This method came about in the early 90s when it was re-legalized and was subsequently daubed "the bohemian" method of preparation. As previously mentioned the original method of preparation is to slowly pour ice water over a sugar cube preferably through an absinthe spoon as this distributes the water more evenly. You will then see the louching effect turning the absinthe into a cloudy green, then once the sugar is dissolved completely it is ready to drink. 😀
They should be serveing anti-freeze ....They just killed it ...
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Once we drunk absinthe like that. Then we realized, that pouring water, sugar and absinthe into one glass and mixing it there makes the same drink, just 20x faster, so we did that ^^. What happened later, donno.
this is just for show -_- you're literally evaporating the alcohol.sorry but you're ruining it, the best method is t dissolve the sugar cube through water.
@Bush 911 I haven't been keeping up lately on new brands. I found stuff I liked 10+ years ago now and stuck with it. What country are you in? That could decide your selection. I used to order stuff from LDF (Liquers de France) and DUNY (Drink Up NY) back in the day. I live in PA, US. May not be options for you though. Then this girl Cheryl started making amazing stuff. That's where Walton Waters is from, my current favorite, also Meadow of Love. She operates Delaware Phoenix Distillery and her stuff can be found at Castskill Cellars. Also perhaps not an option. Then a good brand started being made in my neck of the woods, Vieux Carre. I can pick up a bottle in my state store so it's convenient, and delicious. If LDF is still around and an option give Nouvelle Orleans a try. Or Enigma, formerly FdV.
Heating it activates the wormwood that gives the psychoactive properties in the drink (the whole reason why you're drinking this instead of 90 proof vodka), while simultaneously removing some alcohol content... Educate yourself before telling others off :)
@@tlf361 Oh dear God... don't tell me the Czech companies are still pushing that "thujone will fuk you up bro" narrative. I'd have thought that would have been dispelled by now. Absinthe has a unique mix of herbs. So sure you can feel various secondary effects depending on the brand. It's very subjective though. I've felt very pronounced effects from brands with hardly any thujone in it. And nothing but an upset stomach from brands with high concentrations of it.
guyonthecouch007 What a show. It looks like he's rolling sausages on a grill. Way too make it look cheap and gaudy. If you are going to do a ritual, at least do it with some class.
The Bohemian fire preparation works fine, if done right. For obvious reasons one should absolutely avoid setting the shot of absinthe that is in the glass a blaze. The only thing that should be ignited is the sugar cube drenched in absinthe. Then water should be applied to the fire and sugar cube, ultimately extinguishing any flame long before the sugar cube starts to carmelize and turn brown. If there is any color change of the sugar cube it's going to ruin the delicate taste of the absinthe. The fire ritual has a cool showmanship quality to it and does not need to be abandoned completely. Absinthe may be enjoyed this way, but only when done right.
Wholeheartedly agree. This video was painful to watch. If you wanna see cool fire tricks go to an asian restaurant and see the waiters flambé the food and ice cream desserts. Serving absinthe this way is a disgrace.
Exactly we need to follow the traditional way like suggested , and what's the use of fire if burn all alcohol content and burned caramelised sugar not worth it
@@mashedpotatoes5957 it might be a good show but the alcohol that burns away makes the drink weaker,the blue blazer is a highly alcoholic drink because its made to burn for 5 minutes and still taste strong,absinthe on the other hand is more delicate,its basically the gas station burning a third of the gasoline you payed just for the show,would you like it? i wouldnt.
Absinthe is not meant to be burned. Setting it on fire is contemporary, not traditional, serving of the beverage. i.e.: this is alcohol abuse. Stop abusing the alcohol! ;P
You're supposed to light the sugar cube (soaked with bohemian absinthe) and avoid lighting the actual absinthe. You let the sugar caramelize, blow it out, drop it in, add 2 or 3 measures of water, and stir. The correct way you do not light the absinthe. Only the sugar.
That is not the original way of preparing Absinthe This is the lame 21st century gimicky way of preparing Absinthe to pander to easily impressed idiot teenagers that think they're being "cool"
It's a czech tourist scam trick that originated in the 90s... However due to the strange green colour I bet this is not real absinthe (czechia is full of "fake" absinthe that is made by colouring alcohol and adding artificial flavours).
That isn't absinthe anyway. Doesn't much matter how you prepare that Czech swill, other than the fact that fire and inebriation is downright dangerous when combined.
Obviously, some people still confuse absinthe and the cheap fake substitute called "crapsith", which is really better used in lamps for lighting as demonstrated in the video. Azure mouthwash-style color is a signature of crapsith. Naturally colored absinthe (herb maceration) is colored by plant chlorophyll and never has that artificial bluish hue.
