MetaFilter posts tagged with absinthe

Flying with the green fairy

dead_ — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:44:55 -0800

Meet St. George Absinthe Verte, "the first American-made absinthe on the market in almost a century." Since Absinthe was legalized earlier this year, various brewers have moved into the market--but is is really the same thujone-enhanced drink that drove many-an-artist to madness?

The Green Fairy

bobobox — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:08:29 -0800

The Virtual Absinthe Museum What is there in absinthe that makes it a separate cult? ... Even in ruin and in degradation it remains a thing apart - Aleister Crowley. The Virtual Absinthe Museum has the whole fabled history plus literature, art and antiques. The accoutrements: spoons, glasses, brouilleurs and zoomorphic pichets. Classic art-nouveau posters, postcards showing Les Perils of France, French poetry, English fiction, and American pulp magazines.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ~ W.C. Fields

huckhound — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:00:50 -0800

Poitin, Hjemmebrent, and Slivovitz are all vying to be the next Absinthe. Though Poitin gets extra points for being banned by a 17th century monarch, they are all part of the very trendy, very quaffable moonshine revival.

Absinthe

dhruva — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:28:52 -0800

The Mystery of the Green Menace "It's been celebrated as a muse and banned as a poison. Now an obsessed microbiologist has cracked the code for absinthe - and distilled his own."

Absinthe

plep — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:16:27 -0800

The Virtual Absinthe Museum.

absinthe legal in Switzerland

tsarfan — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:12:21 -0800

Finally absinthe is legal in Switzerland. After nearly a century of believing the hype that the green liquor could lead people to madness, the Swiss government now realizes leagalizing "would actually enable authorities to control the production of the alcohol and tax its sales."

taz — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 04:37:41 -0800

You probably remember him best for his famous green devil, tempting you with the esoteric delight of evil absinthe^*, or the familiar image of the jester pushing the pleasures of Bitter Campari. Called by some the "father of the modern poster", and even the "father of advertising", Italian-born Leonetto Cappiello created over 1,000 memorable posters during his 40-year career in belle-epoque and fin-de-siecle Paris, and a quick look at a collection of his work quickly reminds us how enduring both his images and his basic concepts have been. (more...)

tdecius — Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:58:45 -0800

Absinthe is one of the craziest liquors known to man. Made from a poisonous root in the Czech Republic, it's linked to the bizarre behaviour of Van Gogh and even Rimbaud. Still ready to get wasted? Read the Absinthe FAQ.