Lucid Absinth

What began as dabbling in chemistry has led to a full-on production of vintage absinthe within an historic French distillery. With the recent backing of Viridian Spirits in New York, Breaux created Lucid, Absinthe Superieure, and on May 1, the first lucid absinthe Supérieure and recently shared his views about the forbidden spirit’s newfound acceptance in the United States. CultureMap: How did you become interested in absinthe? Ted Breaux: I became interested in absinthe in 1993, when a colleague Paris Hilton's 30th birthday bash in Hollywood didn't turn out totally sweet: A party crasher named "Paz" swiped the star's extravagant birthday cake -- a $3,200 concoction with Lucid-brand absinthe mixed into the batter. "Paz" bragged about the caper at Beginning in 2000, Breaux moved to France and began to use distilleries that had made absinthe before the international ban in 1915. Breaux’s lucid absinthe has been available in Oklahoma for a few years, but this year, the Jade Nouvelle-Orléans I've assembled a group of tasters to rate the new absinthes that have entered the market in the U.S. The tests were blind tests in which the tasters were asked to rate each spirit based on color, louche (the cloudy effect you get when you add water to There are already several bars and restaurants in LA that serve Absinthe cocktails, using lucid absinthe. BevMo is selling Kubler and Lucid. Kubler is the first genuine Swiss absinthe to be sold in this country in nearly 100 years. It comes from the Val-de .

The Wharf Rat in Fell's Point is organizing an absinthe night tonight revolving around Lucid Absinthe, a brand that bills itself as the first genuine wormwood absinthe available in the United States. Though absinthe was banned in the country for decades Viridian Spirits has partnered with Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) to distribute its Lucid Absinthe Supérieure brand across the US. just-drinks gives you the widest beverage market coverage. Paid just-drinks members have unlimited access to all One of our craziest American laws enacted was brought on by some mightily pissed off Church ladies: Prohibition. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) did their bonnet wearing best to put the stink on alcohol. The Temperance movement emerged There were never any interruptions. This is something we've always had the recipes for." Although Kubler's arguments were built on tradition, Lucid absinthe, which was approved just ahead of Kubler, took a more contemporary approach. Jared Gurfein .

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