Tag: catskills

woman bathing in absinthe glass

The Green Fairy

When water is added, the clear absinthe turns a cloudy, opal green—this is known as the “absinthe louche,” or releasing “the green fairy.”

IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Local New York Beer

In the land of locally made everything, New York beer was long nothing more than a dream, thanks to a lack of local farmers growing barley and hops. Enter Mark Van Glad, founder of the year-old Tundra Brewery up in the Catskills, who decided to do something brilliant: grow his own.