Next Tuesday, July 21st marks the birthday of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a veteran of “The Lost Generation.” He was awarded both a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature, and perhaps most importantly (although we may be a bit biased), he was a true fan of absinthe.
In celebration of Ernest Hemingway’s birthday, and to thank the Open Salon community for welcoming Le Tourment Vert Absinthe as a sponsor, we’d like to invite you to a special event in San Francisco for Salon Readers.
What: Open Salon Absinthe Cocktails
When: Tuesday, July 21st 7 - 9pm
Where: The Ambassador
673 Geary St in San Francisco (between Jones and Leavenworth)
Consider yourself officially invited. Print out this post to receive a complimentary Le Tourment Vert Absinthe cocktail on us.
In Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls," protagonist Robert Jordan turns to absinthe while fighting with the loyalist guerrillas. Absinthe is also featured in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants." And while his non-fiction book "Death in the Afternoon" is about traditions of Spanish bullfighting, the title also refers to an absinthe cocktail that Hemingway concocted for a 1935 collection of celebrity recipes.
Daniel Nelson, head barman at The Doheny in downtown LA, recently created The Nettle (see recipe below), his own rendition of Death in the Afternoon “updated with market fresh California fruit.”
The Nettle
1 oz Le Tourment Vert Absinthe
1 oz Blood Orange Juice (or fresh squeezed orange juice)

1 oz honey syrup (3 parts clover honey, 1 part hot water)
Shake and serve in a Champagne flute

Top with Champagne (approximately 1 oz)
We hope to see you on the 21st!
Giga
Rachel
Kris Kruk
eric
James Ruga
Lonnie Lazar
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Comments
Dude, lighten up. He liked cats too, he can't have been all bad. I, for one, can't wait until I see this absinthe in my local liquor store.
peece!
dj
Certainly you can dig up a writer who didn't kill him or herself on this...like Henry Miller....Anais Nin. Really...very leotard of this company....
But there was something about if I were to ever visit that country again I would be put in irons and locked away for good. Damn foreigners; can't take a joke.
How was I suppose that 5,000 year old urn was not a urinal. And why is it such a big deal to hit on a king's wife and daughter, at the same time.
Ah, absinthe. J'adore
i hope there's at least one queen and a few princesses planning to be there, too.
~rocco and rusty