Tree at Night

Making Absinth

A simple way of making one's own 'absinth' is to macerate the dried herbs in alcohol for one month. According to some sources it helps to use high proof alcohol since the wormwood's bitterns do not solve in pure alcohol. (The way of reason here is that the bitterns solve in water and the less water is left in the alcohol the less bitterns might migrate into the tincture.)

Herbs:

• Wormwood (20gr)
• Anise seeds (1 Ts)
• Fennel seeds (1 Ts)
• Melissa (1 ts)
• Hyssop (1 Ts)
• Angelica root (1 Ts)
• Coriander seeds (1/2 ts)
• Cardamon seeds
• Caraway (1/4 ts)
• Calamus root (1 ts)
• Star Anise (1 1/2 fruits)
• Nutmeg powder
• Juniper berries

The herbs were steeped in 0,7l 96% alcohol. After a month the tincture looked like this:

I was very pleased with its looks and smell. Unfortunately the bitterns make the drinking experience a tough one, despite the use of high percentage alcohol. Detillation seems the only solution to that.

Read more info about the Wormwood herb at our Garden Blog:
http://teufelskunstgarden.blogspot.com/2011/08/wormwood.html

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Winter

Burnt in Wood

Altar detail

 

Burn mark

Belladonna

Deadly Nightshade 

Drawing inspired by the Deadly Nightshade's soul

Red wine + Belladonna tinctures, 2010

Read more about this traditional Witch Herb at our Garden Blog:

http://teufelskunstgarden.blogspot.com/2010/09/atropa-belladonna.html