Whats Wrong With Czech Absinthe?
The commercial success of Hills and its followers had though an unexpected positive side-effect: the tentative rebirth of the French and Swiss absinthe industry. Following relaxation of the restrictive legislation in both France and Switzerland, there are now a number of French and Swiss producers. Unfortunately many of these modern absinthes are of dubious quality. Some are a travesty of what true absinthe should be, with almost no traditional herbal and floral character. Recognizably authentic absinthe is however made by a few small French and Swiss firms – Francois Guy, Lemercier, Kubler and the old firm of Emile Pernot in Pontarlier. Some of the best modern absinthes may be obtained online from our own Absinthe Classics site – we sell both the highly rated Doubs Premium Absinthe, and the superb Jade Absinthes, made at Combier using Pernod Fils’ original alambics, by New Orleans scientist and absinthe historian Ted Breaux, one of the pioneers of the absinthe renaissance.
