View allAll Photos Tagged Absinthe
I don't have a perforated absinthe spoon, but it's all the better, because I don't have sugar cubes either. Pour the cold water over the sugar until it's all out of the spoon. Stir if necessary.
11/12 January 2024 - our present weather!
Extreme Cold Warning 😢issued at Thu 4:39 AM Jan. 11 2024. "The latest forecast issues a bold warning for Calgary, Alberta, anticipating temperatures not seen since January 24th, 1954. Friday, 12 January 2024, is poised to become one of the coldest days in recent memory across Alberta, as models project daytime highs struggling to surpass -30°C." The Weather Network.
After a few weeks of amazing, mild winter weather and only three or four snowfalls, we had a drastic change of weather a few nights ago. Everywhere is covered in snow, with maybe 3" or 4" along the top of my fence. So thankful I have the luxury of being able to stay home. I suspect that my front door is probably frozen shut by now - and i knew my car battery was dead when I tried to auto-start it from indoors, sigh. Not that I was going anywhere. More snow tonight and the next two days. We have plunged into very cold weather. Late this evening, the temperature is -24°C (FEELS LIKE -37°C). Forecast for 12 January is -31°C (FEELS LIKE -41°C).
"A lobe of the polar vortex is on the move! Bitter, dangerously cold temperatures are set to infiltrate Alberta this week." The Weather Network.
Tonight, I am adding another five photos from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted photo taken on the same day, I will add it under today's uploads.
Seen during a botany walk at Confluence Park on 10 Septermber 2008.
Robert Hess (Drink Boy), Alan Moss and Ted Haigh (Dr. Cocktail).
London 2007 enjoying a La Clandestine cocktail
Absinthe. 60% ABV. Made using the "Gert Strand Absinthe kit". The flavouring essence is the "55" one that provides 55mg of thujone (the active ingredient of "Wormwood").
Several months ago, KCRW's Good Food did a segment on absinthe which made me start thinking about a spring garden party to sample it. She mentioned a particular brand, which I scrawled in a Grass Stain Green Field Notes Book, and today it paid off. Browsing the miniatures at the liquor store for treasures to sample, I immediately recognized this bottle as the brand I'd noted.
Field Notes: Field Tested and Approved for Note Taking.
The glass says Dr. Hyde, but we both tried the Versinthe Absinthe. Rae loved it; I did not, but mostly because the flavor was very much like black liquorice which I do not enjoy. I gave most of my glass to Rae, which made her VERY entertaining on the walk back to the hotel.
Kansas City, Missouri
(June 28, 2012)
the ulterior epicure | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Bonjwing Photography
As Claire pointed out, there's a Pole hanging from the ceiling. Also, this bar was lit green and called ABSINTHE and owned by a San Franciscan. I am pretty sure there's a bar just like that in SF. Minus the absinthe.
These feature a famous Art Nouveau poster, originally printed between 1898 and 1901, for Absinthe Blanqui. The image was heavily influenced by the Victorian's love for Orientalism.
This pair of earrings are part of my new Absinthe Wear line and measure about 1 1/2 inches tall by 1 inch wide at the widest point, not including the ear wire.
Vintage images printed onto 110 lb. cardstock and laminated with surgical steel ear wires attached make extremely fun, unique earrings.
Earrings are incredibly lightweight yet durable.
Absinthe is commonly referred to in historical literature as "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy) due to its traditional natural green color.
It achieved great popularity as an alcoholic drink in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers. Due in part to its association with bohemian culture, absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, and Aleister Crowley were all notorious bad men of that day who were (or were thought to be) devotees of the Green Fairy. (Historical information provided thanks to Wikipedia)
What goes in a Sazerac?
1 1/2 oz Rye whiskey or Cognac
1/4 oz Absinthe
One sugar cube
Three dashes Peychaud's Bitters
xxx
What is absinthe, and why was it once deemed so dangerous that people weren't even allowed to buy it? Absinthe is a grain alcohol of Swiss origin that is made by macerating herbs and spices, the most important of which are fennel, anise, and wormwood. The first two give absinthe its characteristic licorice taste, while wormwood imparts a bitter flavor and is the source of absinthe’s famed mystique and jade-green hue.
www.mic.com/p/what-is-absinthe-why-was-it-banned-for-100-...
This is what Absinthe looks like, kids. It's light green, it looks like Listerine, and it tastes pretty much like mouthwash too. It's pretty darn potent, though. You might have to go to Slovakia to order some, however.
Also, to note, I didn't hallucinate afterwards, it's just a myth.