November 9th, 2009
FB.init(“28195cc610b1058f20513f8fcab21785″);Absinthe-Shop on Facebook Signed up Absinthe-Shop to Facebook the other day, so if you’re on there, I’d be honoured to have you as a fan.
Things are looking good for launch this month and I’m down to scrubbing and polishing the little details now. Exciting!
October 19th, 2009
I had all but forgotten this little box of dark chocolate absinthe truffles and decided to open them up tonight.
They’re about a year (or more!) old, so I’m guessing that they would’ve been better fresh, but the dark chocolate was appropriately sharp in flavour and the insides were a little sugar-gritty. That’s probably due to [...]
October 14th, 2009
Just spent the morning shooting 50mm still and HD video for content for both this site and my new business.
Did I say business? Oh! I just realised I haven’t mentioned the business here! Well, the business is an absinthe shop, actually Absinthe-Shop.com and I am rebuilding that existing domain from the bottom up. It was an [...]
September 29th, 2009
Historically, the brouilleur is an alternative to the slotted spoon and the above Auto-Verseur is a replica of the famous Absinthe Oxygénée Cusenier Auto-Verseur mixer. Beneath the water cup at the top is a see-saw mechanism to deliver a controlled drip of water into the absinthe below.
One can put sugarcubes into the cup and then [...]
September 25th, 2009
A few months ago, I posted a list of absinthes I’ve sampled. After a weekend trip to Heidelberg and the fascinating Grüner Engel shop, that list has grown substantially. Here it is, updated:
(latest ones at the top)
Boggy HG*
Gothica
Ulex 70 Bitter Spirituose
Lemercier Amer
Sapphire*,**
330**
Serpis Absenta 55
Edouard 72
Doubs Mystique
Segarra 45
Segarra 68
Montmartre
Elixir du Pays des Fées
St George
Libertine 72
Trul Absinthium [...]
