July 22nd, 2009
You’ve heard me gush about Meadow of Love and not-so-gush about Lucid. Well, the United States is in for another Absinthe Superieure on the shelves and I’m crossing my fingers it’s a good one for my former homeland.
Germain-Robin is California brandy distiller and has yet to update their somewhat clunky website to trumpet the new [...]
July 15th, 2009
It’s been awhile since I talked about the LeNell’s event, but a few deadlines and life itself slowed my posting here for a bit. Back on track and ready to tell you about Delaware Phoenix: Meadow of Love.
I know the title of this post gives it away, but I gotta gush– Meadow of Love is [...]
June 13th, 2009
A casual review from the tasting event at Montgomery Place last month.
This post looks at Lucid, imported by Viridian Spirits LLC, Manhasset NY.
Lucid is one of the new breed absinthes being imported into the United States and is a beet root neutral spirit distilled with herbs. It is 62% Alcohol/Vol (puts it at 124 Proof) [...]
May 30th, 2009
I know it isn’t a newsflash to mention this, but absinthe ain’t cheap. Loving the stuff — as with loving wine — means a certain acceptance that you will get burned by brands/varieties that you just don’t care for. I tend to use any information I can find online to help me decide on the [...]
May 8th, 2009
A recent holiday in Spain meant a search for reasonably priced Spanish absinthe, of course! Unlike my trip to Spain last October, I came back to the UK with a bottle this time around. The price was a gorgeous surprise even though the place I bought from was a little tourist shop in Guadalest crammed [...]
