
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:
- Bunny Hug Cocktail
- Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail No. 1
- Tuxedo Cocktail No. 1
- Modern Cocktail (Whiskey)
- Morning Glory Cocktail
- Old-Fashioned Appetizer
- Pick-Up
- Rattlesnake Cocktail
- Rah-Rah-Rut
- Sazerac Cocktail
- Temptation Cocktail
- T. N. T. Cocktail
- Trilby Cocktail No. 2
- Wizz-Bang Cocktail
- Zazarac Cocktail
- Absinthe Cocktail
- Absinthe (Special) Cocktail
- Absinthe Drip Cocktail
- Brunelle Cocktail
- Button Hook Cocktail
- Duchess Cocktail
- Glad Eye Cocktail
- Macaroni Cocktail
- 19-Pick-Me-Up-Cocktail
- Pansy Cocktail
- Victory Cocktail
- Which Way Cocktail
- Yellow Parrot Cocktail
- Melba Cocktail
- Third Rail Cocktail No. 2
- Block and Fall Cocktail
- Bombay Cocktail No. 2
- Castle Dip Cocktail
- Depth Charge Cocktail
- Dream Cocktail
- Moonraker Cocktail
- Morning Cocktail
- Nick's Own Cocktail
- Presto Cocktail
- Ray Long Cocktail
- Saucy Sue Cocktail
- Special Rough Cocktail
- Cordova Cocktail
- Millionaire Cocktail No. 2
- Modern Cocktail No. 2
- Peggy Cocktail
- Piccadilly Cocktail
- Queen Elizabeth Cocktail
- Self-Starter Cocktail
- Third Degree Cocktail
- Weesuer Special Cocktail
- Blackthorn Cocktail