Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two glasses of green absinthe with sugar cubes, and sprigs surrounding, on a texturized, light ...

While old wives tales of absinthe's hallucinogenic effects have likely been greatly exaggerated over the years (the compound responsible for these supposed effects, thujone has been found to be ...

Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...

MOUTIER, Switzerland -- Absinthe, the drink banned almost a century ago as "madness in a bottle," is making a comeback. The Swiss, who first distilled absinthe, legalized it last month, hoping to ...

It’s been legal for individuals to bring absinthe into the U.S. for some time now, but only this year are authentic varieties of the spirit made with 19th-century distilling methods legal to produce ...

It's inspirational genius; it's the green fairy; it's evil in a glass. It's absinthe. If you saw the movie "Moulin Rouge," you probably noticed Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sipping the glowing green ...

That Edgar Allan Poe abused alcohol regularly from his college days until his death at age 40 is of course well known, and described in many places including my recent post. What is less well ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...