Absinthe Plays Devil's Advocate

<p>Banned across Europe and the United States in the early 1900s, absinthe is often a spirit that is associated with illicit behaviour. <br/><br/>With a reputation for providing psychedelic inspiration to such creative names as Oscar Wilde, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent Van Gogh, absinthe has always built a reputation as an incredibly naughty, but slightly dangerous green fairy of the spirit world.<br/><br/>Yet the reality of absinthe is very different. <br/><br/>To understand a little bit more about absinthe and its place in the modern bar cart, we talked to Alison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett from the new UK absinthe brand Devil&apos;s Botany about botanicals history and why absinthe is making a slow but steady comeback. </p>