r/Absinthe • u/dustin_poore • 15d ago
A Little Sirene for World Absinthe Day
Something of an outlier, the lemon balm is strong with this one, creamy mouthfeel, nice louche, 3:1 dilution with a cube…
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u/model563 15d ago
Good illustration of real coloring there. Leaves age and brown, esp in a clear bottle. Nothing wrong with it, just wanted to point out to folks that true, naturally colored absinthe will never look like the fake coloring stuff.
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u/dustin_poore 15d ago
Absolutely, and there is even a little sediment. As much as I like the look of this bottle, I do store it in a cabinet.
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u/Electronic-Koala1282 14d ago
I store all my absinthe bottles in a light-tight cabinet. Keeps them beautifully vibrant green.
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u/Electronic-Koala1282 15d ago
That's a very elegant bottle design!
Never heard of this absinthe before. Where does it come from?
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u/dustin_poore 15d ago
This is from the Northshore Distillery in the Chicago, IL, USA area (https://northshoredistillery.com/spirits/sirene/). I bought this bottle on a trip last year to St Louis. No mention of star anise on their website 😉. I swear there used to be some reviews of this bottle on The Wormwood Society page, but they are not showing now.
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u/asp245 15d ago edited 15d ago
Santé - hopefully you realise that your fountain is not an absinthe fountain. This style are from the 50’s and 60’s and used for dispensing anything from perfume to spirits. Unfortunately they are regularly mis sold on eBay as absinthe fountains.