This is the bohemian method. I'm not a huge fan. To all noobs to the drink, the TRADITIONAL (not correct, because there is no right or wrong to be honest) method is put in a finger or two of absinthe, then slowly drip ice water over a sugar cube on an absinthe spoon until your absinthe has a full louche (cloudy), or till its a 4:1 or 5:1 dilution. Sip and enjoy.
riversendbaccy the "two methods" argument is invalid, absinthe has to louche if used on its own, that's the whole point. The so-called "bohemian method" was invented in the 1990s by purveyors of faux absinthe that doesn't louche properly.
BodkaDudkaBhlam all I meant is that if you try to drink absinthe a different way, the police will not bust down your door and arrest you for it. Yeah, its not the way it was meant to be drank, but if you enjoy it then fuck it all i guess lol. I've been meaning to ask a fellow absinthe fan btw...have you ever tried a slipstream pipe??
Traditionally it's 1 part absinthe to 4 parts water, you let dripping water dissolve the sugar, usually a dinner drink because this way it extracts the sweet flavors. (Also done in a chilled glass with quite cold water)
I can't even begin to understand why anyone would ruin Absinthe by burning off all the alcohol to turn it into a shot. I know some people like to light the sugar cube momentarily to caramelise it slightly, before adding water, but I'm not a fan. Ice cold water trickled over the sugar cube is the the only way..
This is NOT the original preparation of Absinthe! Yes you pour the Absinthe over an Absinthe sugar cube (preferably but can use plain sugar cubes) then you SLOWLY pour still ICE COLD water over the sugar to disslove the sugar & produce the louche (a fountain is the best & only way in my opinion)! The sugar and water release the aroma and flavors of the Absinthe! Make sure to start with a quality Absinthe. I prefer Duplais Verte myself but you can experiment, it's not cheap but not too expensive either to get a good one. The Duplais is 68 alcohol by volume but you can get alcohol lesser content in other brands but....why? Lol The water dilutes it enough and you sip it not chug it anyway. Hope this helps the novices out there! Enjoy it the right way, do not set it on fire, it really is abuse as several others have stated!
You dont set fire to it. Read some history. 1 dispense a measure of absinthe in a glass 2 place an absinthe spoon across the rim of it 3 put a club of sugar 4 ice cold water is then dripped through the sugars into the spirit(yes the sugar WILL dissolve)! Lesson over.
Yea.. it’s mostly for flair. The historic reasons behind this; that it was some sort of tradition/ritual in Bohemia/Czech .. but you use the alcohol as fuel. I guess, just to spice the mood up, you can do it the first glass, so you’re at least sober while doing it, and then do it the proper way the next.. may be stupid because you get the full experience when it’s your first drink anyway, so why compromise it? ... Still you can go for it just one time 😁
here this a bohemian version, the authentic version isn't with the fire sugar. absinth musn't burn! the original version consist to pour drops of ice water over the sugar cube. this practice comes from my home country, Switzerland where we produce the original absinth.
Moosehair Underwear You are correct, but this ritual is proper only for Absinth Bohemian Style, which is ,,fake Absinth". Pure Absinth is French Style, that is what you´re talking about (ritual with ice water). Bohemian Absinth is only an imitation of the original Absinthe and won´t change colour with ice water.
Cause he did it wrong. You aren't supposed to burn the cube as you may see a ton of times. It tends to just fuck it up and isn't the original way it was intended to be served. It's most just more Hollywood bullshit you get from movies for better visuals but not for sake of the drink. Lol
Czechs don’t drink absinthe, never have, never will. A couple of foreigners opened up an absinthe shop on a street below the Prague castle and came up with a method that attracted tourists *cough* Americans *cough* and some other bars adopted it. Treat yourself to a proper czech beer instead.
waste of alcool , this is just a show off way to make a drink that some bar created 20-30 years ago to attire client , but its a total waste. a perfect absinthe is made with cold water. that's the way for little baby to drink alcool , burn it all , you look better cool drinking more then drinking good
I've never had absinthe and the spousal unit and I thought we'd try it. This strikes me as stupid, though. So you take and drink known for its spirits and burn out the spirits for like.. five minutes? I don't get it.
yes it does, but absinthe is a high percentage alcohol so you should not be drinking it straight. In the real way to prepare it, you'll mix it with water to change the alcohol content to around 15-20%.
