Comments on: Old-School Genever Cocktails

By: Daniel Estremadoyro

Daniel Estremadoyro — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:33:17 +0000

Improved gin cocktail, one of my favorites, indeed. But don´t forget about the Holland House (genever, dry vermouth, lemon juice & maraschino) and off course the John Collins!
BTW, “In fact the Bramble is simply an updated Gin Fix”… Totally agree.

By: seamus

seamus — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:56 +0000

I tried adding water to it and it doesn’t louche.

Diluting it with water also shows the taste to not be very complex. I guess it is mostly wormwood with a little other stuff as a base.

Well, an OK novelty product I guess.

By: seamus

seamus — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:41:46 +0000

Their other products are quite good. I like their pastis, and tried their regular absinthe the other day and liked it too.

I initially thought the lExtreme de Absente looked “extremely” tacky. However, when I realized who made it I thought I would give it a try.

It may well be a maceration rather than distilled. However, I am pretty sure there is more than just wormwood in there (not that I really know what wormwood tastes like). It tastes more or less like pastis, but with a big bitter note - presumably wormwood.

What I have usually used it for is to mix into pastis to give it a more ‘absinthe’ edge - my slapdash solution to having no real absinthe in the house right now.

As a cocktail bitters it is kind of odd, being short on the aromatic components (though they are there) and heavy on the bitter tastes.

By: erik_flannestad

erik_flannestad — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:27:32 +0000

I believe the l’Extreme de Absente is a wormwood maceration rather than a distilled product.

Is it “Extremely” bitter? If so, it is OK to use it as a wormwood/Absinthe bitters, but not as an Absinthe substitute.

Their touting of the extreme thujone content of the product, makes me wary.