Absinthe liqueur

Absinthe liqueur (Absinthe) is one of hard alcoholic beverages who contains usually 70 % of alcohol. The most important component of drink - a wormwood. A wormwood - the grass, which essential oils contain a large number .Absinthe liqueur - one of number of alcoholic beverages for people from society. This alcoholic drink is received by means of distillation of spirit tincture of medicinal and spicy herbs, more often mixes of anisic seeds, a melissa, a wormwood, fennel and others. Absinthe liqueur was thought up in Switzerland at the end of the XVIII century and was applied as medicine.

In 2011 absinthe liqueur is made in France.

Intoxication from the correct absinthe liqueur has considerable difference from usual drink, but also this fact is authentic for many grassy tinctures.

One of the main components of composition of absinthe liqueur is alcohol, , , to konvulsant. The big contents can become poison. Thanks to absinthe liqueur is famous for the effects. The Roman wormwood, fennel, an anise, an acorus, mint, a liquorice belong to other components of absinthe liqueur, дягиль, a melissa and some other herbs.
The action mechanism is not known yet though similarity of structures between the tuyony and tetragidrokannabinoly leads to assumptions that substances on a human brain have similar zones of influence. The substance from which drink is made, contains about 40-90 % . Respectively, approaches in candidates for the component of absinthe liqueur second for activity. Really, long time was considered as the neurotoxic reason of an absentizm.

But for maintenance of this idea it is not enough direct proofs. Absinthe liqueur contains 75 % of alcohol. Tuyon should be active in small doses or be present at significant amounts, to have appreciable effect.


In addition to and to alcohol, absinthe liqueur can contain methanol or so-called wood alcohol which can make a contribution to absentizm symptoms. For preparation of absinthe liqueur the nutmeg and an acorus were used. These plants have psychodelic action though these properties were established only at a nutmeg. However it is unlikely that these plants for receiving psychoactive effects were added in necessary quantities. To test effect of absinthe liqueur it is necessary to get the Swiss absinthe liqueur - the unique drink which is made on ancient technologies.

The absinthe liqueur, made it is independently impossible to compare to that expose on counters of shops. The real absinthe liqueur has green coloring only at first after mix coloring from herbs. If not to clean absinthe liqueur in a dark place, it as on light, and over time a chlorophyll which grassy alcohol, collapses. Therefore the ancient absinthe liqueurs which have remained so far, lost long ago the initial green color. After distillation to paint absinthe liqueur it is possible practically in any color - everything depends on components which are used for this purpose: mix of herbs, extract of an acacia of a catechu or garnet extract. As a result of it, classical green Swiss absinthe liqueur and modern black, red or blue (will turn out at endurance on cornflower petals). It makes insignificant impact on properties of the drink if not to consider that when coloring the wormwood gives a traditional gorchinka. In difference from classical French of verte - green, in Switzerland, as a rule, usually absinthe liqueur do not subject to coloring therefore he received «blanche» name - white.