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-- By George in The Cosmos on Thu, 31 May 2007 at 03:41.

Even though I have drank the Green Fairy more than once, I had never taken the time to read about absinthe history until now. After reading the article above, I have to admit that my fondness for the Green Fairy grew by leaps and bounds. I thought that it was quite humorous that absinthe alcohol actually started out as a medicine. I guess it's not that surprising considering all the uses that whiskey has had through the years ;-)

I will definitely be revisiting Absinthe Fever and looking forward to updates. I would thoroughly enjoy to learn more about the current state of absinthe and the Green Fairy. Specific articles on how different countries handle things such as absinthe kits, wormwood, etc. would be very enlightening to read...

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-- By Steve in Unspecified location on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 at 22:11.

I was browsing around some other web sites and found a link to Wikipedia's article on absinthe history and noticed something interesting:

"Ordinaire's recipe was passed on to the Henriod sisters of Couvet, who sold absinthe as a medicinal elixir. In fact, by other accounts, the Henriod sisters may have already been making the elixir before Ordinaire's arrival."

I'm in no way going against the article you have posted because it falls exactly in line with all the other accounts of absinthe history that I have read, but I thought you might want to add it as a footnote on the page. I'm sure it would make for good conversation among all the hard-nose absinthe enthusiasts that frequent your web site!

Even though I've stopped by several times, this is my first time to actually contribute anything (but hopefully it won't be my last). Keep up the great work, and I'm looking forward to reading any new content you add about the Green Fairy.

Thanks

-- By Kulpreet Yadav in New Delhi, India on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 at 09:17.

Thanks for the information. It made for a good read for a drink that has once again seen a rise in popularity.

Great site. Hope to see more info. in the future.

Cheers,
Kulpreet Yadav

thanks major

-- By kimberly in louisvile kenkucky usa on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 at 16:43.

this web site gave me alot of information on my project on absinthe thank bunches

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-- By Rébecca in France,Guadeloupe on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 at 21:15.

I want to know many informations about "Mourgue" and many informations about the name of the publicity "Absinthe Bourgeois"(if it's possible).And why "Bourgeois"?

The history of the absinthe drink is as fascinating as the taste of the emerald green liquor. This promotional poster for Absinthe Bourgeois is from the age of the first absinthe fever.