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Preparing absinthe, a bright green liquor made with a mixture of herbs, is a process worthy of its artistic bohemian roots. Absinthe gained notoriety in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, where ...

This week, we’re bringing you a three-part blog series on absinthe, which will cover how to make distilled absinthe, how to make absinthe from kits, and where to buy the best absinthe. Since the 18th ...

Tucked away behind a psychic readings storefront, Employees Only, the West Village memorial to the speakeasy, celebrated last night not just the 81st anniversary of the end of Prohibition, but also ...

Phylloxera lives in the soil and spends its time sucking on the roots of grape vines, which, as it turns out, is a fairly effective way to kill them. At first, farmers didn’t know what was affecting ...

I don’t like absinthe so I went to Switzerland to learn more about it and to have a go at making my own. I’ve always been fond of an alcohol-based day out (family holidays often consisted of visits to ...

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