The Wormwood Society is a non-profit association focused on providing current, historically and scientifically accurate information about absinthe, helping to reform the regulations impacting absinthe in the United States and encouraging the responsible enjoyment of a safe, rewarding and historically interesting beverage.
We also provide guidance for spirits industry members who desire to produce and market authentic absinthe in a fair, honest, and socially responsible way, including providing historically documented formulas and processes for making absinthe in the true Belle Époque style.
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Our criteria are based solidly on the known characteristics of properly made absinthe in the mid to late 19th century. These characteristics have been documented through modern scientific and organoleptic analysis, i.e. gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry and the tasting of many surviving examples.
Our reasoning is that when someone approaches absinthe, they are usually expecting the genuine and complete item of the Belle Époque, that imbibed by Van Gogh, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Satie and Toulouse-Lautrec, with the full flavors and characteristics of the most mysterious drink in history. What did the patrons of the Moulin Rouge and the Cabaret du Chat Noir smell, taste, and see when they drank absinthe? This is the standard against which we judge modern absinthes.
• Not poisonous, and never was?
• Not hallucinogenic, and never was?
• Legal in the USA since the 1960s?
• Not just a novelty? There are fine absinthes, just like fine wine, whisky, and cognac.
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
Reviewed by Experts and Consumers at The Wormwood Society
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