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 ...

I’ve been on an absinthe kick at work lately. I’ve been trying to get my coworkers on the bandwagon, but they keep wrinkling their nose at the black licorice aroma that I find so alluring. All the ...

When it comes to alcohol shrouded in mystery, it’s pretty tough to top absinthe. This wormwood and anise-flavored herbal spirit was illegal in the US from 1912 until 2007, when it was legalized with ...

Lance Winters – the maker of Hangar One vodka – started making the brilliant green spirit called absinthe 11 years ago just for himself. Now, after struggling with federal regulators over the label ...

Once banned for nearly a century for its purported dangerous hallucinogen effects, absinthe is now making a comeback in the United States with the help of two former Heublein executives. A decade ...

Absinthe – that high-proof spirit with the mysterious lore and liquorice taste people either love or detest. It’s gotten easier to love, though, with distillers making high-quality versions ever since ...

PARIS — I’ve come to the Paris Red Light District to kiss the Green Fairy full on the mouth, to sample the city’s absinthe houses, where the notorious and powerful liquor is still cloaked in mystery.