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Conviction of Edouard Pernod Absinthe Imitations In 1903
2011-11-21 23:56:00
Interesting historical case! Conviction of Edouard Pernod Absinthe Imitations The Wine and Spirit Bulletin: Volume 17 - Page 17 1903 read more

Absinthe Balancier / Cusenier Auto Verseur Back In-Stock
2011-11-21 23:50:00
A new shipment of these has arrived: http://www.absinthedevil.com/product_p/ab sinthe%20balancier.htm Stay tunes as we will be adding more new products that arrived along with the Balancier.
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Summer Sale Starts Now! Get 10% Off Everything!
2011-06-25 19:59:00
AbsintheDevil.com Summer Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide summer sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on September 30th, 2011 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter summer10 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

New French Absinthe Distillery Impresses with Initial Offerings
2011-06-24 20:15:00
La Distillerie de l'Absinthe rie Bourbonnaise de Vichy impresses with their first offerings. read more
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Spring Sale! Spring 10% Off Coupon
2011-03-22 17:35:00
AbsintheDevil.com Spring Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide spring sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on June 21st, 2011 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter spring10 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more
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Winter Sale Get 10% Off
2011-01-03 13:56:00
AbsintheDevil.com Winter Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide spring sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on December 1st, 2010 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter winter2010 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

New Years Sale
2010-12-20 18:02:00
AbsintheDevil.com New Years Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide New Years sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on December 31st, 2010 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter newyear as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

Fall Sale - Get 10% Off!
2010-10-11 20:40:00
AbsintheDevil.com Fall Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide spring sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on December 1st, 2010 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter fall2010 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

The Rise and Fall of the Green Fairy - Absinthe Hits London
2010-10-11 20:27:00
An excellent blog post about an Absinthe event in London . This looks like it was a fun event! The Rise and Fall of the Green Fairy read more
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Absinthe Explore
2010-08-17 14:54:00
RueVerte.com offers a cool way to sample a number of different absinthe brands in one affordable package. Talk about a groundbreaking idea! I've been buying absinthe from overseas sources for years now. The only issue I've ever had is trying to decide which bottles to buy. The selection is so wide and varied that you could go broke if you bought everything that looked appealing. A store has come along to help you with this dilemma. read more
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Summer Sale 15% Off Everything!
2010-06-22 15:46:00
AbsintheDevil.com Summer Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide summer sale. We're offering a 15% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on September 21st, 2010 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping within the lower 48 US states is FREE. To use the discount coupon, enter summer15 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

Three Pre-ban Swiss Absinthe Brands
2010-06-11 04:01:00
I found a reference to three Swiss absinthe brands from the 1850-60s. These brands and descriptions can be found in British & foreign spirits: their history, manufacture, properties, etc. By Charles Tovey Published in 1864. Gillard, Elise, and Co.? Absinthe , green. Extremely delicate.; character good. August Lueba.? Absinthe and Gentian Water. Excellence of character. Bosselet-Dubied.? Kirschwasser and Absinthe. General excellence.

Absinthe from The Encyclopaedia Britannica 1888
2009-09-21 04:02:00
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. read more
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Absinthe In History - 1869
2009-09-21 03:36:00
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 ':? read more
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Corsair Distillery Aiming at Yazoo Lo... - Nashville Scene
2009-09-01 20:57:00
Corsair Distillery Aiming at Yazoo Lo... - Nashville Scene - read more
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Summer Sale
2009-07-06 21:01:00
AbsintheDevil Summer Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide summer sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on September 4th, 2009 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping is free. To use the discount coupon, enter summer09 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more
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Nonfiction review: Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities - Richmond
2009-07-06 20:59:00
Nonfiction review: Wicked Plants : A Book of Botanical Atrocities - Richmond Times Dispatch - read more
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4th of July Sale
2009-06-22 21:18:00
AbsintheDevil 4th of July Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide 4th of July sale. We're offering a 10% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our past customers and friends. This offer expires on July 4th, 2009 at midnight EST. Plus, if your order is over $99.00, ground shipping is free. To use the discount coupon, enter july09 as a coupon code during the checkout process.  read more

