I Mad An Historic Absinthe From 1915 - It Saved Absinthe Forever!

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  • @ciaranheikeclark
    @ciaranheikeclark 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Your videos are always packed with so much interesting info, I love it

  • @nickfranklin1867
    @nickfranklin1867 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A very interesting and informative video about the history and making of Absinthe Jessie 👍

  • @Will-p2m
    @Will-p2m 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Love the absinthe videos. It's one of my favorite drinks and something I really want to make.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Awesome! This series has taught me to love it as well. There is something pretty cool about making your self.

    • @Will-p2m
      @Will-p2m 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StillIt I've really started to appreciate those flavors. And things like aperol, amaros, anisette...

  • @ChasingVapor
    @ChasingVapor 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    thanks bro you shut my lights off lol

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Hahaha shit, sorry. I had meant to bleep out the "google" !

  • @urielmarkander1128
    @urielmarkander1128 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Absinthe is the G.O.A.T.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The more I make it and enjoy it the less I would be able to argue with that haha

    • @urielmarkander1128
      @urielmarkander1128 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I actually prefer the cleaner taste of clear absinthe, and do not care at all about the louche.
      In fact, I prefer when there is no louche so I can proof a whole bottle down well ahead of time and let everything mellow out for a few weeks.

  • @JesseHerbert-u3e
    @JesseHerbert-u3e 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    👏👏 thanks for the full abbreviated history I just learned a little more

  • @ZBM2
    @ZBM2 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Longtime viewer and huge fan of your videos. If you continue down this whole absinthe trek recommend something like a Balancier to drip the water for a more ritualistic esque drip shots without having to dedicate to a whole fountain setup. Also @AdrienneLaVey is a fantastic creator who focuses a lot on different kinds of absinthe and working hard on dispelling the myths around this beautiful drink full of history.

  • @irwoody2
    @irwoody2 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I made a Half gallon jar and got supplies from my local Brewing supply.
    Mine was still 90% Abv. It was tough to drink. Even.
    Doing the sugar water with it

  • @talon53
    @talon53 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Next level distilling. My little Air Still is in for a shock.

  • @uselessoutdoorsman2826
    @uselessoutdoorsman2826 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Recently discovered your channel dude. I'm from NZ but live in France, I'm so keen to ask around to see if anyone here has recipes that differ from yours. Love the content, keep doing what you do mate 🙌

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nice! There is a HUGE variance in absinthe recipes / flavor. Have fun exploring!

  • @Moeflyer6213
    @Moeflyer6213 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I love every kind of herbal liqueur!

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I may need to try some of the others

    • @bradmcmahon3156
      @bradmcmahon3156 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@StillIt You need to introduce yourself to akvavit.

  • @gardencompost259
    @gardencompost259 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I’m in, got to make it. Also going to expand my herb garden this next season.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah this one is definitely worth a nudge!

  • @desertriderukverun1002
    @desertriderukverun1002 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    “Hypothetically” I need to try this. The 1855 Pontarlier absinthe is a good recipe, this one sounds even better.

  • @Sugarsail1
    @Sugarsail1 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    7:37 star anise is a tropical plant so it's doubtful it was more available in Europe, but I think it has far more essential oils in it so it aids in louching.

    • @murunbuchstanzangur
      @murunbuchstanzangur 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Europe, quite famously, has a long history of getting tropical spices from afar going back long before that.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah there was a lot of trade hapening

    • @Senthiuz
      @Senthiuz 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​@@murunbuchstanzangurEurope, quite famously, had some issues with international trade 1914-1918. Although Switzerland, also famously, isn't directly involved in such issues, they may have had to go without the Star Anise in 1915.

  • @4th-horseman
    @4th-horseman 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I don’t even drink, but this is so entertaining😂

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      haha awesome. That makes me happy!

    • @JohnMelland
      @JohnMelland 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't drink either, and I agree, very entertaining.

