Reviews written by amber-peter

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Ordering
August 05, 2012 (Updated: August 06, 2012)
Overall rating
 
3.1
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
3.0
Aroma
 
3.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
2.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
3.0
Hesitant review...

Appearance: The color is pleasantly mapley and definitely looks like a barrel-aged spirit in color...deep and butterscotch-like. Louche: There's a lot of dimensions of color including blues,...

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amber-peter
June 08, 2012
Overall rating
 
4.1
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
4.5
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
4.0
Finally, fennel!

Appearance: A very nice light citrine color with hints of a apple-y green when viewed in sunlight, but can appear near-peridot in certain light. Louche: Extremely thick...

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amber-peter
May 29, 2012
Overall rating
 
3.4
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
3.0
Aroma
 
3.5
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
3.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
3.0
Good in theory.

Appearance: It's obviously a blanche, but there's a barely noticeable yellow tint. Louche: It doesn't seem to get quite as thick as it should, and not nearly...

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amber-peter
May 29, 2012
Overall rating
 
4.5
Appearance
 
5.0
Louche
 
4.5
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.5
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
4.5
The Bleue Standard

Appearance: It always pains me to give full points for a blanche, but it looked as though there wasn't anything in my reservoir glass when I poured it in. ...

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amber-peter
May 29, 2012
Overall rating
 
3.3
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
3.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
3.0
Unexciting

Appearance: A somewhat unappealing olive oil color, not cloudy, but also not particularly clear. Louche: Stays a green color with deep reds and oranges but it seems...

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amber-peter
May 29, 2012
Overall rating
 
3.9
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
3.5
Aroma
 
4.5
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
4.5
Overall
 
4.0
Quite pleased with this one.

Appearance: The color is a natural green, but it's rather light. Louche: This absinthe louched easily, and is perhaps a bit too thick. It maintains a nice...

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amber-peter
May 05, 2012 (Updated: May 05, 2012)
Overall rating
 
3.2
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
3.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
3.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
3.0
My first absinthe

Appearance: The color is light. Really, really light. Clearly natural, and not cloudy, but there's a lot more that could be going on here. Louche: Develops a...

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amber-peter
May 05, 2012
Overall rating
 
2.4
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
2.0
Aroma
 
3.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
2.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
2.0
Somewhat disappointed

Appearance: A pale topaz, much like a cup of white tea. Louche: Started out somewhat promising, but after adding enough water for a proper dilution, it became...

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amber-peter
May 04, 2012
Overall rating
 
4.8
Appearance
 
5.0
Louche
 
5.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
5.0
Finish
 
5.0
Overall
 
5.0
Hard to quantify...

Appearance: Very golden-butterscotch topaz. Where it's natural, it's obviously un-green by choice, to mimic vintage fuille morte qualities. Louche: Practically insta-louches. It goes from nothing to a...

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amber-peter
April 16, 2012
Overall rating
 
4.3
Appearance
 
5.0
Louche
 
5.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
4.0
Quite tasty.

Appearance: Lush, summery green. Louche: Oily sunsets giving way to a beautiful hologram of colors...green-blue and deep red. Aroma: Smell isn't particularly big or...

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amber-peter
April 16, 2012
Overall rating
 
2.8
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
3.0
Aroma
 
3.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
2.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
2.0
A departure on traditional absinthe

Appearance: Clear, without any hue or tint. Louche: Milky and thick. Pretty plain in the color...there isn't much iridescence here. Aroma: There's a lot...

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amber-peter
April 14, 2012
Overall rating
 
4.0
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
4.0
No apologies here.

Appearance: A rusty-raspberry tea color. Louche: Lovely red gradient while louching, developing into a peachy opal with deeper reds and yellows. It's barely too thin, but not...

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amber-peter
April 14, 2012
Overall rating
 
1.8
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
1.0
Aroma
 
1.5
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
2.0
Finish
 
1.0
Overall
 
2.0
Knarr thanks.

Appearance: A deep, funky green, not unlike extra virgin olive oil. It's not very attractive. Louche: Lots of oily movement while the water combines with the "absinthe"...and...

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amber-peter
September 26, 2011
Overall rating
 
4.4
Appearance
 
5.0
Louche
 
5.0
Aroma
 
5.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
4.0
Wish there was more.

Appearance: Really pleasant. Not too dark, not too light; a lovely clear and unblemished peridot green. Louche: Builds slowly and thinly at first, but ends up...

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amber-peter
September 26, 2011 (Updated: November 21, 2012)
Overall rating
 
1.0
Appearance
 
1.0
Louche
 
1.0
Aroma
 
1.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
1.0
Finish
 
1.0
Overall
 
1.0
It kills grass too!

Appearance: It has that mid-nineties douchebag Mustang green color. Louche: None. None at all. Clearly no anise. Aroma: Smells like they extracted all the...

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amber-peter
September 20, 2011
Overall rating
 
2.8
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
2.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
3.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
2.0
La Maitresse Jaune?

Appearance: The sample I tried was disappointingly yellow due to its age...a very bright golden color. Louche: It's rather thin, more transparent than translucent. It has a...

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amber-peter
September 20, 2011 (Updated: September 20, 2011)
Overall rating
 
4.5
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
5.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
5.0
Overall
 
5.0
Rustic, but not unrefined

Appearance: Very deep color, clear and natural. Almost a topaz (but still slightly green,) understandable from the barrel aging. Louche: The louche was very thick and creamy...

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amber-peter
September 20, 2011
Overall rating
 
2.9
Appearance
 
2.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
2.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
3.0
Finish
 
4.0
Overall
 
3.0
Tasty and unpretentious

Appearance: A glowing orangey-red. Clearly artificial, but it's not unappealing. Louche: A peachy apricot color with deeper red reflections. Very attractive, and has just the right translucency....

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amber-peter
July 12, 2011
Overall rating
 
3.9
Appearance
 
3.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
4.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
4.0
Finish
 
5.0
Overall
 
4.0
Quite tasty.

Color: A light straw yellow. Louche: Starts slowly but begins to cloud nicely with some good layering. Nice and thick, with a pale butter color. ...

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amber-peter
July 12, 2011
Overall rating
 
3.1
Appearance
 
4.0
Louche
 
4.0
Aroma
 
3.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
 
2.0
Finish
 
3.0
Overall
 
3.0
WORMWOOD with a capital A.A.

Color: Still and water-like, but less silvery than I've come to expect from blanches. Louche: I was worried it wouldn't louche well, but eventually it did. Very...

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amber-peter
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