Herbsaint

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title: "Herbsaint" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["absinthe", "cocktails-with-absinthe", "anise-liqueurs-and-spirits", "sazerac-company-brands", "new-orleans-cocktails"] description: "Brand name of anise-flavored liquor" topic_path: "general/absinthe" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbsaint" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Brand name of anise-flavored liquor ::

Herbsaint is a brand name of anise-flavored liqueur originally created as an absinthe substitute in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1934, and currently produced by the Sazerac Company.

It was developed by J. Marion Legendre and Reginald Parker of the city, who had learned how to make absinthe while in France during World War I. so the name was changed to "Legendre Herbsaint", French/Creole for "Herbe Sainte" (Sacred Herb), the Artemisia absinthium.

The Sazerac Company bought J.M. Legendre & Co. in June 1949. Herbsaint was originally bottled at 120 proof (60%), but this was later reduced to 100 proof (50%), then changed to a different 90 proof (45%) recipe in the mid-1950s. By the early 1970s only the 90 proof remained. In December 2009, the Sazerac Company reintroduced J.M. Legendre's original 100 proof recipe as Herbsaint Original.

References

References

1. Jay Hendrickson, [http://www.oxygenee.com/absinthe-america/herbsaint.html Absinthe in America I - The Story of Herbsaint] {{webarchive. link. (2010-12-25 , ''The Virtual Absinthe Museum'' at Oxygénée Ltd. (Access date December 7, 2010.))
2. It was originally produced under the name "Legendre Absinthe", although it never contained absinthe's essential ingredient, [[Artemisia absinthium. link. (2011-01-04 , reprint from ''New Orleans Item'', May 6, 1934. (Access date December 7, 2010.))
3. Todd A. Price, [http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2009/12/sazerac_co_reintroduces_the_or.html Sazerac Co. reintroduces the original recipe for Herbsaint], ''The Times-Picayune'', December 19, 2009. (Access date December 6, 2010.)

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