  • @davidwilliams5497
    @davidwilliams5497 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Hey Jesse,
    For future batches that you want to color, I did some experimenting with spinach that might be helpful.
    I made a batch that was roughly halfway between the 1700’s and 1800’s absinthe recipes. I’d seen Alan’s comment on the first absinthe recipe video (and I think he’d mentioned it in one of the podcasts, too) about drying the spinach for coloring, since you were disappointed in the lack of color on that first batch.
    After some experimenting, here’s what I found worked best:
    Dry the spinach in the oven at 210° F (or 98-99° C) for about an hour. I used some parchment paper just to ensure it wouldn’t stick. Then just crumble the dried leaves.
    Using 3 g spinach, 2 g lemon balm, and 2 g hyssop, it makes a great emerald green.
    But the crazy part was when I tried to make it an even more extreme green. I doubled the spinach (6g) and kept the others the same. It did add a very slight umami flavor, mostly in the finish - kinda like dried seaweed/nori. I really like it, but figured it’s worth warning that going too crazy with the spinach can affect flavor.
    The result was so dark that light wouldn’t pass through, and it looked almost red in the bottle (the spirit was still around 80%). In the glass, it pours a very dark green, but then becomes a brilliant emerald when louched.
    But here’s the best part: it hasn’t gone brown. After three months in a brown bottle in the cupboard, it has definitely faded, but it still pours and louches as a faded green, not brown.
    My next experiment will be to see if it’s possible to add a tiny bit of acid (probably will use powdered citric acid or vitamin c) to preserve the color without messing with the flavor too much. My end goal is to get an absinthe that still tastes amazing and also does the insane bright green like commercial brands, but using only natural ingredients.

    • @pierremarx1
      @pierremarx1 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hi David, thanks for posting. I’d like to try this but I am not sure of the method to impart the colour. Do you simply steep the three ingredients in the spirit (at 60% ABV?) or is there a more elaborate procedure? TIA.

    • @davidwilliams5497
      @davidwilliams5497 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@pierremarx1 It’s detailed in the other videos on here where he colors the absinthe, but really basically you take half of the total batch, steep the coloring herbs in that for about 10 minutes or however long, and strain it. Then, add the colored spirit back to the other half.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      It would definitely be great to be able to preserve the color. I had wondered about acid as well. But I have not looked into it at all.
      I can see the benifit in using dried spinich. I missed that in the earlier video.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Pretty much, you split the absinthe colour half at temp for 20-60 min. strain it and blend back togeather. All of the other videos in this playlist use that process so you can check it out in one of those.
      th-cam.com/play/PLZEGsXzw_6OAQTKJQatKdI2CQcVNn6jbM.html

    • @Shane_O.5158
      @Shane_O.5158 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      be carefull with spinach, you could get kidney stones, best to use mint.

  • @ds9902
    @ds9902 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In the US, sugar is beet sugar unless specified as cane sugar that's required by the Food and Drug Administration

  • @brandtearles4785
    @brandtearles4785 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hey Jesse, I'm just on here because it's the newest post you have so, so you know of our could you make a video of the exact (step-by-step) process of using "dunder" to flavor and color rum

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Whats up mate, yeah I need to get back to some more rum action! Not sure when I do but I will.

  • @mwmnmwm
    @mwmnmwm 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    whoa,, weird how things appear like like this, like the world is listening to everything we do and it all is connected somehow. I've recently made my first run of this and loved it , based on the earlier video recipes *but I didn't want to go thru the making it green part and just kept it clear. I was showing a friend the louching part of it and it was fun to show off a little science.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ha! awesome man. Yeah watching that louche is fun!
      You may want to give this recipe a nudge. I think its a little better balanced as it takes the lack of coloring botanicals into account.

  • @stillworksandbrewing
    @stillworksandbrewing 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Absinthe is a very interesting drink

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cant agree more!

