Absinthe is probably the most misunderstood spirit in existence. Due to a national ban and a perception that it causes hallucinations, no other form of alcohol, not even tequila, has the air of danger ...

Oscar Wilde penned glorious stories of sipping absinthe in fashionable Victorian parlors. Wilde wrote: “After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see ...

Absinthe, enjoyed louched and opalescent from an ornate fountain or slipped into a complex cocktail, has steadily been gaining popularity with each year since it regained legal status in America in ...

In a move designed to keep Londoners in a hangover until 2019, a new absinthe experience opens in Camden this December. A whole bar will be dedicated to the potent drink — otherwise known as Le Fee ...

Absinthe’s history mirrors the way it’s meant to be prepared: a mix of the misunderstood and the legitimately unusual. For most of its existence, the spirit has been slandered, ostracized and, in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Viking guy — red beard, large — opened a plump sack, reached his freckled hand inside, and scooped up a bunch of twigs and yellow-gray flowers. “Do you ...