Obsello Special Edition, Distiller's Reserve, to be released in 2009. |
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Obsello Special Edition, Distiller's Reserve, to be released in 2009. |
 Aug 24 2009, 03:38 PM
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 Member  Group: Absintheur Posts: 167 Joined: 22-July 09 From: Princeton/Trenton NJ USA Member No.: 2,604  |
... is distilled an additional time with black cardamom and brown spices before being aged a year.
Discuss...... |
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Aug 24 2009, 04:01 PM
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 a.k.a. Shabba Group: Advisory Board Posts: 8,982 Joined: 18-June 06 From: South Riding, VA Member No.: 669 |
Had it last year when I met with Bryan in Madrid and also at Tales. It's some pretty tasty stuff!
The version I had in 08 was different than the stuff at Tales, but both were good. The former was very floral and fresh, the latter is warmer and more rich with hints of holiday spices. -------------------- New blog: Rantings of a DC Gourmand.
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Aug 24 2009, 05:43 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 345 Joined: 16-April 09 From: Fort Bragg, NC Member No.: 2,482 |
I want someeee.
But .. According to Obsello, due to it coming from Spain and US regulatory problems, we gotta sit tight for 2 months or go visit them in Lleida. 
-------------------- www.MutineerMagazine.com
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Aug 24 2009, 05:49 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 534 Joined: 21-February 09 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 2,421 |
Count me in, as soon as possible...
 -------------------- C30H40O8 aficionado
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Aug 24 2009, 06:21 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 556 Joined: 2-January 09 From: The mitten state! Member No.: 2,338 |
QUOTE (odiedog52 @ Aug 24 2009, 09:43 PM)  I want someeee. But .. According to Obsello, due to it coming from Spain and US regulatory problems, we gotta sit tight for 2 months or go visit them in Lleida. Maybe we can get a special group rate if there's enough of us. 
-------------------- At least it's not Le Tourment Vert...
15 minutes of reading could save you $50 or more on shit absinthe: www.absinthe-review.net |
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Aug 24 2009, 06:52 PM
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 Cold wind blowin'. Group: Absintheur Posts: 4,241 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 1,333 |
I was thinking about this the other day and was wondering what the status was on it. I'd love to give a it a try.
-------------------- "The real world, as bizarre as it is, may be much better than some dreams." -Bill
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Aug 24 2009, 07:15 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 167 Joined: 22-July 09 From: Princeton/Trenton NJ USA Member No.: 2,604 |
I'm for a couple of bottles.
Group order / discount? 
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 Aug 24 2009, 08:17 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
Hey Guys!
OK so to recap the special edition: Step 1. Eau De Vie Step 2. Distill absinthe Step 3. Distill it again with black cardamom and brown spice Step 4. color it (the old fashioned way) Step 5. Aging in a neutral tank for a year Thanks for the thread! Once I get it bottled I will let you guys know where you can get it. Cheers, Bryan |
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Aug 24 2009, 08:27 PM
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 Mon nom est T73 Group: Advisory Board Posts: 11,615 Joined: 3-January 06 From: Montana Member No.: 371 |
Very interesting.
I'd love to sit down over a glass and talk about this. Seriously. Starting with: Why don't you combine step 2 & 3? The third step seems like a great way to lose your absinthe herbs from the 2nd step. What's Brown Spice? Uh oh.... 
brown_spice.jpg ( 96.81K )
Number of downloads: 4-------------------- "There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it!" ~ I know, I have done studies.
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Aug 24 2009, 08:55 PM
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Cold wind blowin'. Group: Absintheur Posts: 4,241 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 1,333 |
Brown Spice shot by guns?
I hated like their music just like the rest of the world, but there's no sense getting violent about it. -------------------- "The real world, as bizarre as it is, may be much better than some dreams." -Bill
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Aug 25 2009, 12:25 AM
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 Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 581 Joined: 15-April 09 From: Central City, CO. Member No.: 2,481 |
I will be eagerly awaiting the special edition.
Joe becareful of that green stuff. You know that will give you mad quaker disease. -------------------- I talk like a drunk man walks, in every which way but where he is headed.
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Aug 25 2009, 04:32 AM
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Newcomer Group: Neophyte Posts: 4 Joined: 27-January 09 From: Dortmund, Germany Member No.: 2,374 |
Will it be available in Europe?