  • @shades6666
    @shades6666 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Love the absinthe series; hoping to try my hand at it assuming I can find the botanicals.
    Btw: pretty sure blanchette is pronounced with a "shh" sound at the "ch"...

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ha, I knew I was butchering it. Thanks mate.

  • @LP23D6
    @LP23D6 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video! A spirit that would be fun to make. I split the plugs on my air still so I can control the power input to the heating element while keeping full power to the cooling fan. It sure works well for spirit runs. Your machine may be different but worth a try if you are able. I just looked back at your review of your air still and your electrical plugs look similar to mine.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Awesome smart man!

  • @AntonySmith-k6i
    @AntonySmith-k6i 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi from England another good episode enjoyed it have you ever tried orange wine and distilled it I've just done a 5 gallon and it's my new favourite try it you will like it and it will make a good vid 😊

  • @bartlester591
    @bartlester591 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I really think you should try out for master distillers

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      hahah that would be a laugh

  • @Tinker001
    @Tinker001 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    5:00 Damnit Jesse!

  • @Jake_B74
    @Jake_B74 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love that jar, difficult to pour, I bet, but it's such a cool container none the less. I have all square 3.5l jars with glass lids that 4 fit neatly in milk crates. Not as cool as that big scientiffic looking bottle, but they are fairly practical.
    I've been following along and just made an Absinthe, shooting for an early Belle Epoque so I can use a low rec brandy substitute... I really can't stand using table/beet sugar. I was really surprised at just how strong the flavor is. It was fairly close to yours, leaning slightly toward the 1700's recipe you did to make it somewhat like a pre Phylloxera Belle Epoque if that makes sense... Anyway, man, keep the awesome videos coming. I've been loving this Absinthe series...

  • @TerrellJoel
    @TerrellJoel 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Let's go !!!

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah this one was fun!

  • @kurttowner3666
    @kurttowner3666 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hi Jesse, enjoying the absinthe uTube. Have been making on a small scale in the Pyrenees for several years. My understanding of history may be questioned but wasn't absinthe developed by a French chemist as a preventative fot malaria for the French soldiers fighting in Algeria in the 17'00s? My understanding is the chemist left france for the safety in Switzerland during the revolution. Yes the soldiers had healthy tastes for it on returning that coincided with the wine producer's predicament... let the story continue 🙏

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's definitely different to what I have been lead to believe. I will need to look into it. Cheers mate

  • @tjfishing2714
    @tjfishing2714 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Awesome 👌

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cheers mate

  • @russellzauner
    @russellzauner 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    im adding blue bell morning glory to mine!

  • @lilrieffer1949
    @lilrieffer1949 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    you make a video on how that plug in still works? curious

  • @Shane_O.5158
    @Shane_O.5158 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i wonder if there is a boiler that you can dial in and hold at 60c for 1 hour.

  • @danthemann
    @danthemann 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Describing Wormwood Flavor... Maybe as a strong quinine flavor? Closest thing I can think of anyway.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hmmm I could see that!

  • @SteveRix78
    @SteveRix78 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Is that anise seed? Trying to find the herbs to try this out

  • @TheMichaellathrop
    @TheMichaellathrop 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So what about straining out the solids after digestion and then putting them in a gin basket?

  • @July-qo7jp
    @July-qo7jp 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for all your work very interesting videos which would be difficult at best for people to film in US.
    I am curious, do you know if the thujone distills over with the alcohol or would it all stay in the still with the herbal waste materials?

  • @chubbyschillis1065
    @chubbyschillis1065 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Could you barrel age absinthe to see how it would change the flavour ?

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You most certainly could! Its on my list of things to play with.

  • @AtlasFlynn
    @AtlasFlynn 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Has your reach gone down? I've been subscribed for ages but haven't been notified about the last 4 or 5 vids

  • @DrAppalling
    @DrAppalling 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The recipe calls for anise and fennel. Just to be clear, do you mean anise seed and fennel seed?

