Pernod Fils

The cache originates from the cellar of the last surviving descendant of a once substantial liquor distributor, which operated in the Doubs region from 1890 to around 1950. The present owner, now elderly, inherited the bottles from his father, who purchased several glass demi-johns of absinthe from Pernod Fils in the week immediately prior to the ban on absinthe being enacted in August 1914. The contents of these demijohns (probably around 20-30 litres each) were then bottled (with professional equipment - the corks and wax seals are of the same quality as a commercial bottling) for the private consumption of the family.