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Aug 25 2009, 06:09 AM
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 Prone to accidents, bad dreams and ellipses Group: Absintheur Posts: 1,690 Joined: 26-March 07 From: Three Mile Island, PA Member No.: 1,283 |
Well this looks promising!
-------------------- A glass of absinthe is similar to life. Slightly sweet, slightly bitter, difficult to see through, yet utterly intoxicating and entirely too short-lived. Life should be savored in such a way.
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Aug 25 2009, 07:06 AM
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 Absinthe Geek Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,267 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Oregon Member No.: 142 |
I'll be picking up a couple of bottles!
-------------------- "Reality is a crutch for people who can't enjoy absinthe."
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Aug 25 2009, 06:36 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 81 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 2,307 |
made me go
 in a good way.
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Aug 25 2009, 08:28 PM
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 Taste sensation Group: Absintheur Posts: 1,896 Joined: 5-February 08 From: Northern Manhattan Member No.: 1,841 |
QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 25 2009, 12:27 AM) Hey! Quakers don't use people in our products! We use ocelot. QUOTE (seeker of truth @ Aug 25 2009, 04:25 AM) You know that will give you mad quaker disease. You know what happens when you piss off a Quaker: you get passive resisted. Whether this covers resistance to pathogens has yet to be determined. -------------------- "The Saint when he is drinking/Is also pleasing God/As if he were praying and singing." - Angelus Silesius, quoted in Simmel's On Individuality and Social Forms, p.391. (Yay for classical sociology!)
"Full bottle in front of me/Time to roll up my sleeves and get to work/And after many glasses of work/I get paid in the brain" - They Might Be Giants "Your Own Worst Enemy." "I've an absinthe factory in my head" (jcbphd, 2009). [Liberties taken. -ed.] |
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Aug 25 2009, 08:32 PM
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Mon nom est T73 Group: Advisory Board Posts: 11,615 Joined: 3-January 06 From: Montana Member No.: 371 |
I'm still waiting to hear what brown spice is.
It's not that stuff they use in sweet pickles, is it? -------------------- "There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it!" ~ I know, I have done studies.
The Alembic. Ridge. |
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Aug 25 2009, 08:37 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 25 2009, 09:32 PM) I'm still waiting to hear what brown spice is. It's not that stuff they use in sweet pickles, is it? haha, Brown spice is a blend of brown spices that I dont want to disclose Why not combine step 2 & 3... molecular density. You will see. : ) |
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Aug 25 2009, 08:40 PM
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 Maggie the Cat Group: Advisory Board Posts: 2,199 Joined: 5-February 06 From: Montana Member No.: 469 |
The Secret Sauce as it were. Secret recipes are cool. It is always fun to try to crack a code.
Molecular Density, Grasshopper.
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Aug 25 2009, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
I am really excited to see how much interest there is in this version. I should be up front though it is a rather unconventional absinthe. Definitely still an absinthe, but not of any clear origin or style. Its denser and somehow "sweeter" even though there is no sugar in it. I think it will be rather polarizing.
I should also point out that its very different from Obsello. Cheers, Bryan |
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Aug 25 2009, 08:48 PM
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Mon nom est T73 Group: Advisory Board Posts: 11,615 Joined: 3-January 06 From: Montana Member No.: 371 |
QUOTE (Obsello @ Aug 25 2009, 10:37 PM) Why not combine step 2 & 3... molecular density. You will see. <cough, cough, bullshit, cough, cough> Brown spice? OK, I'll buy that it's a secret but a cooler name would be better like maybe, Eye of Newt. -------------------- "There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it!" ~ I know, I have done studies.
The Alembic. Ridge. |
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Aug 25 2009, 09:19 PM
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QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 26 2009, 12:48 AM) Brown spice? OK, I'll buy that it's a secret, but a cooler name would be better, like maybe, Eye of Newt. Brown spice?.. Eye of Newt. Better than Butthole of Newt!
-------------------- blind man see her, dumb man call her name - Ed Bell
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Aug 25 2009, 09:39 PM
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Cold wind blowin'. Group: Absintheur Posts: 4,241 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 1,333 |
Salamander butthole though...there's some possibility there.
