How To Make Absinthe

You might have seen the prices of bottled Absinthe and thought there must be websites that teach how to make Absinthe. Well, there are but Absinthe needs distilling and if your are in the United States you will know that you need a license to distill alcohol – you also need to know what you are doing!

There are many websites with recipes and ingredients for making Absinthe (or Absynth) at home. Herbal ingredients usually include the traditional three ingrediants of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), aniseed and fennel plus other herbs and essential oils used in the history of Absinthe making, such as hyssop, lemon balm, calamus, roman wormwood, anise, licorice, angelica, sage, mint and sweet flag. The process of distilling Absinthe is very complicated and time consuming – distilling, filtering etc. However there are kits available to simplify the art of making the Green Fairy.

Wormwood contains the chemical thujone and different kits produce Absinthes with different thujone levels. The higher the thujone content the more bitter the Absinthe will be as it will contain more wormwood.

How To Make Absinthe With Kits

Some kits provide you with herbs that you have to steep and the filter but by far the easiest kits to use are essence kits. AbsintheKit.com sell Absinthe essences to both the Absinthe industry and to consumers. Their Absinthe essences are produced by using top-quality herbs and essential oils and by using high tech carbon dioxide distillation. Simply mix 20ml of essence with 730ml of vodka or Everclear and you have the perfect Absinthe liquor made with real wormwood and natural ingredients. A 20ml bottle of Absinthe essence will make 750ml of Absinthe and an essence only costs $3.95!

The essences are also available in a kit which makes 14 bottles of Absinthe and it contains a 280ml bottle of essence, bottle labels and a plastic measure – all for $29.

How To Make Absinthe Using the Ritual

Once you have made your bottle of Absinthe you will need to know how to prepare your Absinthe drink. Use the following recipe or procedure.

First you will need the right equipment:-

- Absinthe

- An Absinthe glass

- An Absinthe spoon (cuillere)

- A cube of sugar

- Iced Water

Pour a shot (25-50ml) of Absinthe into the glass.

Rest the Absinthe spoon on top of the glass and place a cube of sugar on the slotted spoon.

Drip iced water over the sugar using a fountain or use a steady hand to slowly pour the water over the sugar.

As the sugar crystals dissolve, the water and sugar solution mixes into the Absinthe causing the Absinthe to louche beautifully.

Sit back and enjoy your perfect Absinthe drink.

It may take you a few attempts to make the Absinthe louche perfectly but it is easy to learn how to make Asbinthe.