Hey, it's Gia. We love licorice, so that explains a lot about absinthe. For him, it's also the chemistry of it. He really knows his libations and can go into great scientific detail far beyond my reach. I'm the Single Malt Scotch (Balvenie! Macallan!), vodka, or champagne person (and my new hood rat guilty pleasure: Hennessey and Diet Cherry Coke.) He's more of a whiskey, beer, or red wine fan.