Generic for distilled high proof spirit-based aperitif bitters flavored with anise & other herbs - containing wormwood. Used mainly in simple cocktails showcasing it, many more cocktails citing it were actually formulated for the use of absinthe substitutes like Herbsaint or post-1913 Pernod. Absinthe bans were enacted in many countries in the 1912-1915 period due, in part, to the allegedly deleterious effects of the thujone-laden wormword, and in part to the indigence, and crime associated with the burgeoning consumption of alcohol as a result of the move from agrarian to industrial society and the urban blight associated therewith. Absinthe enjoyed a (continuing) rebirth of popularity in the late 1990s largely founded upon its mythical taboo status. Many new brands of widely varying qualities and quality have appeared based on tenuous historical pretexts. Substitues: Absente, Herbsaint, Pernod, Ricard, other pastis

Drinks made with Absinthe:

1. Bunny Hug Cocktail
2. Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail No. 1
3. Tuxedo Cocktail No. 1
4. Modern Cocktail (Whiskey)
5. Morning Glory Cocktail
6. Old-Fashioned Appetizer
7. Pick-Up
8. Rattlesnake Cocktail
9. Rah-Rah-Rut
10. Sazerac Cocktail
11. Temptation Cocktail
12. T. N. T. Cocktail
13. Trilby Cocktail No. 2
14. Wizz-Bang Cocktail
15. Zazarac Cocktail
16. Absinthe Cocktail
17. Absinthe (Special) Cocktail
18. Absinthe Drip Cocktail
19. Brunelle Cocktail
20. Button Hook Cocktail
21. Duchess Cocktail
22. Glad Eye Cocktail
23. Macaroni Cocktail
24. 19-Pick-Me-Up-Cocktail
25. Pansy Cocktail
26. Victory Cocktail
27. Which Way Cocktail
28. Yellow Parrot Cocktail
29. Melba Cocktail
30. Third Rail Cocktail No. 2
31. Block and Fall Cocktail
32. Bombay Cocktail No. 2
33. Castle Dip Cocktail
34. Depth Charge Cocktail
35. Dream Cocktail
36. Moonraker Cocktail
37. Morning Cocktail
38. Nick's Own Cocktail
39. Presto Cocktail
40. Ray Long Cocktail
41. Saucy Sue Cocktail
42. Special Rough Cocktail
43. Cordova Cocktail
44. Millionaire Cocktail No. 2
45. Modern Cocktail No. 2
46. Peggy Cocktail
47. Piccadilly Cocktail
48. Queen Elizabeth Cocktail
49. Self-Starter Cocktail
50. Third Degree Cocktail
51. Weesuer Special Cocktail
52. Blackthorn Cocktail