Carl Olsson Water does not "change the alcohol content". cold water was used to make it go down smoother. To make it taste less strong. See it this way. If you have a 1 litre of alcohol, 50%. Then you add ½ litre water into the alcohol. How much alcohol content is in the now total 1½ litre drink? Answer is, 50%.
The sad thing, is that all the comments are pretty mutch unanimous, that your not supposed to use fire to prepare absinth, to the point that its common knowledge, yet people still go for the fire shit.
Whoever the marketer was that came up with the gimmick that flaming your absinthe and sugar was somehow going to make it taste better was banking on the ignorance of people. They were right.
That a crazy version to drink Absynthe. But if you go in France, you hade the Real version of Absynthe. This version burned the alcool uniquement for the show.
They just f*cked the whole drink for some mockery!!!😩 Absinthe is supposed to have in chilled glasses. Sugar cube strained through dripping ice cold water that gives it a milky look. Aaah!!!!😩😩😩😩
Nope, the classic way to drink it is 2 fingers over ice and filled with a cloudy apple juice. The burning method developed later when Russia started to sell vodka flavored with copper oxide, replicating the green color and bitterness. When burned the absinthe has a single flame whereas the copper flavored vodka would spark, crackle and spit. The burning method developed to test the absinthe to see of it was real or jjust the cheap Russian knockoff.
it's bohemian absinthe that's how you're supposed to do it haha but they were supposed to blow out the flame if the absinthe did catch flame though so idk. also this stuff doesn't get you high just really drunk really fast haha
there is no point in burning the absinthe. They will do it in the bar just as a type of stunt, like the bartender do with the bottles of wines before they pour it out into a glass. That doesn't enhance the flavor in anyway but makes a good show.
So many things wrong with this video.. One being the "absinthe". That looked so artificial I'm kind of glad you set it on fire. You probably burned off half the food dye. You NEVER set fire to real absinthe. Shit you shouldn't even need to add sugar to good absinthe just need to add water. This looks cool and all but all it's doing is giving people wrong information about absinthe. And I'm sure it tasted like shit.
If you put on fire any alcoholic beverage, you will destroy the amides, the molecules that give the spirit it's aroma and flavour. So only do this if you want a very expensive substitute for a candle.
The Original way of not doing it correct☺️ But, on the other hand, this ”Absenthe” looks like poor artifically colored boose. Probably not drinkable anyway😜
mon dieu, pardonne leur, car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font... i come from the country of absinthe, Pontarlier, in France. I'm really choked to see that... no respect for the "fée verte" (green fairy in english?), my blood, my soul :/ where is the fountain????
OUI MON COMPATRIOTE !!!! VOUS NE RESPECTEZ RIEN DE LA TRADITION DE LA FÉE VERTE ET D UN RITUELLE VIEUX DE 219 ANS YOU DO NOT RESPECT THE TRADITION OF THE GREEN FAIRY AND AN OLD RITUAL OF 219 YEARS
The whole thing is probably getting the alcohol down to 40 and the nice caramel flavor from burning the sugar ... u can add water to get the alcohol down.. anyway flames look sexy people like it
This is not the original way to make a absinthe drink you have to pour cold water over the sugar to louche the absinthe or with no sugar at all but the louche is the key point it is what makes the oils in the drink come out and gives it the complex flavor that absinthe is famous for!
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This "form of absinthe" (also known as "Czech" or "Bohemian" absinthe) is not absinthe at all, but usually just a bitter herbal infusion in neutral grain alcohol (in fact, in Switzerland, it is illegal to sell this under the name Absinthe). Artificial colours are often used, giving it an unnaturally green colour (old-school absinthe was more of a "dead leaf" green). Since this imitation absinthe didn't louche, the flame method became popularized to distract from this particular short-coming. Real absinthe has it's roots in Switzerland (where it was often a clear distillation) before it gained it's popularity in France (where the green variety, that had an added infusion step, was very popular). Eventually banned by religious zealots, many false stories about it driving people insane or causing hallucinations were circulated. Many countries (the USA included) have since lifted the ban after recent studies showed that very little of the purportedly-hallucinogenic compound Thujone survives the distillation process. Though some of the herbs used in it's production are mild stimulants, possibly explaining the somewhat "clear headed drunkenness" people report from drinking absinthe (a classier version of FourLoko I guess). And that's my absinthe history lesson for the day.
It's all just visual fun, and at the end, the absinthe is ruined. I'd watch other people's been done like that, I would say ok now pore me a fresh one, no fire thanks very much.
You're supposed to add about one fifth of the capacity of your glass of Absinthe, place the sugar cube on the spoon and slowly drizzle a thin, constant stream of cold water onto the cube.
