Absinthe?!

[Redleg]

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

Just stick with Mescal and swallow the worm Major

[Sjakihata]

Absinth; a green, very strong and bitter spirit that is made on the basis of wormwood and anise, normally has an alchol percentage of 70. Also known as the Green Muse, because artists in Paris quatier latin drank it. Illegal in various countries because it has the substance tujon (NOT SURE OF THE ENGLISH WORD, tujon is related to the active substance in cannabis) which can damage the nervous system.

greek: apsínthion = wormwood

EDIT: Before you drink absinth, put a lighter to the drink and set it aflame. This will better activate the wormwood and give you a much cooler experience. Now drink half a bottle and tell me those myths are lies :p

[solypsist]

had some in czech about six years ago. pass.

i'll stick with nihonshu.

[Hurin_Rules]

I'm going to see if I can find it at the liquor store here. Once I fire it up, I'll let you know what happens.

All in the name of science, of course

[BDC]

Sounds like it could be a fun idea. I'll have to get hold of some.

[Fragony]

Now drink half a bottle and tell me those myths are lies :p

That would probably kill you mia muca, or at least a nasty alcohol poisening.

[Dîn-Heru]

At Fragony:

Nah, its just enough to make you fall backwards instead going of up the stairs, despite the mind shouting at the body to move forward, only to moments later be clinging on to the toilet bowl for dear life, seeing the partysnacks coming back.. (twice..) all this before midnight.. (the party began at eight, the absinth, 60% non-halusiogenic (sp?) I think, arrived at nine, 5-6 shots about a third or so of the bottle and about 4 beers 0,5 L 4,7% in the space of about two hours resulted in the above, shortest party I have been to.. (I was prudent enough to go to bed when I failed to move forward..)

Nice taste of licorice though, and no hangover seeing how it all came back to visit..

Edit: After seein A.Saturnus's post below I guess it was not true absinth, as what I drank was bright green and had a strong taste of alcoholbefore the licorice..

[A.Saturnus]

Absinthe is quite good if you like anise. But be aware that many things sold as absinthe aren't absinthe. True absinthe tastes of anise, has a yellow/green color (not bright green) and does not taste strongly of alcohol.

Also, the traditional way to drink absinthe is to pour cold water over a spoon with half a cube of sugar into a glass of absinthe. Go on until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Quality absinthe

Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to get a bottle after the exams.

[Sheep]

Er... alpha-thujone is a neurotoxin. I am not sure why anyone would want to drink anything labelled as a neurotoxin even by the people who sell it.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...-22-2000a.html

[Hurin_Rules]

Er... alpha-thujone is a neurotoxin. I am not sure why anyone would want to drink anything labelled as a neurotoxin even by the people who sell it.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...-22-2000a.html

Didn't you read the part in the headline that talked about 'curious brain effects'?

[Just A Girl]

Well seing a thois has been said..

EDIT: Before you drink absinth, put a lighter to the drink and set it aflame. This will better activate the wormwood and give you a much cooler experience. Now drink half a bottle and tell me those myths are lies :p

il tell you how to mess your self up Good on it.

make your self a nice drink of the old green stuff.

get a spoon and heap sugar on to it. pour on some of the green drink on to the spoon so the sugar soaks up the liquid.

use a lighter to warm up the spoon.

Stir ths contaminated sugary substance in to your drink.
Repeat if your a mad man,
then drink.

See you on the other side.

[jayrock]

Well seing a thois has been said..


il tell you how to mess your self up Good on it.

make your self a nice drink of the old green stuff.

get a spoon and heap sugar on to it. pour on some of the green drink on to the spoon so the sugar soaks up the liquid.

use a lighter to warm up the spoon.

Stir ths contaminated sugary substance in to your drink.
Repeat if your a mad man,
then drink.

See you on the other side.

this has monster hang over written all over,

and hurin remember whatever you do always choose the pixies to talk to, those elfs are nothing but trtouble

[Byzantine Mercenary]

dousn't absinth cause blindness? thats what i was always told

[Sjakihata]

Im not blind. Maybe back in the Hemingway day, when it was homebrewed - but not today.

[Shadow]

After hearding all this, it really work me up into trying some

Do you guys think if i can get these stuff legally in singapore?

