Absinthe’s history mirrors the way it’s meant to be prepared: a mix of the misunderstood and the legitimately unusual. For most of its existence, the spirit has been slandered, ostracized and, in ...

Le louche refers to the transformation that happens when water is added to absinthe, turning the liquor from a deep green to a milky, iridescent shade. At left, a classic pour. At right, an absinthe ...

March 5, don’t you know, is National Absinthe Day. Well, that’s the word on the street — the Wormwood Society, devoted to all things absinthe-y, doesn’t say a thing about it. Rimbaud loved it, so that ...

One of my favorite parts of tending bar is clearing up misconceptions about alcohol. The biggest one has to be the old saw about beer before liquor or vice versa. (Answer: It doesn’t matter, except ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - As one of the best-known craft distilleries in Michigan, the team behind Long Road Distillers understands that working in small batches has its advantages. It allows them to pick ...

“Death in the Afternoon,” a nonfiction work by Ernest Hemingway published in 1932, chronicles the history of bullfighting in Spain, examining the sport and ceremony, the grandeur and the tragedy. It ...

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