tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post2578901590229776513..comments2024-03-18T23:00:36.047-07:00Comments on Ken Albala's Food Rant: Avant La Fee VerteKen Albalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-43938086232380630512007-12-12T20:27:00.000-08:002007-12-12T20:27:00.000-08:00Recently, the Combier distillery began producing a...Recently, the Combier distillery began producing absinthe for the Viridian Company, this time with the American market in mind. Tall black bottles of Lucid Absinthe Supérieure began to appear on liquor store shelves in the spring of 2007 – for the first time in nearly a century.<BR/><BR/>It's not cheap -- selling for about $70 per bottle (yet another difference from the 19th-century green fairy)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800893528463573792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-69883260802272882062007-12-08T07:53:00.000-08:002007-12-08T07:53:00.000-08:00Yes, Gary, FDA exactly. And there was an article i...Yes, Gary, FDA exactly. And there was an article in the times the other day about a guy in Alameda actually making the first absinthe in the US in a hundred years. For commercial sale that is. I must get my hands on some! St. George I think was the name?Ken Albalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-65425820436055127532007-12-07T12:03:00.000-08:002007-12-07T12:03:00.000-08:00The only absinthe I've tried was home-made (not by...The only absinthe I've tried was home-made (not by me, by a student worker). I did not experience the clarity you described -- there was the alcoholic buzz, but with a side of novocain.<BR/><BR/>The bitterness was good, though -- and not too strong an anise presence (and I love that anisic intensity in ouzo and pastis).<BR/><BR/>BTW, one of the reasons absinthe is getting so much press these days is because the FDA is now allowing certain absinthes to be sold in the US -- as a result of changes in the rules regarding thujone amounts permitted. I believe that about five companies are formulating absinthes with legally-acceptable thujone contents. I suspect that they will not offer quite the same experience enjoyed by the Parisian demi-monde a century ago.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800893528463573792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-15877789697303564962007-12-06T17:08:00.000-08:002007-12-06T17:08:00.000-08:00Ah, Ken! You will have to try my homemade version ...Ah, Ken! You will have to try my homemade version of the Green Fairy when you coming to Sacramento for dinner. I do pure grain alcohol and soak the herbs rather than use the still method, which could make you go blind if I am uncareful...mine does not taste of anise, although there is a little bit in there, and it is neon green. Maybe you will like it - I'd love to get your thoughts, as the onnly absinthe expert I know...Hunter Angler Gardener Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996285578001308125noreply@blogger.com