    • @ronrupert4728
      @ronrupert4728 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes. Green anise (aniseed), sweet/vulgar/Florence fennel, and grand wormwood (artemisia absinthium (A.A.))

  • @Rage_80
    @Rage_80 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Don't forget about Bohemian Absinthe 👍

  • @Coolnventions
    @Coolnventions 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    you should try to make Chartreuse

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ahhhh that would be fun!

    • @Coolnventions
      @Coolnventions 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StillIt ya cant get it anywhere rn, would be dope to try to formulate a clone recipe

  • @ifell3
    @ifell3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Lickily all the farmers around here have collected all their beet aha
    But how would they have done this, any enzymes etc. Cheers

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If you were going to make it from raw beets yup. Cook em, use enzymes or malted barley. But Napoleon had kicked of the production of sugar from beets roughly 100 years earlier. He wanted to be self sufficient and not rely on cane sugar from the Caribbean. So I'm thinking they had access to beet sugar even then.

    • @ifell3
      @ifell3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StillIt I'm in the UK and most of our sugar comes from them ^^

  • @Burning_Dwarf
    @Burning_Dwarf 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Would you ever dip your toes into ulrra-sonic aging.
    I am curious about the difference vs traditional aging (something you have laying around)

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yup I have tried it in the past. I think it helps get more wood flavor quicer. But doesn't help with the aging part of things which is the real problem.

  • @MostlyInteresting
    @MostlyInteresting 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Get the temperature controlled version of this still. Much more useful. You can even sous-vide in it. Hold a hot punch... make essential oils (need a bit more gear for that) other things I am sure. :)

  • @desertphoenix6980
    @desertphoenix6980 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What all would you leave out so it doesn't taste like licorice?

    • @ronrupert4728
      @ronrupert4728 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can leave out both the anise and fennel to get rid of the black licorice taste but you won't have absinthe. Try an aquavit?

  • @larryhaynes7298
    @larryhaynes7298 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So if I'm new witch I am a sugar wash is a vodka? But if you age in America white oak to become a bourbon?

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A sugar wash is a term we use to describe any recipe that uses table sugar for most of its sugar. It's often used for vodka, but there are other recipes that approximate things like bourbon. Try googling ujssm.
      A "real" bourbon would be made with no table sugar 51+% corn and some barley and potentially other grains. The enzymes in the barley convert the starch to sugar in the mash.
      But yep, after distilling it would be aged in new American white oak.

  • @mehdie77
    @mehdie77 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hi, I'm from Iran and I don't have access to white oak. Is red oak poisonous for aging whiskey?

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Not something I have specifically looked into. I'm not sure if it would provide a good flavor. A quick Google sugests it is not poisonis bit I'm also not sure if your red oak is the same.
      www.google.com/search?q=is+red+oak+wood+poisonous&oq=is+red+oak+wood+poisonous+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgGEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggHEAAYgAQYogQyBwgIECEYjwLSAQg5NjA0ajBqNKgCDrACAQ&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

  • @Natepwnsu
    @Natepwnsu 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Most of the sugar from the United States is sugar beet. Anything that's not important or directly say made from cane sugar 100% cane sugar. It's sugar beet sugar

  • @HAVOC_26
    @HAVOC_26 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They only sell it in the US without wormwood. It's still good to drink, though, just not with the shroom like hallucinogenic properties.

    • @ronrupert4728
      @ronrupert4728 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All wrong. Go do your research.

  • @TheJohn8765
    @TheJohn8765 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I've made wormwood cordial a couple of times. I made the mistake of tasting a tiny amount of wormwood in its raw state. Bad, bad idea. It's beyond bitter into some sort of hell...

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      HAHAHAH right!?

  • @theDeanDanger
    @theDeanDanger 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Isn't absinthe normally only green once added to water? the essential oils precipitate out, causing the change in color?

