Were you to line up famous scapegoats, along with the biblical Eve, hapless Cubs fan Steve Bartman and Mrs. O’Leary’s arsonist cow, you’d have to give a nod to absinthe, the bitter, ...

A: It consists of a base spirit, often grain alcohol (though St. George Spirits uses a neutral brandy), to which herbs are infused. The spirit is then distilled again and additional herbs added, a ...

2004-11-04 04:00:00 PDT Couvet, Switzerland-- For three years Claude-Alain Bugnon has competed with his wife for space in the unfinished concrete basement of their home here, she to do laundry, he to ...

National Absinthe Day is marked annually on March 5 to raise awareness and celebrate the strong alcoholic drink also known as "The Green Fairy." Absinthe is a combination of spirits and herbs, mainly ...

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That Edgar Allan Poe abused alcohol regularly from his college days until his death at age 40 is of course well known, and described in many places including my recent post. What is less well ...

Let’s start with a few things that absinthe is not. Absinthe is not hallucinogenic. Absinthe won’t make you go crazy. Absinthe isn’t illegal. If you’re like most people, those three statements have ...

Spooky visions of moss-draped trees lining dark, isolated roads, cemeteries, gardens filled with bats, ghosts and witches flying above the trees are fodder for horror movies, fiction writers, and ...

National Absinthe Day is marked on March 5 annually to raise awareness and celebrate the strong alcoholic drink also known as "The Green Fairy." According to Healthline, absinthe is a combination of ...