Whatever happened to olives?

Seems like a way to turn vodka into gin!

And here I thought it was something salacious. Thanks for the reply.

I'm afraid that the only way that she leaves is when she assumes room temperature.

This sounds great. Fir and pine tips are full of vit C too, so it is Healthy for you...

Jan

Let's see now, how could I do this. Complications:
1) I don't drink.
2) I don't have a Xmas tree.
3) My evergreens are all pines.

Ah! Flash of insight... Add an ounce of turpentine to a glass of vodka. Smell the aroma. Decide not to drink. Use as paint remover.

What Congress has been allowing (or allows to be done) should not be excused for any reason...

Speaking of miscarriages of Congress... didja hear that the she-wolf of California is leaving? Now if we could only get her partner in crime to do the same...

Ahhh! Might that be con-gress' excuse?

Works for me... as long as I can keep a mash pot and still in the back... perhaps a D'Anconia Copper Alembic...

Using the smallest holes on a grater you lightly grate the peel of a whole lime. You just want to take the green off in tiny flakes and leave most of the white part of the peel. Just rotate the lime and lightly grate the entire surface until it is all white, and you can save the lime inside for later use. You will have to wrap the whole lime to keep it fresh after zesting or it will dry out quickly.

Most are, as the anise covers the harshness of the wormwood, however, there are some (the Le Bleues coming out of Switzerland come to mind) that don't have the anise "whammy"...

Gold/silver tips and mentoring with the worlds greatest producers.
I used to give these for tips in my favorite restaurant:
http://ohsorare.com/liberty-silver-coin2...

At least you'll be staggering correctly... :-)

Absinthe is similar to Gin, in that the botanicals used in whatever the distiller's recipie contains has a HUGE influence on the flavor... You can get ab's with no anise undertone, some that taste like they were bottled at a Total S.A. Refinery, and some that leave you warm, fuzzy, and are delightful on the palate.

I had the privilege at a pre-production absinthe tasting for a west coast distiller (it was just before production was legalized here in the states), where they were determining which out of 5 "recipes" were the most desirable... it was a case of being in the right place at the right time, and it turned out to be a most unusual (and intoxicating) event... we got to baseline the samples against some newer (and very old stock) abs...

Overindulging in the green fairie shows an absinthe of good sense...

Ok, what does "zesting" a lime mean?

What does it pay?

Doesn't absinthe make the heart grow fonder?

Wanna tend bar part time at the Atlantis Cafe?

Yeah. 4th grade humor. :-) lol...

Simple infusions. People have been doing this ceremonially (and medicinally) for centuries. Ya know, we have Doug Firs, Sugar Pines, and Incense Cedars all over the place up here...

Cedar Vodka? That would be either really good, really bad, or really toxic. May have to try it, just because... maybe make a new cocktail - the Pencil Pusher - Cedar vodka, red rubber shavings, and a dash of graphite... reminiscent of 4th grade...

is it? I thought that was licorice flavored?

No, Robbie, it's gin.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/juni...
Absinthe is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from botanicals, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe