Most new folks unfamiliar with absinthe will find this less intense in the anise flavorings making it easier to handle when sipping. There isn’t too much earthiness to the nose and, overall, I think this absinthe is a great introduction to the spirit. There is not as much herbal properties as I’ve seen in other absinthe’s but sometimes subtle scents are more intriguing and playful.
The Lucid Absinthe Supérieure has a subtle nose, with hints of fennel and a slight candy-licorice scent. I expected it to be a bit greener and more clear but it’s much more cloudy and opaque. Once I “louche” the Lucid, it displays a white milky color with tints of green in the glass. I’m not going to go into details about the proper way to prepare absinthe, we’ll save that for a future video show on Common Man Cocktails. Lucid brings a 62% ABV, that’s a 124-Proof spirit so we’re going to respect it and play carefully. This is the first true absinthe (legally) in the United States since 1912 and it’s also the first absinthe I’ve had the chance to write about but not the first I’ve had a chance to taste. Lucid Absinthe Supérieure was the first approved absinthe in the United States since prohibition making its way to the US in 2007. Our first absinthe review will be Lucid Absinthe and the symbolism shouldn’t be ignored. I can tell you this, absinthe isn’t something to be afraid of drinking, as a matter of fact, it’s very tasty. It reminded me of the time I chewed a catnip-filled sock to see what all the tail-chasing fuss was about.Honestly, I’m new to the absinthe experience so I’ve spent a week reading and learning all the details that went into the creation of absinthe from the history of its banishment to its revolutionary return. Even after I dissolved two sugar cubes into my glass, the yellow-green liquor tasted acridly of wormwood and mint, with hardly any anise, and lingered drily on my tongue. The Oliva tastes less artificial but decidedly more toxic. Its minty-fresh, sweet, alcoholy flavor is generic and inoffensive. Absinthium 1792 has the shocking aquamarine color of an oral-hygiene product, and it separates into an insalubrious-looking pair of opaque layers when it clouds. If the absinthe of old was really like this, I can see why it had such a maniacal following.Īfter the Verte Suisse, almost anything would be a letdown, but the two Czech examples seemed particularly poor. But the Verte Suisse is on another level entirely, with soft notes of wood and earth, spice and flowers, and an evocative depth of flavor. Lucid's anise taste is prominent but not overwhelming - it harmonizes with the other elements of the flavor, resulting in a sophisticated complexity. Lucid is considerably drier and more herbal-tasting. As the water mixed with each absinthe, the liquid clouded while its aroma blossomed and filled the room.Ībsente has a pleasant bite, but also an artificial-tasting, one-note Good & Plenty sweetness. I omitted the customary sugar cube except where necessary. As prescribed, I trickled ice water into each one. Kamal Mukherjee of Borisal Liquor in Brooklyn, New York, sold 36 cases in one week.Ĭlearly, there's a market for a true legal absinthe - but how does it taste? I sampled Lucid alongside a few of its competitors: Absente, which is made with southernwood rather than wormwood Breaux's own Verte Suisse 65 and two Czech absinthes named Absinthium 1792 and Oliva. regulatory test for thujone and arrived on American shelves in May at $60 a bottle.Įven though detractors say an absinthe without thujone is worthless, Lucid immediately sold out. Lucid Absinthe, marketed by Viridian Spirits, passed the U.S. By manipulating factors including the climate, season and regions from which he harvests his herbal ingredients (including wormwood), Breaux developed his concoction. If authentic, handcrafted absinthes contain very little thujone, there's no reason one couldn't be marketed in the United States. "If a maker or seller has to depend upon promoting myths and misinformation about thujone to sell a product, that is a fairly reliable indicator that said product is sorely lacking in quality and authenticity," he says. Breaux has no respect for these colorful wannabes.
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