absinthe

If you’re the type of drinker who is brand loyal, rarely deviating from your Maker’s or your Grey Goose, listen up. There are secrets your favorite brand might be keeping from you. Lucky for you, we tapped Mark Spivak, author of the forthcoming book Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating Story, to help us uncover some of the fun (and scandalous) facts about the world’s best-known tipples. Here are eight you should probably know...

The name came from Ernest Hemingway, who was a major fan of absinthe. His short story “Hills like White Elephants” mentions absinthe. The cocktail comes out a nice cloudy white color, so it became “White Elephants.”