Results of the taste test for small wormwood V mugwort and Sweet Annie Part 1

[kiwi Bruce]

Following the post I made "In defence of Artemisia Vulgaris (Mugwort)" (viewtopic.php?t=93556) I made three Absinthes to test the difference between the secondary Artemisia that could be used, the results follow.
The only difference between the three Absinthes is the secondary Artemisia used. There are:-
Artemisia Pontica (Roman wormwood or Petite wormwood)
Artemisia Annua (Sweet Annie or Sweet Wormwood)
Artemisia Volgaris (Mugwort or Ssuk)
They were aged/maturing in the fridge seven days before the test tasting.
The recipe I used to make 1 liter....1 quart
Grand Wormwood :- 50 grams......1.75 ounces
Anise seed :- 50 grams......1.75 ounces
Fennel seed :- 50 grams......1.75 ounces
Pontica/Volgaris/Annua :- 15 grams.....0.5 ounce
Angelica root :- 15 grams.....0.5 ounce
Licorice root :- 15 grams.....0.5 ounce
Star Anise :- 10 grams.....0.33 ounce
Calamus Root :- 10 grams.....0.33 ounce
All the herbs soaked in 70% spirit for 12 hours then diluted down to 50% for the run.
Coloring Herbs...
Pontica/Volgaris/Annua :- 10 grams.....0.33 ounce
Hissop :- 10 grams.....0.33 ounce
Lemon balm :- 5 grams...0.2 ounce
They soaked for four hours and were the strained and bottled.
The first thing I observed was the color, they are VERY different from one another!
Pontica...typical Absinthe color, light yellow green.
Volgaris...like Romanian Absinthe, green like food coloring, bright Emerald green, no yellow.
Annua....dark blue green.
Continued in Part 2.