Original: ` Traite de la Fabrication de Liqueurs et de la Distillation des Alcools ' Duplais ( 1882 3rd Ed , Pg 249 ) Absinthe is unusual among spirits in that it is bottled at a very high proof but is normally diluted with water when consumed .
Simplified: In 1797,Henry-Louis Pernod , opened the first absinthe distillery , called '' Dubied Père et Fils '' , in Couvet .