at our sister site www.Alandia.de .
Absinthe Butterfly Boston
Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Absinthe.FMA new Absinthe is coming to Absinthe.FM! By the beginning of august we will sell the reproduction Absinthe Butterfly. Butterfly was produced in the USA in the early 1900´s. Now the legend has returned. Here is some info about Butterfly´s history:
Butterfly Absinthe was first produced in Boston, MA starting in 1902 by P. Dempsey & Co. The company was founded by an Irish immigrant named Patrick Dempsey who was born at the home farm in County Wicklow, Ireland, March 17, 1822, and died at his home in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, December 12 or 13, 1902.
He spent the first sixteen years of his life on the home farm as his father’s assistant, and passed the four following years at the provision trade in Dublin, where he received the business training that proved so useful after his arrival in the United States. He and his brother James came to this country in the same ship in 1842, and he spent the first year of his American residence at Fall River, Massachusetts, an employee of the Hope Mills. He continued as a textile mill worker in Cranston, Rhode Island, and in Somerville, Massachusetts, but in the lastnamed city his health failed and he was obliged to seek out-of-door employment. Not finding anything suitable in Somerville, he went to Albany, New York, and there found a position with one of the contractors of a section of the Erie Canal, then being built across New York State to connect the Great Lakes with the Hudson River. He remained in that employ for some time, later went further west, not returning East until 1846, when he located in Lowell, and the same year rented the basement at No. 381-83 Market Street, in a small way beginning the making and bottling of root beer. He devoted himself to the building of this business with all the energy and strength he possessed, making the root beer at night and spending his days selling it. He prospered, of course, for this combination of youth and energy could not be denied. Soon he added other beverages to his list and rented the store above his business as a salesroom, retaining the basement for manufacturing purposes. Later he opened a wholesale store for the sale of liquors under the firm name, P. Dempsey & Company, occupying the double stores at 381-83 Market Street, Lowell, MA and continuing the active head of that firm for 53 years, 1846-99.
In 1900 he retired and was succeeded by his son, George C. Dempsey, and Patrick Keyes, who continued at the same location and in Boston. Once in Boston, the company began production of a number of liquor brands including Patts Malt Whiskey, Mayfair Whiskey, Puritan Gin and Butterfly Absinthe.
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New Absinthe Coming to the US
Posted on July 20th, 2010 by absinthejackYesterday I was fortunate enough to try a new verte absinthe distilled in Europe for the US market. It’s made with a wine based alcohol and traditional ingrediants, with a few secret ones as well, at 136 proof. It has a strong aroma and a very rich, full bodied flavor. This one has the most traditional vintage flavor of any US absinthes that I’ve tried. Over a year in the making, it has been approved for the US. They’re just waiting for approval of the label. My source tells me that it will (hopefully) be here in time for Christmas and it will be a medium priced one. I can’t say anymore than that at the moment, but I’ll post more details as they become available. Get ready folks, you’ll like this one!
Absinthe Vieux Pontarlier
Posted on April 9th, 2010 by Absinthe.FM
An new Absinthe Verte from France (Pontarlier) is now for sale at Absinthe.FM. Absinthe Vieux Pontarlier won the Double Gold, Best in Class medal at the San Francisco Spirits Competition in 2008.
