Butterfly Absinthe blog
World renowned mixologist Andreas Tsanos is featured this month on www.DrinkShop.com. Andreas whipped up some excellent cocktails using Butterfly Absinthe. Check these out:
Butterfly Kiss
Butterfly Flip No. 2
Try mixing these up at home. You'll enjoy them!
President Lincoln's Cocktail
Here is an old cocktail recipe from cocktail bar in San Francisco that dates to back 1900.
JOE KERR, of The Richelieu, Geary and Market streets, one of the most popular and expert manipulators of the mixing-glass on the Pacific Coast, offers the following directions how to concoct good things to drink. Many of these mixtures are original with Mr. Kerr, and will be found to be delightful surprises to the palate.
President Lincoln's Cocktail
Large glass filled with ice put in three dashes sirup, two dashes Curacoa, two dashes orange bitters, one dash absinthe, one pony brandy, one pony old Lyndon bourbon; stir well and strain into cool glass and fill with seltzer.
Source:
Pacific Wine & Spirit Review
San Francisco, November 30, 1900
Scene From Absinthe - 1914 Movie starring King Baggot.
"Absinthe" movie poster number 2.
Movie Poster for "Absinthe" by Universal Films.
This is from a movie theater industry magazine pushing for movie houses to book "Absinthe". Dated Jan/March 1914. Interesting!
A report of absinthe being exported from Boston in the mid-1800's. Absinthe production in Boston proceeded Butterfly Absinthe's debut in the early 1900's.
Did you know that the first distillery in the USA was located in Boston? Boston had a rich distilling history which helped play a part in Revolutionary War.
Ad from 1818 from a Boston company called Wheeler and Farley.
A report from the Chicago Daily Tribune from April 12, 1903. Page 46.
The Absinthe Frappe was the most popular "morning drink" in Washington DC in 1906? Did a song help popularize absinthe in Pre-Prohibition America? Absinthe Frappe from the musical Nordland could be a part of the absinthe's history in the USA.
500 Wormwood Farms in the USA in 1902. This report covers a 100 acre farm in Lodi, Wisconsin.
Taken from Lowell Sun Newspaper dated August 9, 1871.
Old Ad From the Original Producer of Butterfly Absinthe
Stay tuned to this blog for news and information relating to Butterfly Absinthe. The release date is approaching.
