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Hard to get and pricey, but definitely worth it. Not only does Century contain a massive amount of the all-important thujone, it is also one of the best-tasting absinthes I have ever had - a rare combination!
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I really like this one! Much more affordable than
Century, my all-time favourite, but still very, very good. Maktub is the party spirit from the jazz age with a clean, fresh taste and plenty of buzz. Recommended.
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Perhaps the only fault of Doubs Mystique is its relatively low
thujone content -- so don't expect to dance with the Fairy :-) But if you drink absinthe for the taste alone, you will not be disappointed.
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I confess. Yes, Absinthium 1792 is a rather cheap, artificially coloured oil mix, but I still like the taste and do drink it from time to time. Louches nicely, which is not at all usual for an absinthe of this class.
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Absinthe and beer?
Absinthe make the brain numb faster
Friday May 30, 2003
The Guardian
Scottish Courage, Britain’s biggest brewing group, has given a Gallic twist to the old Scots standby, the “whisky chaser”, with Deco.
Deco is presented as a 275cl bottle of Kronenbourg 1664, topped by a plastic bottle containing a 25ml shot of absinthe. The package, which will cost between £4.50 and £5, is available in bars and nightclubs in London and Brighton, but will be rolled out nationally in the autumn. The lager is 5% alcohol while the absinthe weighs in at 45%, considerably weaker, ScotCo says, than most French versions.
ScotCo, which bought Kronenbourg in 2000, is unaware of one link between absinthe and beer: an infusion of absinthe and hops is a centuries-old remedy used for fighting flu. The only problem is that Kronenbourg, like most lagers, is a little light on hops and the minty wormwood that is the basis of absinthe tends to overwhelm the beer.
Absinthe was developed as a tonic drink as it contains thujyl, absinthol, carotene and vitamin C.
These properties may be lost on the habitues of bars and nightclubs, but ScotCo is at pains to stress that it has not developed the package to encourage binge drinking.
The absinthe is so rich, minty and cloying that it would take a strong constitution to down the 25ml in one gulp.
The package would work better with a hoppy English ale, where the peppery and resiny character of the hops would balance the richness of wormwood.
The gentle, malty sweetness of the lager doesn’t stand a chance against the wormwood.
In the interests of scientific research, I reverted to the time-honoured Scottish practice of pouring some of the absinthe into the beer. The result is disgusting, a cocktail of Nightnurse and Ovaltine.
Alcohol Concern should not be worried: you would have to be a serious head banger to drink this, even if you could afford it.
Next month, ScotCo will launch a new 6% version of Kronenbourg called Premier Cru.
I will wait for that and hold the absinthe.
Roger Protz edits the Good Beer Guide.
When Czechoslovakia eased travel restrictions about five years ago, Western intellectuals ventured there with the wary air of men exploring some dark continent. They were surprised to dis cover that many Czechs were familiar with the plays of Samuel Beckett and Edward Albee, and had kept abreast of other Western cultural developments.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839919,00.html