ABSINTHE AMERICAN
1 oz. Absinthe (Vieux Pontarlier)
Add Sugar to taste
1 oz. Water
Shake and pour over crushed ice and serve.
A very simple drink that we both enjoyed but it seemed to lack something. Eric wasn’t a big fan of this one but it was tolerable to him. Maybe we didn’t add enough or added too little sugar, it just tasted okay. It’s one of those, “I’ll drink it but I’ll never order this” kind of drink.
SCORES: Brian 5.5. Eric 6.
'Absinthe American' have 2 comments
April 13, 2015 @ 3:04 pm Michelle
This lady says that you gentlemen need to go to Prague and have the real thing- that is absinthe neat. Herbal, strong, looked at with horror by many- but delish to me. It’s the real thing there, wormwood and all. Hence I’m a little nuts!
April 14, 2015 @ 12:02 pm Eric D. Anderson
We agree that if we are ever in that part of the world we will take on this challenge. Our absinthes were better neat than they were in any other preparation. The only problem — 130 proof. So finding the right form of dilution will require some fiddling, I think. Weirdly, I just had an Absinthe Suissesse in New Orleans and it was actually delicious — something we did not find when making our own. This recipe contained orgeat, however, and that nutty sweetness seemed to bring it all together somehow.