NEW STUDY: Chemical Composition of Vintage Preban (prior to 1915) Absinthe
“The authors conclude the thujone concentration of preban absinthe was generally overestimated in the past… nothing besides ethanol was found in the absinthes that was able to explain the syndrome absinthism”
(& so rimbaud, van gogh & wilde were only talented drunks)
ps. i’m trying to imagine what it was like to uncork bottles of french liquor from 1900.