Despite absinthe’s notorious reputation, over the past century and a half, the spirit has redeemed itself in all sorts of cocktails, from the Sazerac to the Corpse Reviver No. 2. But there’s no ...

A new spirit is coming to downtown Lorain. Kurt Hernon, owner of landmark Lorain cocktail bar Speak of the Devil, 201 W. Fifth St., said there is perhaps no spirit more misunderstood than absinthe. On ...

Absinthe’s history mirrors the way it’s meant to be prepared: a mix of the misunderstood and the legitimately unusual. For most of its existence, the spirit has been slandered, ostracized and, in ...

Absinthe may be one of the most misunderstood spirits. While some people insist it tastes like black licorice, others maintain it's far more complex with fresh and herbaceous hints of fennel and anise ...

One of my favorite parts of tending bar is clearing up misconceptions about alcohol. The biggest one has to be the old saw about beer before liquor or vice versa. (Answer: It doesn’t matter, except ...

It all started in Provence with a glass of rose wine. Well, actually, a glass of pastis before the rose. While Paul Sanguinetti, lead mixologist for the Patina Group, was in France studying wine, he ...

After nearly a century on ice, absinthe is back on the street. Served as a mysterious milky elixir, fashioned into creative cocktails or set aflame and drunk by the shot, the heady, anise-flavored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, it won't make your hallucinate. Yes, it is delicious. Sunyixun / Getty Images There is no spirit whose history is more steeped ...

New to the neighborhood, Wormwood introduces itself as an absinthe-focused bar. After greeting me, Ben Marquart busts out a beginner’s lesson on absinthe. He decides Le Frappe is a good place to start ...

A sugar cube is cradled by a slotted spoon balanced on top of a glass of absinthe. (Courtesy of Southern Food and Beverage Museum) There's something romantic about absinthe — that naturally green ...

It’s time to set the record straight on absinthe. Enough with the myths about green fairies and the fear about illegal swill. Absinthe is a delicious spirit with a rich history, end of story—er, make ...