We made our way to a dark bar with illuminated bottles full of greenish spirits on display. “Yeah – you burn a sugarcube and drop it into this green drink – and you might hallucinate green fairies,” he said in all earnestness. ( In all fairness, I didn’t know he was wrong about some of this stuff until later.) at the time, it wasn’t widely legal), he then went a bit off the rails. It is a drink – a spirit actually – and 2. You see, in the late 90s, absinthe wasn’t legal in the US or much of Europe, but it was A-OK in Spain a fact Justin the Aussie barbarian knew well.Īnd while he was right about those facts (1. He had downed, like, three since I arrived at the small terrace bar in Plaça de George Orwell in Barcelona’s Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) 30 minutes prior.
And I was wondering how many beers he had managed to consume before I met up with him. “The green fairy,” said the Australian with the nose that sat sideways on his face from one too many rugby scrums.
Exquisite flavor – and makes a great gift! Image by: Absinthe – 10 Facts and Myths About The Green Fairy Learn all about absinthe, and how a once celebrated spirit went from banned substance to reborn. Whether you think of Absinthe as a creativity spawning elixir, or just a super delicious drink, there’s no denying that the green fairy is cloaked in a bit of mystery.
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