Absinthe is almost unique among alcoholic spirits for having been outlawed in even some of the world’s most liberal countries — but how did that happen? Martin Fone traces back the story to find the tales of debauchery, hallucination and even murder that once gave the drink its bad name — and looks at how it’s returned to prominence.
It might just be a case of absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. After a century languishing in the doldrums, a victim of the…
