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Death In The Afternoon. A classic cocktail created by Ernest Hemingway in 1935. "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."Bar Banter
You know you have had too much absinthe....when you don't blush...you green!Quote
"After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world." -- Oscar Wilde...regarding The Green FairyIts A Little Known Fact…
Absinthe derives its name from wormwood....a primary ingredient...Artemisia Absinthium.Blogroll
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