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| Head_prosthesis |
 Jan 21 2007, 06:36 AM
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 The original "red headed sausage wrangler"  Group: Admin Posts: 8388607 Joined: 19-June 03 From: United States Member No.: 8  |
Eduoard Pernod Circa 1914
Reviewed by Crosby & Head Prosthesis 1/20/2007 COLOR BEFORE WATER 8/10 Golden brown. LOUCHE ACTION 8/10 More sudden than expected. Pretty deep. COLOR AFTER WATER 9/10 Pretty green with golden center. Surprisingly green. AROMA 27/30 Waxy slighly sweet and anisey. MOUTH-FEEL 9/10 Clean, rich and full. TASTE 17/20 Yum. Sweet and anisey on the tip of the tongue, with a clean, wormwoody finish on the back of the palette. Really well balanced and floral. OVERALL IMPRESSION 10/10 Gorgeous. A classic. Crosby & Head Prosthesis scores Eduoard Pernod Circa 1914 88 out of 100 |
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| G&C |
Jan 21 2007, 07:48 AM
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 Still Master Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 5134 Joined: 27-November 03 From: West of Valhalla Member No.: 282 |
My sample said circa 1914 but I'll post it here anyway.
Hartsmar will sort it out. EP65 circa 1914 Reviewed by G&C 11/20/2006 COLOR BEFORE WATER 10/10 Clear. Dead leaf. LOUCHE ACTION 10/10 Slow progressive and thick. COLOR AFTER WATER 10/10 Thick cream AROMA 28/30 Completely filled the room. Even before beginning to louche. MOUTH-FEEL 9/10 Thick up front but went down like water. TASTE 19/20 Nectar OVERALL IMPRESSION 10/10 More? G&C scores EP65 circa 1914 96 out of 100 -------------------- "With the first link, the chain is forged. With the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
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| crosby |
Jan 21 2007, 11:19 AM
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Still needs more water. Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| Head_prosthesis |
 Jan 21 2007, 04:57 PM
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The original "red headed sausage wrangler" Group: Admin Posts: 8388607 Joined: 19-June 03 From: United States Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE(G&C @ Jan 21 2007, 12:48 AM)  My sample said circa 1914 but I'll post it here anyway. Yeah, so did ours. We were just rewriting history. For a bit. |
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| sixela |
Jan 22 2007, 05:05 AM
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 Anal sage Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 2970 Joined: 24-September 03 From: somewhere closer to Boveresse and Pontarlier than most of you Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(G&C @ Jan 21 2007, 09:48 AM) COLOR BEFORE WATER 10/10 Clear. Dead leaf. To score this a 10 and a really green PF1914 a 5, you must have quite a grudge against lighter colours. -------------------- Varno Ettanu Parmantaurëo
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| G&C |
Jan 22 2007, 06:43 AM
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Maybe if it was Really Green?
When a verte looks like a blanche, it doesn't rate a 10. When it has full color, even if brown and clear, it does. It was lucky to get a 4 for being clear with no sediment. -------------------- "With the first link, the chain is forged. With the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
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| sixela |
Jan 22 2007, 07:42 AM
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Anal sage Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 2970 Joined: 24-September 03 From: somewhere closer to Boveresse and Pontarlier than most of you Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE(G&C @ Jan 22 2007, 08:43 AM) Maybe if it was Really Green? When a verte looks like a blanche, it doesn't rate a 10. When it has full color, even if brown and clear, it does. The thing is, for these absinthes, it's likely that they get a darker colour when aging. The colour is actually very pretty, but thin - thin like the early Pernot Fils Un Emile. I'm not sure in what way our perception of how saturated the colour should be to be acceptable hasn't been coloured (pun intended) by modern artificially coloured absinthes. If you look at vintage posters, you can find plenty that hint at darker absinthes, but also quite a few that are compatible with the aspect of the green PF1914. -------------------- Varno Ettanu Parmantaurëo
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| Donnie Darko |
Jan 22 2007, 01:52 PM
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QUOTE(sixela @ Jan 22 2007, 03:42 AM) The colour is actually very pretty, but thin - thin like the early Pernot Fils Un Emile. It was a lot like the early Pernot Un Emile, and so it scored like the early Pernot Fils Un Emile. QUOTE If you look at vintage posters, you can find plenty that hint at darker absinthes, but also quite a few that are compatible with the aspect of the green PF1914. That's tough to tell, because the pictures are of louched absinthes, and we're talking about colour before water. I had a well preserved circa 1930s Tarragonna that had lost very little of its colour, and that was far more green and saturated than the PF "Very Green". I really liked the "Very Green", it's one of the best absinthes I've had, but the colour was weak, like it had fallen out or something. |
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| G&C |
Jan 22 2007, 02:11 PM
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Still Master Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 5134 Joined: 27-November 03 From: West of Valhalla Member No.: 282 |
QUOTE(sixela @ Jan 21 2007, 11:42 PM) QUOTE(G&C @ Jan 22 2007, 08:43 AM) Maybe if it was Really Green? When a verte looks like a blanche, it doesn't rate a 10. When it has full color, even if brown and clear, it does. Blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah blah, blah, I stand by my score. -------------------- "With the first link, the chain is forged. With the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
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| hartsmar |
Jan 24 2007, 09:46 AM
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Reviews merged into review thread in the Buyer's Guide...
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| Gertz |
Jun 9 2007, 03:41 PM
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So, I am getting ready to leave for France tomorrow. Thought I'd have a drink while packing to get in the right mood. Well, what do we have in the cabinet ... hmm, those small, brown sample bottles look interesting. "KOS Gold"? Nah. "EP 65% C1914"? Now we're talking.
Edouard Pernod, c. 1914 Reviewed by Gertz 6/9/2007 COLOR BEFORE WATER 8/10 Yellowish brown, but still with an ever so slight tint of green. Pretty, slightly less intense than others I've seen. LOUCHE ACTION 8/10 A thick louche appears suddenly. Slower, more gradual would have been prettier in my opinion, but I can live with this. COLOR AFTER WATER 8/10 Green, with just a hint of a slightly brownish tinge. I'd be perfectly happy with this colour in a modern absinthe. AROMA 25/30 A hint of anise, but the alcohol base is quite apparent and overpowers most herbal notes. The base is obviously of high quality. MOUTH-FEEL 9/10 A bit of a bite from a clean, high-quality alcohol base serves as background for the smooth, velvety feel I remember from vintage Pernod Fils. A dry mouthfeel lingers afterwards. TASTE 19/20 It is hard to pick out individual notes, as it all blends damn well together in a perfect balance. It is a combination of a subtle, sweet flavor and a lingering, but pleasant bitter note that stays around as that dry mouthfeel mentioned above. OVERALL IMPRESSION 10/10 Damn good drink. Gertz scores Edouard Pernod, c. 1914 87 out of 100  -------------------- So it goes.
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