Absinthe spurred Van Gogh to remove ear; now liquor is in a store near you. Dec. 21, 2007— -- Decadence and debauchery. Mayhem and murder. Absinthe, the legendary drink and muse of the Moulin ...

derives its name from a type of wormwood species called Artemisia absinthium. This green liquor's notorious reputation partially stems from the fact that bohemian artists in the 19th century believed ...

Sometimes the Burning Question crew suspects that the editors wish us jail time, disfigurement, death or worse. It’s not that they necessarily hate us, mind you. They just have this thing about ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...

Let’s say you’re cooking dinner for your significant other. Wine is poured, candles are lit, music is playing, it’s all going well. The recipe calls for some gentle heat from a few slices of jalapeño, ...

Walking up the stairs to the bar inside the new Gaspar Brasserie feels a little like stepping through a portal into early 20th century France. If the polish of the brass and newness of the surfaces ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...

Yesterday, we blogged about how you can make distilled absinthe, with links to websites that either sell stills or provide directions for creating homemade stills. But since distilling alcohol without ...

March 5, don’t you know, is National Absinthe Day. Well, that’s the word on the street — the Wormwood Society, devoted to all things absinthe-y, doesn’t say a thing about it. Rimbaud loved it, so that ...