The first time I had absinthe after I came of age, I thought it was a gimmick. After all, absinthe wasn't even legal until three years before, so how am I supposed to take it seriously? “Ohh, we're ...

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 ...

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 ...

Absinthe was created in the late 1700s and the first distillery opened in 1805. Absinthe gained popularity during a wine shortage in the mid 1800s. The sale of absinthe was banned after a 1905 crime ...

Alameda, Calif. (KGO) -- The Bay Area's own St. George Spirits is known around the world for it's award-winning production of high quality liquors, but what is their secret to success? A lot of that ...

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Tucked away behind a psychic readings storefront, Employees Only, the West Village memorial to the speakeasy, celebrated last night not just the 81st anniversary of the end of Prohibition, but also ...

Over the last two and a half centuries, absinthe has divided opinions and earned quite the rap sheet. Accused of being addictive and psychedelic, the spirit has been outlawed almost everywhere at one ...

Upper East Side French brasserie L'Absinthe opened in 1995, but the namesake beverage wasn't officially served until quite recently, because the the anise-flavored liquor was believed to be illegal in ...