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Legendary, mystical, sinful beverage of bohemians, artists and bar good-for-nothings prepared by the original French recipe. Absinthe St. Antoine was born by slow destilation of chosen plants.

With reference to our 100% pure products motto we prepared the absinthe from natural ingredients only. The botanicals are macerated in the already distilled alcohol before being redistilled one time with the herbal ingredients to impart complexity and texture to the beverage. The distillation of absinthe first produces a colorless distillate that leaves the alembic at around 72 percent ABV (144 proof).

Absinthe St. Antoine take its green (and later brown) color from chlorophyll, which is present in some of the herbal ingredients during the secondary maceration. The natural coloring process is considered critical for absinthe aging, since the chlorophyll remains chemically active. The chlorophyll plays the same role in absinthe that tannins do in wine or brown liquors. This is done by steeping petite wormwood, hyssop, and melissa (among other herbs) in the liquid. Chlorophyll from these herbs is extracted giving the drink its famous green color. This process also provides the herbal complexity that is typical of high quality absinthe. This type of absinthe is known as a verte. After the coloring process, the resulting product is diluted with water to the desired percentage of alcohol (70% in case of St. Antoine).

Available volumes: 0.5l

Absinthe (also absinth, absint, absinth, French L´Absinthe from the Latin absinthium) is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45%–74% ABV) beverage. It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood". Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color but can also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy). Although it is sometimes mistakenly called a liqueur, absinthe was not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a spirit. Absinthe is unusual among spirits in that it is bottled at a very high proof but is normally diluted with water when drunk.

Modern world distinguishes two basic kinds of absinthe. The first of them is the French one, sometimes also called „genuine“. When mixed with water, it should make turbid and get milk-like colour. The second type is the east European absinthe often titled as Czech which is usually blue-coloured. This type of absinthe is usually blended cool, coloured by dyestuff without anise component, which allegedly is not very popular among Czechs. Such prepared absinthe has nothing to do with real absinthe

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