Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

When I was in my twenties, all my friends were artists; Some were painters, some were sculptors, and others were writers and musicians. We would spend early evenings at galleries or book signings, ...

MOUTIER, Switzerland -- Absinthe, the drink banned almost a century ago as "madness in a bottle," is making a comeback. The Swiss, who first distilled absinthe, legalized it last month, hoping to ...

Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Charles Baudelaire and Ernest Hemingway may well turn in their graves. Absinthe, the green-tinged alcohol that fuelled poets, writers and artists in 19th century France, does not ...

There are a lot of rumors and myths surrounding once-banned liquor absinthe. Seattle Kitchen host Tom Douglas had never tried it, so asked an expert to bring in some of the much-lored liquor for him ...

Made popular during the late nineteenth century, absinthe was the aphrodisiac of La Belle Époque. It was portrayed as a psychoactive drug and the alcoholic drink of choice among some of the greatest ...

As a teenager, I was much like I am as an adult, which is to say, anxious. There are times, perhaps few and far between, when my anxiety has faltered, leaving me for hours, days, sometimes even weeks ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...

Shrouded in mystique and just a touch of mayhem, absinthe is the main ingredient in the drink that is the focus of a book signing and sipping event April 17 at Garden District Book Shop. "The Absinthe ...

From roughly 1860 to 1890, French wine drinkers were under assault. A blight called phylloxera had nearly decimated the country’s vineyards and the nation’s wine industry. What wine remained in shops ...