Information About Brewing Absinthe

It is necessary to know about brewing Absinthe at home where there is unavailability of real wormwood Absinthe.

Henri-Louis Pernod made his Absinthe with a wine base and herbs including aniseed, hyssop, fennel, lemon balm, star anise, angelica, veronica, juniper, dittany and nutmeg. 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 to make their Absinthe.

There are 3 main ways to make your own Absinthe drink:-

1.Use a recipe for the distillation of own Absinthe liquor.
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)
- Knowledge of 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. It is necessary to re-heat the mixture before filtration and dilution.

Distillation is not necessary for other recipes. For example:-
- Requirement of 30g/ 1 ounce dried Wormwood
- A teaspoon of hyssop is needed
- 1 tablespoon angelica is also important
- 1 pinch of fennel seeds or anise seeds
- One will need a teaspoon of lemon balm
- ¼ teaspoon each of caraway seeds and coriander seeds is required
- 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. The filtered wormwood should be mixed in the other herbs. One will have to wait for 3 or 4 days and then filter again. Now the Absinthe is ready.

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. Their kits are available with these things
- Knowledge of their unique micron filtration system.
- An Absinthe blend is required which includes grande wormwood, hyssop, calamus, melissa, anise seed, fennel seed, star anise and coriander.
- Absinthe flavoring and finishing blend having enough 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.

The thujone content in their finished Absinthe can contain about 70-90mg of thujone per liter which was once thought to be responsible for psychedelic effects. After distillation a true Absinthe is produced.

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. Traditional Absinthe herbs are used for making essences and are already distilled. After mixing the essence with Everclear or vodka one can have his own bottle of Absinthe.

4 types of essence are available for making four different types of Absinthe. Essences are used by the Absinthe industry and they all include real wormwood.

AbsintheKit.Absinthe essence, bottle labels and a plastic measure is available in Absinthe kit. See their website to get more information on how to brew Absinthe with their essences.