Where to Buy Absinthe Online?

There are so many websites selling Absinthe and Absinthekits that its hard to know where to buy Absinthe online, especially if you're new to Absinthe. Absintheliquor.com is probably the best as they also supply the same absinthe essence to the liquor industry from their industrial site distillery-yeast.com.

Absinthe, known as the Green Fairy or La Fee Verte, is an alcoholic beverage with an anise taste. Henri-Louise Pernod's original Absinthe was made with a wine alcohol base and flavored with herbs such as grande wormwood, and aniseed. Althought Absinthe is distilled at high proof and is quite strong, it is served diluted with iced water. It is approximately twice as strong as other spirits such as vodka and whisky.

Absinthe contains the herb wormwood that gives the drink its characteristic bitter taste. Wormwood contains the chemical thujone which was one of the reasons why the drink was banned in the early 1900s. It was believed that thujone was harmful to health and psychoactive. Studies have now shown that Absinthe, even pre ban Absinthe from distilleries like Pernod, only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.

Absinthe is enjoyed by using a preparation method called The Ritual. A shot of Absinthe is diluted with water dripped over a cube of sugar on an Absinthe spoon. The water gradually mixes into the alcohol causing the drink to louche becoming cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and oils will louche properly.

Where to find real Absinthe online

To enjoy Absinthe properly you need to order a quality Absinthe. Absinthe that has wormwood. Websites will give you details about abv (or proof) and thujone content. A good example is Absinth24.net says that Absinthe La Clandestine has an abv of 53% and has less than 30mg of thujone. Thedrinkshop.com, a UK based company gives great product descriptions of the Absinthe available to order on their web shop and also has product reviews.

Another good way of ensuring that you use quality Absinthe, is to make your won. Remember that hoe distillation is illegal in many countries without a license and Absinthe just is not real without the distillation process. However, AbsintheKit. has real wormwood Absinthe essences. They contain the same natural, traditional herbs and essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are already distilled so you don't have to do anything apart from mixing 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka. It is very easy.

There are essences in 4 unique varieties:-

Absinthe Classic Essence - The essence which makes a classic Absinthe with thujone content of 35 mg.

Absinthe White Essence - Is an essence used to make clear Absinthe reminiscent of Swiss La Bleue Absinthes. This essence makes an Absinthe with a 35mg thujone content.

Absinthe Orange Essence – Flavored with orange oil with a thujone content of 35 mg.

Absinthe 55 Strong Essence - This essence produces a darker green Absinthe with a stronger wormwood flavor. The content of thujone will be 55mg.

The essences are available in 20 ml bottles used to make one 750 ml bottle of Absinthe, or in 280 ml bottles used to make 14 bottles of Absinthe. An AbsintheKits contain a 280 ml bottle of essence, a plastic measure and artistic bottle labels.

It is important to know where to buy Absinthe online is imporant so that you get quality Absinthe that tastes right and that louches. Search for companies selling award winning brand or make your own from essences.