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Making an Absinthe Home Brew Recipe

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Learn how to make absinthe in the comfort of your own home in this free home brew video series from our professional bartender and home brewer.

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Summary: Vincent van Gogh. Pablo Picasso. Ernest Hemingway. Oscar Wilde. We could go on with this list of famous absinthe drinkers, but here at Expert Village, we don’t want to give you the impression that if you drink a few swigs of this mysterious green drink and you’ll be painting your own “Starry Night” or writing the next “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” The stuff was banned for good reason. Frenchman Jean Lanfray murdered his family on a green demon bender. (The courts blamed absinthe and Lanfray was set free.) Oscar Wilde discovered tulips growing on his legs after a dedicated drinking session. Emile Zola wrote of a bingeing streaker on the rue Saint-Martin who polkaed himself to death. Yes indeed, turn of the century Paris was a wild place, what with of all of the absinthe-induced hallucinations gallivanting about town. But this fun came to a end with the extensive banning of this drink in the early twentieth century. Within past decade, the green demon has make somewhat of a comeback in Europe, and in fact never was illegal in Spain or Portugal. But it is still illegal to buy it in the United States. However, you can legally make your own…

In this series of home brew videos, our experienced bartender Allen Gottfried tells you how to make your own absinthe. He begins by giving you a brief history of absinthe and then discusses how to filter it. Learn all of the ingredients you need and how to distill them. Not sure how to get that bright green color? Wondering how to flavor this exotic drink so it doesn’t taste like transmission fluid? Watch these videos and you will know. Just don’t sell the stuff or you could get into big trouble.

About the Expert

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Expert: Allen Gottfried has been bartending and working in the food service industry for more than three years. He has guided private tours and tasting sessions, and attended home brewing lectures with local companies and aficionados alike, all to learn many of the trade secrets behind making a good brew.
Contact Info: Pyromagik@hotmail.com

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