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EP 658 Absinthe: What’s it all about?

Gary Vaynerchuk is visited by Brian Robinson of the Wormwood Society to taste 3 types of Absinthe and debunk some myths.

Wines tasted in this episode:

Vieux Carre Absinthe
Obsello Absinthe
Marteau Absinthe

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Luca Bercelli

93/100

Very knowledgeable guest, providing a great education for GV and us. Good show.

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  • GlennB

    Love the Anice flavoured stuff, all of it.
    drank a fair bit of it with grilled Octopus in Marseilles.
    seems to work with it somehow.

  • Great episode. Now I gotta go buy myself some Absinthe. I have never tasted it.

  • Great episode. Now I gotta go buy myself some Absinthe. I have never tasted it.

  • Agent Orange

    Great show. Brian was a top notch guest.

    Love the serious edutainment direction Gary.

  • Agent Orange

    Great show. Brian was a top notch guest.

    Love the serious edutainment direction Gary.

  • Shannon

    Awesome show!!! Very informative : )

  • Shannon

    Awesome show!!! Very informative : )

  • rowland

    Awsome new Veynerism “Im disgusted at you wine industry in 1912.”

    this was a great episode. your radar is up now.

    whats this spain/texas stuff?

  • rowland

    Awsome new Veynerism “Im disgusted at you wine industry in 1912.”

    this was a great episode. your radar is up now.

    whats this spain/texas stuff?

  • kev

    gary, do single malt whiskey!

  • kev

    gary, do single malt whiskey!

  • Dr. Mike

    GV-
    back to the traditional format, I enjoyed.

    QOTD: My guess is Greenland but it could be Norway.

  • Dr. Mike

    GV-
    back to the traditional format, I enjoyed.

    QOTD: My guess is Greenland but it could be Norway.

  • Dr. Mike

    So… if its not Cannada I’ll be surprised.

  • Dr. Mike

    So… if its not Cannada I’ll be surprised.

  • Anonymous

    GREAT episode. Fennel? Anise? Lemon balm? I think I’m gonna get into absinthe VERY soon!

    QOTD: I guess it’s Canada…

  • YoungDave

    GREAT episode. Fennel? Anise? Lemon balm? I think I’m gonna get into absinthe VERY soon!

    QOTD: I guess it’s Canada…

  • innA

    I actually almost stopped this after about 2 mins, as I thought it was going to be as boring as that Agave episode, but it turned out to be very good. The guest was a fountain of knowledge.

    QOTD – Enough of the exact-answer-type-questions!

  • innA

    I actually almost stopped this after about 2 mins, as I thought it was going to be as boring as that Agave episode, but it turned out to be very good. The guest was a fountain of knowledge.

    QOTD – Enough of the exact-answer-type-questions!

  • Jayhitek

    I am excited you did a show on absinthe, I have always wondered about it.
    QOTD: Iceland? Australia? Thinking of big islands..

  • Jayhitek

    I am excited you did a show on absinthe, I have always wondered about it.
    QOTD: Iceland? Australia? Thinking of big islands..

  • Hendrik

    Very interesting show. Had it once, straight and hated it. But now that I saw the show would try it again, but this time the dilluted concoction please. The next logical step at educating our palettes would be Vermouth, not that I neither knowledgeable nor fan.

  • Hendrik

    Very interesting show. Had it once, straight and hated it. But now that I saw the show would try it again, but this time the dilluted concoction please. The next logical step at educating our palettes would be Vermouth, not that I neither knowledgeable nor fan.

  • Margaret

    Great show. Kudos for covering some of the more obscure liquors in the world. Can’t make a good Corpse Reviver II without absinthe!

    Would love to see you do a show on mixology. There is such a resurgence of interest in this field, a lot of new and interesting producers coming out with new things (St Germain for example) and there are some folks doing some really interesting things ~ e.g. Jamie Boudreau @ http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/

    Do you know about the Tales of the Cocktail conference in NOLA? http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/
    Awesome gathering of the folks on the leading edge of molecular mixology.

  • Margaret

    Great show. Kudos for covering some of the more obscure liquors in the world. Can’t make a good Corpse Reviver II without absinthe!

    Would love to see you do a show on mixology. There is such a resurgence of interest in this field, a lot of new and interesting producers coming out with new things (St Germain for example) and there are some folks doing some really interesting things ~ e.g. Jamie Boudreau @ http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/

    Do you know about the Tales of the Cocktail conference in NOLA? http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/
    Awesome gathering of the folks on the leading edge of molecular mixology.

