Absinthe grew very popular really quickly after it started getting produced in large quantity. By the middle of the 19th century, many people were regularly enjoying absinthe. Coming on to the turn of the century, almost everyone was enjoying the drink. The drink was believed to strengthen your mind and make you more creative and intelligent when under the influence. Maybe that is why so many famous names were under the influence of absinthe when they created their masterpiece.
Famous People Drinking Absinthe
Many famous people used to drink absinthe back in the 19th century. Names like Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Toulouse-Lautrec are just a few well known names in the 19th century to regularly drink absinthe. Moving on to the 20th century, even more famous people enjoyed the drink. Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allen Poe, and Charles Baudelaire all regularly used to drink absinthe and some of their masterpieces were inspired by the beverage.
The popularity of absinthe continued to rise over the years and lead up to a ban which somewhat made productions slow down. The majority of production in many countries began to be in the bootleggers facilities. Now, absinthe is still made but the recipe is altered a bit making pre-ban absinthe a desired beverage to possess. However, pre-ban absinthe is rather expensive (costing four figures per bottle at least) and has become very rare and hard to find. To get your hands on a bottle of the drink from the climax of the popularity of absinthe was be fantastic. |
