10/28/2022 0 Comments Absynth green fairy![]() ![]() The color is the same now as the day I got it so I wonder if it has always had this color and the picture is misleading (as in the case of Heritage from ALANDIA) or if it has actually been colored traditionally which has since been degraded? Again, the label says that it doesn't contain any artificial colorings so I guess I have to believe that it has been green once. - Oh well, I bought it, might as well get this over with.Ĭolor and Louche: In the picture from the website (as shown above) the color is distinctly green, however, the bottle I got was a light shade of yellow, like the piss from a well hydrated person. For the cherry to top of this questionable sundae that is the King of Spirits Absinthe they put a picture of Vincent van Gogh on the label, a person that any absinthe enthusiast worth his salt knows shouldn't be the posterboy for absinthe. I'm guessing they chose 10 mg/l since that is the highest allowed limit in the United States, but most other fakesinthes claim to contain 35 mg/l since that is the highest limit allowed in Europe. When they try to flash the thujone content it's always a bad sign, also, they cant be sure of the thujone content since they have put in additional wormwood that in itself contains more thujone. *facepalm* Further more, on the label it says "For experts only" (I'm not sure what defines an expert in this case, an alcoholic maybe?), "Pure natural liquor" and "Thujone: up to 10 mg/l". Finally, the producers promises "the ultimate kick" and "you will feel a certain kind of magic when you drink it". You don't use grand wormwood in the coloring process since it is too bitter, so this is bound to tase really bad I think. Thirdly, they have put pieces of grand wormwood in the bottle, a sort of third, indefinite maceration. Second, the label says that no artificial colorings are used, but it omits any information about destillation or it containing any artificial flavors, which is always a bad sign. First of all, if I'm allowed to be a bit prejudiced, it's from the Czech Republic, the nation mother to most of the fake absinthes that I know of. Of course you're not going to find a label on it that says "I'm a crapy, fake drink that shouldn't be allowed to be called absinthe! Buy me!", but there are certain signs. I doubt very much that this is a real absinthe. Today I'm going to try the King of Spirits. I think you know by now that I'm no stranger to tasting really crapy "absinthe", but this one in particular have been hard for me to get to, I think it has been sitting in my absinthe cabinet for about 2 years now and I haven't tried it yet. That way you don’t have to check for updates too often ) I will put out new posts Sundays at 12:00, if I have something to write about. Instead, send me an email at I’d be delighted to hear from you! If you read something that you think I got wrong or if you have additional information that you would like to share, please don’t write that in a comment in the post. Remember, English is a second language to me, so there might be some funny mistakes and odd phrasing here and there (some of it purposely). If you want to read more about something that you find interesting there will be a lot of links to more elaborated posts on the subject. There you’ll find a shortened version of what absinthe is, some history and myths. If you are new to absinthe I recommend that you start reading my first 3 posts: Absinthe 101. Apart from reviews I’ll go through some absinthe history, my own thoughts and this and that about everything absinthe. ![]() ![]() No real criteria, just my subjective opinion. ![]() Instead of using the Wormwood Societys rating system I just give them a rating from 0,5 to 5,0 with steps of 0,5. Can’t say I’m very good at identifying different herbs, but I will try to describe them as well as I’m abel (maybe, in time, I’ll get better at it). If you are interested I have lots of reviews for you to read. I’m an ordinary guy from Sweden who have been drinking absinthe since the end of 2015, and by now I have A LOT of absinthe! It should be said that I’m NOT an absinthe puritan, I will not shame anyone that like fake absinthe, doesn’t use ice cold water or drinks from a regular glass, so if you are a puritan yourself then you might get annoyed from time to time while reading this blog. ![]()
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