Mardi Gras is not about partying. I mean it definitely is, but it’s about more than that. Mardi Gras is about exuberance. Obviously, it’s a drinking holiday, but you shouldn’t just drink anything; ...

Yesterday, we blogged about how you can make distilled absinthe, with links to websites that either sell stills or provide directions for creating homemade stills. But since distilling alcohol without ...

Last week, we posted a blog series on absinthe that included pointers on how to distill absinthe and how to make absinthe from kits. Some readers expressed kit absinthe is not “real” absinthe, with ...

One of the best absinthes in the world is made 60 miles northeast of Louisville. And its secret ingredient is a storied family recipe for Eastern Kentucky moonshine. No, you’re not hallucinating.

HEMINGWAY called it "liquid alchemy", and Oscar Wilde said its violent hues were "as poetical as anything in the world". Today, almost a century after it was banned for spreading madness, penury and ...

Mark Maurice was one of those “crazy Limelight club kids,” as he puts it. One night at the club, he met a man carrying these mysterious green vials. The man told him the vials contained absinthe, and ...

In a week when parliament rejected proposals to decriminalise cannabis, it gave the green light to moves to lift the ban on the toxic tipple. The Senate’s decision paves the way for a formal proposal ...