[Fragony]

After hearding all this, it really work me up into trying some

Do you guys think if i can get these stuff legally in singapore?

Wouldn't count on it, and I wouldn't try breaking the law in Singapore when it comes to illegal substances....

You aren't really missing anything though.

[Byzantine Prince]

It isn't worth the high for that miserable taste.

[Just A Girl]

i dunno if you like pernod or oozo youd probably like it.

If you get the proper stuff. It can be quite enjoyable.
More of a high than totaly drunk.

My little brother used to drink bottles of the stuff untill i Beat him up for being so damn stupid.
So i guess its not gonna kill you.

[Zalmoxis]

I thought Absinthe was made up...

[GoreBag]

I passed an absinthe bar in my city while taking a strange and alien bus route one evening. I've never been back around to investigate, but I imagine it's crap anyway, since real absinthe isn't allowed around here.

A bunch of my friends had the stuff on a trip to France. The general report was that it was overrated, because apparently, the Western European sucks too. One needs to head to the Czech Republic or shouldn't bother.

[Divinus Arma]

One of you who has tried quality absinthe: can you please relay the specific difference in effect created when compared with alcohol?

I see a variety of posts here. Some say it is overrated, other say they get sick quickly, etc. I just want a straight scoop from someone that has tried quality absinthe by itself, and whether or not the feeling differs from a typical alcohol beverage and if so, how.

[Al Khalifah]

Jeez, talk about a bunch of sissies. They sell Absinthe at Queens College Bar in Cambridge University. The modern commonly on sale version in the EU (by La Fee Verte) is no more hallucinagenic than vodka is, in the same way that Coca-Cola does not contain cocaine anymore.
Some more dodgy versions, including non-commerical interpretations do contain substances that produce stronger effects than mere intoxication, however, if you're going to drink stuff like that then you should expect it.

My personal favorite is Tunel Black Absinthe (80% vol). 2 shots of this gets the party started and although the after-taste is a bit rough - I don't drink this stuff for the taste. If you mix it with coke, you can barely taste it and you get a cocktail that is blacker than black.

[A.Saturnus]

One of you who has tried quality absinthe: can you please relay the specific difference in effect created when compared with alcohol?

I felt no differences, though I only tried it once. But I just bought a bottle for the party tonight. I'll tell you how it is tomorrow. Or maybe in a week or two, whenever I'm able to again

[A.Saturnus]

Ok, had a few glasses of it. No special effects. Recommandable if you like anise. A bit like uzo only slightly sweet.

[RemusAvenged]

Being from the US I've only had the stuff I've made myself. It seemed to work really well although it seems that my method is really out of favor nowadays. We'd use Absolut and buy the herbs at a health foods store then steep for a week.

A good batch would produce something that with a good drink would leave your mouth numb, follwed quickly by your head. The alcohol buzz was muted and changed into more of an all body tingling feeling. Continued drinking would create more of a clearheaded buzz with surprisingly not nearly as much drunkedness as would be expected. I've had some friends get a bit wild, but I haven't seen too much craziness resulting from it.

http://www.feeverte.net/

This seems to be a good Absinthe site and is where I first saw the recipe, but it's not there anymore :(

[Divinus Arma]

It seems to me that the Absinthe of myth and lore is dead. Absinthe appears to be nothing more than an alcohol beverage with a silly legend attached to it.

Oh well. Fair enough.

[A.Saturnus]

It seems to me that the Absinthe of myth and lore is dead. Absinthe appears to be nothing more than an alcohol beverage with a silly legend attached to it.

Oh well. Fair enough.

Well the Absinthe of myth and lore is still the Absinthe of myth and lore, but like most things of myth and lore it isn't quite like the myth and lore would make you believe. The truth is that Absinthe probably never made anyone crazy. A drink with enough wormwood to damage your brain would be so bitter that you couldn't possibly drink it. Can you have hallucinations from Absinthe? Sure, it got alcohol in it. Alcohol can cause hallucinations, but it depends how you react to it. Theoretically you can get hallucinations from normal air.
But why then did the poets of old drink Absinthe? Because it's an alcoholic beverage that tastes fine, has a funny color and has a sillylegend attached to it.

[Reverend Joe]

If you want a drink that will make you see things, just mix some mescalin into some Tequila.

Just a suggestion.