Absinthe Fountain Sale
2009-06-02 22:02:00
We have a huge sale on our absinthe fountains. The sale includes our metal absinthe fountains and we're offering them at the lowest prices ever. Take a look here: Absinthe Fountain Sale read more

Pacifique and Walton Waters Added to Recommend Absinthe List
2009-05-20 16:57:00
We recently sampled two new American absinthe that made the cut for our Recommended Absinthe List . Pacifique and Walton Waters were both added and are top quality absinthes. We suggest you give them a try. You won't be sorry. Remember, we all need to support American micro-distillers that produce good absinthe. We will all be happy if this industry grows and explores new avenues. Our Recommended Absinthe List can be found here: Recommended Absinthe List read more

Favorite Absinthe Poll Results
2009-05-18 21:57:00
The results from our "Vote for your favorite absinthe" poll are in. Only absinthe brands available in the USA were considered. Thanks to all that participated. A total of 81 votes were cast. Absinthe Poll Results (listed in order with % of votes) 1. La Clandestine (21%) 2. Jade Nouvelle-Orleans (16%) 3. Duplais Swiss Verte (12%) 4. St. George Absinthe Verte (10%) 5. Kubler (9%) 6. Emile Pernot Vieux Pontarlie (6%) 7. Mansinthe (5%) 8. Lucid (5%) 9. Obsello 5% 10. Leopold Bros (2%) 11. La Fée (2%) 12. Marteau Absinthe de la Belle Epoque (2%) read more
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See Our Products in Gourmet Magazine
2009-04-14 15:29:00
Please be sure to pick up this month's issue of Gourmet Magazine (April 2009). There is an excellent article on absinthe by Jame Rodewald called "Green Fairy Tales." Our products were used in the photo shoot for the piece. It's a great read and clears up the thujone hype that surrounded absinthe for so many years. It's great to see the truth about absinthe appear in such a respected and popular magazine. Have a look here: http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/200 9/04/absinthe
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Heure Verte - WeeklyDig.com
2008-06-01 17:23:00
L'Heure Verte Getting a little absinthe-minded read more
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Faux Absinthe comes to America - Prepare to Vomit!
2008-06-01 17:19:00
Absinthe Mata Hari comes to America - Drinks Media Wire (Communiqués de presse) - read more
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Absinthe Devil Father's Day Sale
2008-05-29 15:03:00
Absinthe Devil Father's Day Sale AbsintheDevil.com is having a store-wide Father's Day sale. We're offering a 15% off discount coupon for our entire inventory to our blog readers and friends. This offer expires on May 31th, 2008 at midnight EST. This is a greatchance to get your Father's Day shopping done early and at a discount! read more
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Absinthe Returns To American Bars
2008-05-28 15:41:00
Absinthe Returns To American Bars ?Bad boy? liquor - Times Record News - read more
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On the Hunt for the Green Fairy - Washington Post
2008-05-23 16:00:00
Washington Post article about absinthe. On the Hunt for the Green Fairy On the Hunt for the 'Green Fairy' - Washington Post - read more
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Dowd On Drinks: The Latest From The Absinthe Front - Falls Church News Pres
2008-05-21 15:04:00
The Latest From The Absinthe Front Dowd On Drinks : The Latest From The Absinthe Front - Falls Church News Press - read more

Absinthe's mystique cops a blow - ABC Online
2008-05-21 15:02:00
Absinthe's mystique cops a blow - ABC Online - read more
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Why was absinthe banned?
2008-05-20 15:56:00
Why was absinthe banned? This is a question that I get asked all the time. My stock answer is that nobody knows for sure and that the answer varies from country to country. Here are some theories on why absinthe was banned in France: 1. Before absinthe peaked in popularity, daily production levels were about 90 gallons a day. When it peaked, it shot up to 5,000 gallons a day. Distilleries had trouble meeting demand as some unsavory distillers cut corners and used low-grade alcohol that created health concerns. read more
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