Absinthe Blog
Submitted by brian on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 19:04.
The following is an article from 1912 that has a few historical gems (in terms of absinthe). It makes note of four absinthe distillers in the USA and shows how popular absinthe was in New York City at the time. My research suggests there were more than four absinthe producers prior to 1911 but to date, I've found only three brands names.
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PLENTY OF ABSINTHE.
But Only for New Yorkers, in Which State It Is Made.
From: New York Herald 1912
Submitted by brian on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 19:36.
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Submitted by brian on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 15:33.
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Submitted by brian on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 01:16.
Bulletin of pharmacy, Volume 11
1897
Submitted by brian on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 00:47.
The following is a from a book written by Lewis Ford called The variety book containing life sketches and reminiscences. Written in 1892. It was in the personal library of the family that made Butterfly Absinthe in Massachusetts.
Submitted by brian on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 23:07.
Absinthe history continues...
Boston University Law Review, Volume 1
1922
Submitted by brian on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 02:02.
ABSINTHE, a liqueur or aromatised spirit, prepared by pounding the leaves and flowering tops of various species of wormwood, chiefly Artemisia Absinthium, along with angelica root (Arcftanyelica oßminalis), sweet flag root (Acorus Calamut), the leaves of dittany of Crete (Origanum Dictamnus), star-anise fruit (Illicium anisatum), and other aromatice, and macerating these in alcohol After soaking for about eight days the compound is distilled, yielding an emerald-coloured liquor, to which a proportion of an essential-oil, usually that of anise, is added.
Submitted by brian on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 01:36.
The following is an entry from a British pharmaceutical journal dated 1869.
Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions
By Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 1869
ABSINTHE.
Much has been written lately in the daily press and medical journals on the effects of absinthe drinking, now becoming so general among all classes in France. The following article first appeared in the ' Pall Mall Gazette ':—
Submitted by brian on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 18:57.
Submitted by brian on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 19:01.
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