  • Love the stuff…Very yummy indeed

  • Love the stuff…Very yummy indeed

  • Heather W

    Great ep! I loved it, especially since references to my 3 homes were made: New Orleans, Switzerland, and Texas! I’m actually not a huge licorice fan, but ironically enough I don’t mind the flavor in my wine and spirits. I’ve had Absinthe once or twice, but I don’t think I was drinking it right because it was just in a shot glass, whoops! But I have had Pastis that was mixed correctly, which is similar, and I loved it. Fantastic summer drink for out by the pool or backyard relaxing with friends and fam.

    QOTD: My first guess would have been Chile, but then I looked at the other answers and the answer seems to be Canada, which was actually my second guess. I suppose I’m off to Google now to find out for sure, I don’t like not knowing.

  • Heather W

    Great ep! I loved it, especially since references to my 3 homes were made: New Orleans, Switzerland, and Texas! I’m actually not a huge licorice fan, but ironically enough I don’t mind the flavor in my wine and spirits. I’ve had Absinthe once or twice, but I don’t think I was drinking it right because it was just in a shot glass, whoops! But I have had Pastis that was mixed correctly, which is similar, and I loved it. Fantastic summer drink for out by the pool or backyard relaxing with friends and fam.

    QOTD: My first guess would have been Chile, but then I looked at the other answers and the answer seems to be Canada, which was actually my second guess. I suppose I’m off to Google now to find out for sure, I don’t like not knowing.

  • sharon

    Another interesting show…a question, what is the difference between absinthe and pastis?

  • sharon

    Another interesting show…a question, what is the difference between absinthe and pastis?

  • adam

    Canada has the largest coastline with over 200,000 KM.

  • adam

    Canada has the largest coastline with over 200,000 KM.

  • melbourne rob

    Great show. Finally got around to watching it today. Definitely knew very little about this subject matter before watching so I feel far more informed and intrigued enough to give some a try.

  • melbourne rob

    Great show. Finally got around to watching it today. Definitely knew very little about this subject matter before watching so I feel far more informed and intrigued enough to give some a try.

  • Little Jonny H

    Wormwood? Sugar Cubes? Licorice for days? Kingdom of Spain? Fantastic stuff! A very educational show!

    QOTD: maybe Australia…?

  • Little Jonny H

    Wormwood? Sugar Cubes? Licorice for days? Kingdom of Spain? Fantastic stuff! A very educational show!

    QOTD: maybe Australia…?

  • Little Jonny H

    Oh come on… the coastline shouldn’t count if it’s frozen 3/4 of the year! Just ask the polar bears, it’s way more like land than water!!!

  • Little Jonny H

    Oh come on… the coastline shouldn’t count if it’s frozen 3/4 of the year! Just ask the polar bears, it’s way more like land than water!!!

  • my2cents

    Nice one!

    I will have to keep an eye out for some absinthe in the near future.

    I am behind a few shows.

  • my2cents

    Nice one!

    I will have to keep an eye out for some absinthe in the near future.

    I am behind a few shows.

  • Tony D.

    Dude! I had no idea absinthe was legal again. I’ll have to do Hemingway proud one of these days and get some. You know what they say…absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

  • Tony D.

    Dude! I had no idea absinthe was legal again. I’ll have to do Hemingway proud one of these days and get some. You know what they say…absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

  • Ben

    Great episode! Really knowledgeable guest and an interesting topic.. kudos to you both.

    Ben

  • Ben

    Great episode! Really knowledgeable guest and an interesting topic.. kudos to you both.

    Ben

  • Ben

    Great episode! Really knowledgeable guest and an interesting topic.. kudos to you both.

    Ben

  • Jason S.

    QOTD: Australia?

    VERY interesting show – definitely want to try more than the one absinthe I’ve had now.

  • Jason S.

    QOTD: Australia?

    VERY interesting show – definitely want to try more than the one absinthe I’ve had now.

  • Jason S.

    QOTD: Australia?

    VERY interesting show – definitely want to try more than the one absinthe I’ve had now.

  • Jesse

    Great show Gary. When you get around to the South Korea show can you do some wines that aren’t only available on Base? I am an English teacher at publics schools here and don’t have great access to the base myself.

    Loved the Absinthe lesson and I am looking for a bottle at my local beverage shop here in Seoul.

    Keep the thunder rolling!

    Jesse

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