Sometimes called the green fairy, absinthe is a spirit with a complicated past thanks to its association with one of its ...

Evan Rail's book is an exploration into the mysterious world of absinthe production and collection as well as an ...

It famously fueled Verlaine, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Manet, Van Gogh, and Oscar Wilde. Yet, for an elixir popular among great thinkers, absinthe is astonishingly difficult to drink. Ernest Hemingway ...

It is, to be clear, blisteringly high-proof alcohol which does come with some attendant risks, but we now understand that absinthe—the so-called “Green Fairy”—has no special witchcraft ...

A Rattlesnake is essentially a Whiskey Sour made with rye (as opposed to bourbon) and a dash of absinthe. This seemingly ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is ...

The Death in the Afternoon is a two-ingredient cocktail made with absinthe and brut Champagne. The drink is built in a coupe glass or flute and served without a garnish. Ernest Hemingway made many ...