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tried recipe :
1 liter batch
20 grams of aromatic Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
6 grams Anise Star Pod (Illicium verum)
60 grams Anise Seed (Pimpinella anisum)
40 grams Fennel Seed (Foeniculum vulgare)
3 grams Coriander Seed (Coriandrum sativum)
2 grams Calamus root (Acorus calamus)
5 grams Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
0.5 grams Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
1.5 grams Angelica Root (Angelica archangelica)
5 grams Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
1) Primary distillation of base spirit.
(I've heard that a neutral or almost-neutralfrom grapes is best)
2) Primary maceration
(including A. absinthium, Green anise, etc)
3) Secondary distillation.
4) Secondary maceration
(including A. pontica, etc)
1855 Pontarlier formula thats on the web:
Macerate 2.5 kilograms of dried wormwood, 5 kilograms of anise and 5 kilograms of fennel in 95 liters of 85 percent ethanol by volume. Let the mixture steep for at least 12 hours in the pot of a double boiler. Add 45 liters of water and apply heat; collect 95 liters of distillate. To 40 liters of the distillate, add 1 kilogram of Roman wormwood, 1 kilogram of hyssop and 500 grams of lemon balm, all of which have been dried and finely divided. Extract at a moderate temperature, then siphon off the liquor, filter, and reunite it with the remaining 55 liters of distillate. Dilute with water to produce approximately 100 liters of absinthe with a final alcohol concentration of 74 percent by volume.
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