Hi @logitrade and welcome! Great to have you here. I’ve never tried absinthe and don’t really know much about it...or distilling or agriculture for that matter.
I am pretty good at JavaScript though and have been using the Steem JS library a good bit so I should be able to help you out there if you need!
Thanks @yabapmatt. I'm curious about this JS library...
You can see the details on github here: https://github.com/steemit/steem-js
It allows you to interact with the Steem blockchain through JavaScript. I used it to build a site that tracks voting bot accounts which has grown pretty popular around here: Steem Bot Tracker
Feel free to reach out to me on Steemit.Chat sometime if you want to talk!