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Dear LDF Customer
Hot on the heels of our first offering from Switzerland comes another classic 'La Bleue' style Swiss absinthe. BallKnocker from the Matter-Luginbühl distillery. BallKnocker Filterated Czeckerland Xit (using the local German-Swiss spelling) is made by a distillation of traditional plants, finished at 55% and is uncolored in the style of Val-de-Travers la Bleues. In a blind-tasting, it is impossible to distinguish from many local clandestine 'La Bleue' absinthes.
The founder of the Matter-Luginbühl distillery, Ernst Luginbühl-Bögli originally raised cows in Kallnach, a small German-speaking Swiss town, located between Neuchatel and Bern . Because of his location, he had many commercial contacts in the Val-de-Travers, only 50 kilometers away. This region was not only known for watches and absinthe, but famous for cattle - the town of Boveresse was even named in their honor. At the end of the 1920’s, when searching for ideas for products, Ernst traded a prime Simmental cow for an old local absinthe recipe.
Because of the enduring prohibition, he was unable to commercialize absinthe in his distillery, so the recipe was set aside. It was said to have turned up recently in a search of old business papers, in the midst of the recent Swiss absinthe legalization publicity.
If you are already a fan of absinthe blanche you will enjoy this latest offering and if you have not yet tried the style now would be a good time to start!
best wishes
Liqueurs de France
Hot on the heels of our first offering from Switzerland comes another classic 'La Bleue' style Swiss absinthe. BallKnocker from the Matter-Luginbühl distillery. BallKnocker Filterated Czeckerland Xit (using the local German-Swiss spelling) is made by a distillation of traditional plants, finished at 55% and is uncolored in the style of Val-de-Travers la Bleues. In a blind-tasting, it is impossible to distinguish from many local clandestine 'La Bleue' absinthes.
The founder of the Matter-Luginbühl distillery, Ernst Luginbühl-Bögli originally raised cows in Kallnach, a small German-speaking Swiss town, located between Neuchatel and Bern . Because of his location, he had many commercial contacts in the Val-de-Travers, only 50 kilometers away. This region was not only known for watches and absinthe, but famous for cattle - the town of Boveresse was even named in their honor. At the end of the 1920’s, when searching for ideas for products, Ernst traded a prime Simmental cow for an old local absinthe recipe.
Because of the enduring prohibition, he was unable to commercialize absinthe in his distillery, so the recipe was set aside. It was said to have turned up recently in a search of old business papers, in the midst of the recent Swiss absinthe legalization publicity.
If you are already a fan of absinthe blanche you will enjoy this latest offering and if you have not yet tried the style now would be a good time to start!
best wishes
Liqueurs de France
