January 26th, 2010
… is tonight’s beverage of choice.
It’s a bold absinthe, demands your attention with its spiciness and unapologetic wormwood which wraps around your tongue like a slip. There’s almost a mintiness zing and fennel and anise don’t sneak around either. It’s also an absinthe that tastes great after months of being open (and re-corked).
This [...]
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 [...]
September 14th, 2009
Apologies for how grainy and low-light this photo is, but the sample was a surprise and a delight that I was not prepared for with my dSLR or notebook.
Smooth, wormwoody, and a beautiful louche. The thoughts around the table were that this vintage absinthe tastes similar in character to a bottle of 2002 Francois Guy [...]
September 8th, 2009
More about this absinthe soon. I took plenty of ‘proper’ photos of this sample, but I really liked the effect on this simple iPhone shot, so I thought I’d go ahead and post it. I used Camerabag and Photogene applications to post-process the original shot.
July 29th, 2009
Derrick Schommer of Everyday Drinkers has created an absinthe review tasting and
HOWTO video.
