Original: In either case , a certain Major Dubied acquired the formula from the sisters and in 1797 , with his son Marcellin and son-in-law Henry-Louis Pernod , opened the first absinthe distillery , Dubied Père et Fils , in Couvet .
Simplified: In 1797,Henry-Louis Pernod , opened the first absinthe distillery , called '' Dubied Père et Fils '' , in Couvet .