Reviews written by anstis-lapointe
My review is mostly a comparison with Lucid, since these are the only half-real absinthes available in most all New Jersey liquor stores. I must either travel to NYC or...
Color: A nice greenish amber. Very nice. After louche, a thick completely opaque green, not the most attractive, but I am not bothered by this. Louche: Some...
Prepared 1:4 with small "dot"-sized sugar cube. Pontalier-style glass with matching brouilleur (dripper) Color: Perfectly crystal clear pre-louche; after louche I would not consider this particularly creamy,...
Color: Pacifique Absinthe Verte Superieure has a nice clear green color with yellow hints pre-louche; nice greenish opalescent color when louched, some pepper (?) sediment on top. Looks perfectly like...
From first taste of Absinthe Duplais Verte it is immediately understood that it is essentially Absinthe Duplais Blanche that's been put through a second distillation process with macerated herbs for...
Color: Completely clear pre-louche, pure white when louched with hints of a complex opalescence. Louche: Quite fast but not bad. Show is over quickly. I don't know...
Color: Perfectly clear distilled blanche. Color is perfectly white when fully louched. Louche: Nice complex oil trails followed by complex swirling cloud activity. Very good...
Color: A mostly yellow-yellow-green, clear liquid. I see some opalescence after the louche; the finished glass of Lucid is mostly white with some blue and green highlights. It's acceptable. ...