How Absinthe Is Made

we are here in the valley Oh traverse Switzerland birthplace of absence I'm Jeff I just retired from the military soul everything I own and now I'm traveling around the world to learn from Raghu's winemakers distillers and tell their story this is my journey a beer wine and spirits [Applause] [Music] the valedale travelers in Switzerland is a beautiful green and heavily forest landscape with rivers running through the region that have shaped and carved its own paths rugged limestone cliffs reach high through the clouds and into the sky time water air light have given life and have shaped this beautiful forest this force can offer everything that one person needs it can protect provide shelter and most importantly provide food and water but nature can be complex plants contain secrets that in their very essence can cure but can just as easily kill everything depends on the dosage absinthe and its very heart as a child of this forest people from this area will explain that absinthe has been a part of their lives for over 200 years and wormwood was first distilled in the valley in the late 18th century and from that moment on it was freed from its earthbound existence and became a spirit known as extract - absinthe [Music] my great-grandfather start absent prediction invalid hava in 1 1863 we produce many litter that's more to 1 million litre per year this business is very good but in 190 10 the physic barliman stops a production the absurd is valid valid for what is so much problem with alcohol so much people drink beer and wine the most cheap product in the market is absent the beer and the wine is more expensive and for that the absent is valid my grandfather he continues the production of absinthe is not legal but it's one gentleman agreement with the Swiss Confederation if you buy is a great neutral spirit and you pay his tax in value travel is possible you product absent but it's not one big market is just one historical market I am very interesting for the Sun production my grandmother explain to me the process received when maybe fifteen or sixteen year with one very good friend in my village asked to my grandmother or now I want to try to make absinthe oh it's a bit dangerous if they say after you pay the government tax if you have one problem is it's not very happy but I want to try and I buy my first bottle style 16 year it's a very good job for me because when I am student with my friend is good money so to say I go work in the bar in the discotheque for money I make up some in the black seller is very nice story and we restarts original recipe tin maybe swine 1985 for maybe 20 year I produce absinthe bonad [Music] that's super awesome only a few left here in the Balgo driver [Music] [Applause] [Music] in 1 1999 the Swiss government won to change the Swiss Constitution the government want to take out this law for the absent disbanded and in 1 1999 Swiss people what 1 new constitution and the article for the absent is out of the Constitution is a food and beverage rule you have one level of the tree on his 35 milligram per litre when we try to analysis one normal absent before is first much 2005 we construct the tree on is very poor inside the absentees sometimes instead sometimes 15 sometimes this one it's not dangerous for the consumer I start one lobby with the chemist of code on the shuttle I ask now it's time we changed this slow and tell me yes now it's time because we know the project is not dangerous just one old story and we restart the production in 2005 in what year we are the first producer in the market after 2-3 years 2005 2008 you have so much competitor it stands the production but this small competitor is not big immediately in 2005 we want to protect the absence same to the cognac of the champagne that for me is very important we have this protection because in the market you have so much product with no story is just marketing product with color inside with oil inside is not distiller this only maceration is very one big problem and we want to protect the right way for the production of option this is the final objective we start the production for absent green why the same with one received is we have some different plant and spicy the first is honestly bizarreness in Spain and after is the furnace from comas in in France because it's more sweet and more smooth and after is a warm moon that we have a farmer it products a warm room for a distiller invalid cover different spices coriander means lemon balm is Opie's new product we have nine plants [Music] [Applause] [Music] when the recipient is ready we buy alcohol great neutral spirit with 96% volume and collie inside when we make absinthe we know produce alcohol we use one alcoholic support this is very important we mix this recipe with neutral spirit and water after we close the bottle sale and we start one maceration is between 6 or 10 hour this maceration between 35 and 55 degrees for 6 or 10 hour when this hot masala is ready we stop the ETA and we wait maybe two to three hour before we restart the production twin 2448 hour we obtain one product with a 79 80 percent volume alcohol this is pure spirit absinthe is obstacle we with real this product because it's too strong and too young we have different step we put water in the project for the alcoholic reduction we have won a special treatment for this water is reversing cosmos we take out mineral because is so complicated if you use normal water after one today you have a little bit particular in the bottle the second step is the filtration after maybe two weeks we have one mechanical filtration cellulose is and after we stock the project to three months and after we bottlings absent and we resell the product in the market the time of the production and the time of the market is six or seven months delay because the absinthe is very good after six month is possible you save the project for 2-3 years but after the taste is not fine it's more around and for me after 2-3 years is a maximum for saving [Music] so guys I really hope you enjoyed the episode and learned a little bit more about absinthe and how it is made you guys know my tradition I'm gonna do it a little bit differently this time I'm actually gonna leave this bottle and a hidden location here check it out and this is typical tradition here in the valedale travers you see the fountain you see the bench you see a box you stop by hopefully the bottle is full I leave you guys with this take care [Music] [ __ ] this Spidey's bag [Music]

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Id: 889BOmVidxE

Length: 9min 53sec (593 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 11 2018