Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Where to Buy Absinthe Online?

If you are new to Absinthe, there are so many websites selling Absinthe and Absinthekits that its hard to know where to buy Absinthe online. 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, referred to as the Green Fairy or La Fee Verte, is a strong 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 fennel. Absinthe is distilled at high proof and is quite strong but it is served diluted with iced water. Absinthe is twice as strong as other spirits such as vodka and whisky.

Real Absinthe contains the herb wormwood which gives the drink its bitter taste. Wormwood contains thujone which was one of the reasons the drink was banned in the early 1900s. It was believed that thujone was psychoactive and harmful to health. Studies and tests have now shown that Absinthe only contains trace amounts of thujone and is not harmful.

The Ritural is a method of preparing Absinthe for drinking. A shot of Absinthe in aglass is diluted with ice water dripped over a cube of sugar on an Absinthe spoon. When the water mixes into the alcohol, causing the drink to louche becoming cloudy. Only Absinthe containing real herbs and oils will louche so you need to make sure you use a top-quality Absinthe.

Where to buy real Absinthe online

To enjoy Absinthe you need to order a quality Absinthe made by a reputable distillery. Absinthe that has wormwood. Some websites will give details about alcohol by volume (or proof) and thujone content. Absinth24 is a good example.net says that Absinthe La Clandestine from Claude-Alain Bugnon has an abv of 53% but less than 30mg of thujone. Thedrinkshop.com gives very good product descriptions of the Absinthe available to order on their web shop and also has product reviews.

To ensure you use good quality Absinthe is to just make your own. Now, home distillation is illegal in many countries without a license and Absinthe is not real without the distillation process. However, AbsintheKit. has wormwood Absinthe essences distilled by high tech CO2 distillation. They contain natural, traditional herbs, the same essences that AbsintheKit sell to the Absinthe industry. They are distilled so you only need to mix 20 ml of essence with 730 ml of vodka or Everclear. It is very easy.

The essences come in 4 different and unique varieties:-


Absinthe Classic Essence - This essence produces a classic green Absinthe with thujone of 35 mg.

Absinthe White Essence is an essencue used to make a clear Absinthe. 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 - For a darker green Absinthe which a stronger wormwood flavor. The content of thujone will be 55mg.

Essences are available in two sizes depending on the number of bottles of Absinthe you which to make. 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. Find companies selling award winning brands or made your own from essences.

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