This week as we celebrate National Absinthe Day, Mia & Alexa take an in-depth look into the worlds love/hate relationship with this green dramatic protagonist. From small Swiss town murders & International revile, to legal loopholes and German home distilled concoctions, Absinthe has been on a roller coaster ride through human cocktail history as it went from the No. 1 favorite of the rich and famous, to the No. 1 enemy for decades beyond prohibition. 

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