Garam Marsala can be brown.
-------------------- "The real world, as bizarre as it is, may be much better than some dreams." -Bill
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Aug 26 2009, 02:00 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 556 Joined: 2-January 09 From: The mitten state! Member No.: 2,338 |
QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 26 2009, 12:48 AM) QUOTE (Obsello @ Aug 25 2009, 10:37 PM) Why not combine step 2 & 3... molecular density. You will see. <cough, cough, bullshit, cough, cough> Brown spice? OK, I'll buy that it's a secret but a cooler name would be better like maybe, Eye of Newt. I think Joe is on to something here. If your blend is secret, you may as well give it a cool name. 
-------------------- At least it's not Le Tourment Vert...
15 minutes of reading could save you $50 or more on shit absinthe: www.absinthe-review.net |
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Aug 26 2009, 04:35 AM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 167 Joined: 22-July 09 From: Princeton/Trenton NJ USA Member No.: 2,604 |
QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 26 2009, 12:32 AM) I'm still waiting to hear what brown spice is. It's not that stuff they use in sweet pickles, is it? Now you did it. A Spanish hit squad was just dispatched. Don't worry..... It will be quick, quiet, and most of all.....neat. |
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Aug 26 2009, 05:03 AM
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Mon nom est T73 Group: Advisory Board Posts: 11,615 Joined: 3-January 06 From: Montana Member No.: 371 |
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Seriously, I'm teasing Bryan. I know he's just employing a little marketing hyperbole and that's cool by me. At some level, everyone's recipe is a bit of a secret and of course, marketing is what it is. Bryan's only mistake is not realizing that this is a very absinthe-astute crowd. Have fun with the marketing but avoid the smoke and mirrors. I'm a fan of Obsello and have repeatedly said, it is the best absenta available.
-------------------- "There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it!" ~ I know, I have done studies.
The Alembic. Ridge. |
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Aug 26 2009, 04:19 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 807 Joined: 7-April 08 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 1,961 |
QUOTE (Absinthe Ben @ Aug 24 2009, 10:21 PM) QUOTE (odiedog52 @ Aug 24 2009, 09:43 PM) I want someeee. But .. According to Obsello, due to it coming from Spain and US regulatory problems, we gotta sit tight for 2 months or go visit them in Lleida. Maybe we can get a special group rate if there's enough of us. I'm in! -------------------- Life is moist and stinky
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Aug 26 2009, 07:36 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 25 2009, 09:48 PM) QUOTE (Obsello @ Aug 25 2009, 10:37 PM) Why not combine step 2 & 3... molecular density. You will see. <cough, cough, bullshit, cough, cough> Brown spice? OK, I'll buy that it's a secret but a cooler name would be better like maybe, Eye of Newt. Haha, Ok Brown spices are a category that include cloves, cinnamon, cassia, and star anise. Its often blended and called brown spice to season deserts. People also call it holiday spice. I am not a fan of marketing BS either. |
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Aug 26 2009, 07:37 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
QUOTE (fingerpickinblue @ Aug 25 2009, 10:19 PM) QUOTE (Joe Legate @ Aug 26 2009, 12:48 AM) Brown spice? OK, I'll buy that it's a secret, but a cooler name would be better, like maybe, Eye of Newt. Brown spice?.. Eye of Newt. Better than Butthole of Newt! Im Sorry but that had me laughing out loud... and thinking of new beverage ideas. |
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Aug 26 2009, 07:42 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 143 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Lleida, Espaņa Member No.: 2,064 |
QUOTE (Jules @ Aug 25 2009, 09:40 PM) The Secret Sauce as it were. Secret recipes are cool. It is always fun to try to crack a code. Molecular Density, Grasshopper. The molecular density thing is actually the trick to a beautiful louche. Lighter oils cause more streaks and distinct clouds than heavier oils. By distilling the spirit again the lighter oils come through more easily than heavier ones. With Obsello I was obsessed with the flavor profile. With this one I started working a little more on other aspects... The louche/color being front and center. Not to say I neglected the flavor but I have that pretty well figured out. If you don't believe me try distilling a bottle of absinthe you have lying around and see for yourself. Cheers, Bryan |
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