Knowledge Of Brewing Absinthe
If you live in a country where it is hard to find real wormwood Absinthe, or you just fancy having a go at making your very own Absinthe, you will want to know how to brew Absinthe at home.
Henri-Louis Pernod used a wine base and herbs including aniseed, hyssop, fennel, lemon balm, star anise, angelica, veronica, juniper, dittany and nutmeg in his Absinthe production. A blend of 13 herbs, in addition with chamomile and mint in addition to wormwood and a 100 year old recipe is used by Czech company Sebor in the preparation of Absinthe.
There are 3 main ways to make your own Absinthe drink:-
1.Absinthe liquor can be distilled by a recipe.
2.Use an Absinthe Kit with a blend of herbs and instructions.
3.Use an Absinthe essence
How to Brew Absinthe Using a Recipe
Distilling liquor at home is illegal in most countries unless you have a license and is quite complicated. Typical home-brew recipes include:-
- Wormwood (Grande Wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium)
– Green Anise
– Fennel
– Alcohol
The ingredients are first macerated for several hours, heated and then slowly distilled and then colored with extra herbs such as lemon balm, hyssop and petite wormwood. After that the mixture is heated again, then filtered and diluted.
Distillation is not necessary for other recipes. Take an example:-
– One will need 30g/ 1 ounce dried Wormwood
– Need of 1 teaspoon of hyssop
– 1 tablespoon angelica is required
– 1 pinch of fennel seeds or anise seeds
– 1 teaspoon of lemon balm
– One will need ¼ teaspoon each of caraway seeds and coriander seeds
– 1 liter of Everclear or vodka
In a bottle mix chopped dried wormwood with the alcohol and leave for 1-2 weeks in a cool dark place. Filter or sieve out the wormwood and mix in the other herbs. The filtration will be done after 3 or 4 days. This is the real Absinthe.
Brewing Absinthe at home in these ways is not recommended. Distillation is necessary for getting real Absinthe.
How To Brew Absinthe with a Herbal Blend Kit
There are many different herbal kits on sale online, for example the kits from Green Devil. These are the things in their kits
– Their unique micron filtration system.
– An Absinthe blend includes grande wormwood, hyssop, anise seed, fennel seed, calamus, melissa, star anise and coriander seed.
– Absinthe flavoring and finishing blend which contains more herbal ingredients.
Their Deluxe kit also contains two Absinthe spoons, two Absinthe glasses, a 1000ml bottle, two bottle labels, two muslin bags for infusing the herbs, a poster and a pamphlet containing information and instructions.
Aa per their claim their finished Absinthe may contain as much as 70-90mg of thujone per liter. It is necessary to distill the Absinthe to get a real Absinthe.
How To Brew Absinthe With an Essence
Absinthe essences are available to buy from AbsintheKit.One can visit AbsintheKit.com to make real Absinthe at home. The essences are distilled and made from traditional Absinthe herbs. A person can easily prepare his own bottle of the Green Fairy by simply mixing the essence with Everclear or vodka.
4 types of essence are available – one to make a classic verte Absinthe, one to make a clear La Bleue style Absinthe, one to make an orange flavored Absinthe and another to make a stronger more bitter Absinthe. One can find real wormwood in all of them and essences are used by the Absinthe industry.
AbsintheKit.com also sell their essences in kits containing enough essence to make 14 bottles of Absinthe, bottle labels and a plastic measure. Visit their website to get more information about brewing Absinthe with their essences.