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Absinthe generally has a light to quite spectacular green Hue. A lot of the commercial stuff is green food die as the natural stuff tends to go brown pretty quick. Check out this video for a reference: th-cam.com/video/1yO6iS5kFOc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KnjRMC4aohf8anGj
      Or this one: th-cam.com/video/YBzBajvQ-WM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nTdcR7R7o274-qSb
      Cheers mate

  • @lutomson3496
    @lutomson3496 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    he never tests the thujone levels in these which is very important, in history the thujone levels were controlled by country and still are today In the US its reduced in Europe its increased dont know what the legal limits are in NZ but home brew we do what we want!

  • @scubastevedan
    @scubastevedan ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    How Mad was it?

  • @travelingman45
    @travelingman45 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    First!

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ayyyyeeeeee nice dude

  • @AntonioP761
    @AntonioP761 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have a Pyrex jug exactly like yours and man does it have the worst spout design, spills all the time.

  • @_rubberstopperman_
    @_rubberstopperman_ 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It's not a good idea to try freshly made drinks. You need to let them sit in the dark for a couple of weeks so that all the flavors can marry.

  • @luke144
    @luke144 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Someone drak too much when giving this video a title.

  • @Caberbalschnit
    @Caberbalschnit 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Lemme guess, the weak version that only has minimal alkoloid content....yes the strictly alcoholic version is just nasty tasting alcohol. BUT! The original absinthe is NOT just a brewing/distilling process. There's a few more ingredients, that we're not allowed to show. Sorta like LSD is a tiny bit lysergic (intentionally mispelled) and tons of solvents. On film, you will never see real absinthe, aside from the trash that has 0% alkaloids.

  • @Sugarsail1
    @Sugarsail1 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    FYI , a lot of "cane" sugars are blended with sugar derived from sugar beets. C & H sugar in the US (California & Hawaii) is partly made from sugar beets grown in California, unlike the advertisement says it is not "pure cane sugar." I would be willing to bet your so-called "cane" sugar isn't entirely from cane as well.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Interesting, Alan mentioned his go to brand to get pure beet sugar in the USA in the podcast (I forget it right now).
      Down here we get none (perhaps a very expensive nag at a specialty health store or something). All our sugar is Australian cane.

    • @Natepwnsu
      @Natepwnsu 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Most of the white sugar from the United States that's from USA harvest is from sugar beet it's roughly 90% of the sugar. So any USA sugar company that doesn't list sugar cane on their product. Is sugar beets. 😊 Most companies just won't write it on there it just says sugar

    • @michaelprice8207
      @michaelprice8207 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@NatepwnsuIt's marketing. In my experience people think of beets as earthy and not something you want in a cake.

  • @andreyprosto5770
    @andreyprosto5770 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Это не абсент, нет главного ингредиента Туйон... Это просто травяной сбор.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Specifically aloha thujone. And guess what has a whole BUNCH of alpha thujone? Wormwood!
      Wormwood is what makes absinthe absinthe. Wormwood happens to have alpha thujone. If you took the wormwood out and added sinthetic thujone then it definitely would NOT be absinthe.

    • @andreyprosto5770
      @andreyprosto5770 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StillIt Вы нарушили технологию производства и ваш "абсент" просто спиртной напиток , пустой. Он у вас прозрачный а должен быть на выходе золотым . Вы всё самое ценное оставили в кубе. Я тоже с этого начинал, только на 4 раз добился нужного эффекта изменения сознания. Если у вас в стране запрещено содержание туйона больше 10 мл на литр то надо говорить об этом сразу. Удачи.

    • @StillIt
      @StillIt  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@andreyprosto5770 LOL dude you have compleatly missed the point of this video. Im going to assume its a translation issue.

    • @andreyprosto5770
      @andreyprosto5770 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StillIt абсент при дистилляции жёлтый . А у вас белый прозрачный. Не бывает рабочего абсента прозрачного. 250 мил внутрь 8-10 часов нирваны