[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Absinthe Worth Trying Or Not? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/3/2011 6:57:31 PM EDT
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Is it worth buying some Absinthe to try? I drink mainly Scotch or Irish Whisky, but people talk about the great buzz you are suppose to get from Absinthe. So is it all that great or just highly over rated? |
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The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. |
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Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Well shit. So basically the U.S. stuff is just alcohol that apparently will make you up chuck black goo.  |
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Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. ETA: I drank mine in the Caribbean. I puked nonetheless. |
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The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Not anymore. You can get the real stuff now. |
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What's with you light weights? Getting sick from a little absinthe. lol
I used to drink it all the time. For months it was the only thing I was drinking. It's pretty good. You pour a little water into it before you drink it. If you want to be fancier you can do the whole thing with the flaming sugar cube on a spoon and such. You can buy high wormwood absinthe online... it's legal. |
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tastes like crap until you get used to it. a spoon of sugar and an equal part cold water make it slightly less crap tasting. you need at least 3 drinks to get a good buzz. it was/is the cleanest buzz i've ever had. 'clarity' is the work i use to describe it. go to drinkupny.com they have a good selection at good prices and ship to most states... |
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Quoted: What's with you light weights? Getting sick from a little absinthe. lol I used to drink it all the time. For months it was the only thing I was drinking. It's pretty good. You pour a little water into it before you drink it. If you want to be fancier you can do the whole thing with the flaming sugar cube on a spoon and such. You can buy high wormwood absinthe online... it's legal. okay, what is the good wormwood brand(s) of choice available in the US? |
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Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Last time I was at the ABC store(the week of Hurricane Isabel) They had small bottles(1.5 - 3oz) of "real" Absinthe. The label said it contained wormwood, but I wasn't about to drop $9 on the stuff. |
. I say don't fo. |
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The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Well shit. So basically the U.S. stuff is just alcohol that apparently will make you up chuck black goo.
Then there's the camp that says the wormwood doesn't actually do anything and it's the fact that absinth is like 180proof that causes all the "problems". Having had both types, I have never noticed a difference. Either way remember, you're drinking gasoline. |
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Quoted: Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Not anymore. You can get the real stuff now. They filter the thujone out of it, which is what comes from the wormwood. |
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Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. AGNSTA. Tests have been done on surviving examples of Absinthe from before it was banned, and the wormwood levels were not toxic. You'd die of alcohol poisoning before you got any psychotropic effects from the wormwood. OP, don't buy Czech Absinthe. It's like MD20/20, only it's Absinthe. . |
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Quoted: What's with you light weights? Getting sick from a little absinthe. lol I used to drink it all the time. For months it was the only thing I was drinking. It's pretty good. You pour a little water into it before you drink it. If you want to be fancier you can do the whole thing with the flaming sugar cube on a spoon and such. You can buy high wormwood absinthe online... it's legal. Where? If its real, I'm down to try it. The shit I tried was a huge letdown and I'd rather drink everclear  |
| I got some smuggled in back when I was in college. It was some real good Czech stuff that was at least $60 a bottle, but wasn't worth it. I liked the taste, but it didn't make me trip balls, so I was severely disappointed. If seeing shit is your goal, your money is better spent elsewhere. |
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Quoted: Quoted: What's with you light weights? Getting sick from a little absinthe. lol I used to drink it all the time. For months it was the only thing I was drinking. It's pretty good. You pour a little water into it before you drink it. If you want to be fancier you can do the whole thing with the flaming sugar cube on a spoon and such. You can buy high wormwood absinthe online... it's legal. okay, what is the good wormwood brand(s) of choice available in the US? Decent ones include (and these are fairly commonly available) Kubler St. George Lucid Obsello La Clandestine And a reminder:  |
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Quoted: MD 20/20 was my best friend in high school. Broke as fuck and was about all I could afford, but damn it did the job for sure. Quoted: The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. AGNSTA. Tests have been done on surviving examples of Absinthe from before it was banned, and the wormwood levels were not toxic. You'd die of alcohol poisoning before you got any psychotropic effects from the wormwood. OP, don't buy Czech Absinthe. It's like MD20/20, only it's Absinthe. . |
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Humph. It reminded me of when I was a young man in Nagasaki, in oh, 1945 or so. I was standing there on a street corner on a beautiful summer day. The sky was a dark blue and there was a light breeze blowing. I felt as though I had the world by the fuckin' BALL's if you know what I mean!!! Damn but it was a wonderful day. Then, all of a sudden, there was this huge flash of light, and I looked down and realized that the guy that was standing next to me on the street corner had MY BALLS in his left hand, and he was laying ten feet away!!! It all went down hill from there. Never mind that I wasn't even born then. Nope, I ain't gonna drink that shit never fuckin' ever again!!!!! To add insult to injury, for three days I shit through a knot hole at fifty paces and never touched the sides.
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overrated hyped shit.
buddy brought some back from germany on a tour. Had some at a halloween party last year. tasted like shit, no fairies were seen, tossed my cookies too.
perhaps the "fairy myth" had to do with the copius amounts of opiate being smoked, mercury poisoning from felt hats, late stage of diptheria, or overall horrendous living condtions of 19th Century London in general... or any combinations of these things. this is my theory at least |
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The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Incorrect. All absinthe sold everywhere have some form of wormwood in the "holy trinity" of absinthe herbs. What is regulated is the thujone content. However, even where thujone is not regulated in absinthe you would die of alchohol poisoning before getting any effects from the thujone. Back at the 1900s before the mass ban, people would see shit because they bought crap grade absinthe where the manufacturer would add random ass chemicals to make it green like the high grade brands. |
| Absinthe is sort of the booze equivilent of Lutefisk, Pemmican or other famine food. Rotgut grain alcohol cut with strong flavors and questionable additives in an attempt to turn it into something else. Like fortified wines or Ouzo. Or most Gin for that matter. Drink booze/beer/wine that at least represents the distillers art as an art... If you want some hallucinogens chew up a bit of a real mushroom and wash it down with a decent brew/wine/singlemalt and savor the experience. |
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Hype.
You would have to drink enough to enter a coma to get "high".... Why torture yourself drinking something you have to add sugar to to keep from spitting it out? To be "cool"? Stuff's repulsive. Yes I've had the "real" stuff, in Prague, 15 years ago.
Save your money for a beverage you actually ENJOY having.... |
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The stuff bought in the states isn't real absinthe, its made without wormwood. The wormwood is what gives you the weird feeling and it is illegal in the states. Anybody that tells you that they feel different than just drunk off of absinthe bought at a store is a fucking poser. Its not illegal to have its just illegal to make here in the US at least the real absinthe, my uncle brought a some back the last time he was in Mexico, as long as you pay your duty on it you are fine. As far as taste it tasted like black jelly beans to me, I didn't drink anymore than one shot because I hated the taste, but I guess it was fun to try once, just to say I had. I can imagine if you got drunk off it, it would really screw you up. |