Rare Spirits Borne on Vodka’s Back

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Ansley Coale, left, and Crispin Cain sip absinthe in Ukiah, Calif.
By ERIC ASIMOV
Published: January 27, 2010
UKIAH, Calif.

IN the oceanic world of distillers and spirits distributors, 200 gallons is a drip of the faucet. But at the original Germain-Robin distillery, a tiny wooden cottage on the side of a mountain just west of this small city in Mendocino County, 200 gallons is the entire annual output of one of the best absinthes made in the United States. More