Review Detail
1.8 3 0.5
Traditional Absinthe
Good for cocktails?
(Updated: October 29, 2024)
Overall rating
2.4
Appearance
3.0
Louche
3.0
Aroma
3.0
Flavor / Mouthfeel
2.0
Finish
1.0
Overall
2.0
Color: (a bit too) vivid green with some yellowish glances.
Louche: instant! Very milky, you can't see through, internal rims of the glass are very oily, very unusual to see that much oil residues.
Aroma: once passed the very present alcohol, badiane is detected, then anise, something fennelish, and genetically modified wormwood. The final note is minty and slightly lemony.
Flavor: sure there is badiane, a sorta minty anise, and liquorice, yes liquorice that brought back some brown candies to my memories. Then comes a very bitter wormwood, concentrated like in some absentas or some Czech absynths.
Finish: thick and biting, numbs the palate instantly.
Overall: we can't help thinking about Spanish absinthes, but in a more 'intense' way. Once passed the very biting aspect of it, we're left with a rather displeasing bitterness, the palate is so numbed that you can hardly drink anything else after.
May be nice in cocktails, or in summer if diluted enough, who knows...
Louche: instant! Very milky, you can't see through, internal rims of the glass are very oily, very unusual to see that much oil residues.
Aroma: once passed the very present alcohol, badiane is detected, then anise, something fennelish, and genetically modified wormwood. The final note is minty and slightly lemony.
Flavor: sure there is badiane, a sorta minty anise, and liquorice, yes liquorice that brought back some brown candies to my memories. Then comes a very bitter wormwood, concentrated like in some absentas or some Czech absynths.
Finish: thick and biting, numbs the palate instantly.
Overall: we can't help thinking about Spanish absinthes, but in a more 'intense' way. Once passed the very biting aspect of it, we're left with a rather displeasing bitterness, the palate is so numbed that you can hardly drink anything else after.
May be nice in cocktails, or in summer if diluted enough, who knows...
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