Absinthe?!

[Just A Girl]

We always scaled alcohol content in proof until recently. Probably because we are in the EU it got dropped. Just like our pints, quarts, ounces, pounds and soon our miles.

Prehaps,
But I still use ,Ounces, pints, and miles. i know that a 13mm spanner is near enough 1/2 inch. or 8/16th's

but ive never 1ce used the term proof to describe alcehol.

Hell i still call marathons marathons. "snikers"
and Pound strechers TOMS.

but there ya go. im funny like that.

[Kanamori]

Bleugh, I'd do so many other things before Absinthe. Going nuts in a bad way, when I can still walk around decently, isn't my idea of fun.

[Ronin]

I don´t drink alcool so I´ve never tried the stuff ....even if it´s legal and sold oppenly over here...
There is however a famous Portuguese writter from about a century ago, Fernando Pessoa, story goes that he used to get smashed in the stuff before going back to his house and putting pen to paper....

Let me tell you something.....when you read his stuff it sure has hell shows the state he was in

[Ironside]

Well as mentioned here, it was an alcohol containing Thujone that became quite popular for the hallucinogenic properties and "insperational" properties, espicially amont painters, artists, etc. Creative people.
Heavy drinking of it did often cause severe brain damage after a while though, and it was the reason why it became illegal and fell out of use.

Nowadays the active substance (wormwood) has been removed in most cases and that type of absinthe is now legal (even in Sweden, sold at systembolaget).

It's green and quite strong, but I've only been in contact with it once personally.

[Duke Malcolm]

I've only had a few nips of absinthe, but it was rather tasty. I choked on the overwhelming taste of alcohol the first sip though. I didn't have enough to hallucinate or any such things...

I wouldn't go an buy it though, also since it is rather expensive in Tesco's... I'll stick to my cognac...

[Major Robert Dump]

Can someone tell me how much it costs on Pesos pls?

[RabidGibbon]

Off the back of a bottle my brother in law brought back from Prague:

Absinth 35 is a unique product containing herbs and spices. Thuyon contents: 35mg/kg. Excellent combination of herbs macerated in 70% fine grain spirit guarantees a top quality together with experience of thuyon "euphoria".

Whilst drinking it you could take a sip and hold it in your mouth, wait for it to evaporate and inhale it (Then run around the room squealing "Ahhh It burns it burns us!"). It did have a kind of aniseedy aftertaste, although mainly it tasted of.... well 70% spirit. As for any "euphoria" we only ever cracked it open at the end of a night when we were all normally pretty "euphoric" to begin with.

[Fragony]

It isn't that hot, you can buy it just about everywhere here. It gives a mild high for a 5 minutes or so.

[Kagemusha]

And a terrible hang over. We have had this tradition with my friends that in summer when we go to the Rock festivals.We always have one bottle of that stuff with us last summer in the festival i was also, nobody touched that stuff.Its great stuff when you have little but try to boose yourself up with other boose and then have some Absinth as the last few shots.Pleasent dreams and even more pleasant hangover.

[Redleg]

Can someone tell me how much it costs on Pesos pls?

Just stick with Mescal and swallow the worm Major