Absinthe served in the traditional way at the Armand Guy distillery in Pontarlier, France. Photo Credit: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images In my younger years, I did what many in the creative class do.

A century ago, absinthe was at its peak in drinking and popular culture. As temperance campaigns aimed to vilify the drink, its mythos only grew. Citizens were warned that it would lead them down the ...

The traditional method of preparing absinthe: pour iced water over a sugar cube until it dissolves into a glass of absinthe underneath Green, incredibly alcoholic and some say mind-altering - these ...

French absinthe - the drink so notorious that it was banned for 80 years - has been given an EU protected status. The highly potent green drink - widely associated with Belle Epoque artistic figures ...

LONDON, England – Yesterday the French Senate finally voted to lift the ban against absinthe in France. LONDON, England – Yesterday the French Senate finally voted to lift the ban against absinthe in ...

PARIS – French absinthe makers can finally say what's in the bottle. French authorities banned the liquorice-tasting tipple a century ago because of its alleged hallucinogenic qualities. Authorities ...

French producers of absinthe, the green spirit said to have inspired Van Gogh, have won a 15-year battle to have their fiery drink receive European protected status. This week, Brussels granted ...

Tales of the Cocktail and New Orleans are proud to host the opening of the Absinthe Museum of America. It will be the first of its kind in the United States to not only showcase the rare and extensive ...

Brian Robinson remembers his first sip of absinthe--the potent anise-flavored beverage distilled from herbs--while at a party in Majadahonda, a small town near Madrid, a dozen years ago. "I hated ...