Absinthe
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Who fucks with this? I want to try it 
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I recall when I was in the czech republic in '99. I made friends with some local hiphop kids and used that as an excuse to break free from my fam for a spell. I linked up with these dudes and quickly realized that they were into some shit i have no interest in (they were talking about scoring some heroin). They werent pushy about it though. they respected I wanted to stay clear of that. Anyways, when I asked about absinthe they got super concerned and took time to make sure I understood that that shit was no joke. Considering what they were about to dabble in I made sure to follow their advise.
I remember them saying they considered it a very hard narcotic. I think the guys in the group that did it said they limit themselves to doing it 2 times a year and keep it to a shot, no more.
just relaying what I was told. I understand that absinthe is now all the rage now that its available for purchase over the internet. lots of people are drinking it so I doubt its as dire a situation as I was led to believe.
I have a bottle I bought in prague that I have never tried.
I dont feel like researching this right now.
day, id say go at it then. if these dudes have had enough to get drunk with no ill effects then by all means.
There are two different types, Absinth and Absinthe (with an e). Absinth (no e) is Czech style 'Bohemian' style one which has the wormwood in it.
Either way it can be a lot of fun, but obviously you have to be a little careful. But no more careful that you would be drinking anything else that contained 70+% alcohol. Nothing too crazy is going to happen, it is just a different kind of drunk (well in my experience anway), which is hard to explain, but you'll get what I mean.
Are you serious? Absinthe is hardly a heavy narcotic. It's high grain alcohol and very little more. Either they were pulling your leg, or they were complete pinheads.
It all contains wormwood. Supposedly the psychoactive ingredient is in the thujones in the wormwood oil. Most of the stuff commercially available ( and now legal in the US) has a relatively low % of thujones and is nothing much more than a novelty liqueur. But there's still stuff out there that has quite a lot and will have you seeing the fabled "green fairy".
Part of the reason people were getting so wacked on absinthe in the 19 century is because a lot of the cheap shitty brands contained copper-sulfide. Straight poison. That, combined with French wineries spreading anti-absinthe propaganda (it had replaced wine as France's libation of choice) was the reason it got such a bad rep.
i still have some left over from last year, its similar to this one. but 85% so it pretty much blows ur balls clean off.
http://www.drinkfinder.co.uk/showdetails.asp?id=3396
i used to like the aniseed like taste but i've certainly over done it and now when i even sniff the stuff i gag.
That being said, i gots absinthe sitting in my liquor cabinet right now and i love that shit. It is all about preperation. So you need a spoon (preferably slotted) a sugar cube or two, a lighter and some ice water.
1) Pour the absinth over the sugar cube sitting on the spoon (how mouch ever absinth you want, but don't ruin the anise flavor for yourself by overdoing each drink)
2) Light the sugar cube on fire and wait until it melts a little.
3) Pour in ice water to the top of the glass, it will cloud and give off a green color (green fairy or whatever they call it)
All in all Absinth is a regional variation of Pastis which is another anise flavored liquor drank in many parts of the world.
this has been my experience too. its not that bad tasting either. i dont get the sugar cube thing. we didnt have any and just drank it straight. i just got real drunk.
Some versions of this shit are REAL bitter.
The most fucked up part was I was with some folks in some underground bar really late at night. I looked over at the bar and there was a guy passed out on his stool and I swear to god there was a huge ass rat sitting on his back. Being fucked up out of my gourd, I just couldn't believe it. I grabbed the one girl I was with that was sober, gave her my camera and made her go take a picture because I didn't believe it was real.
This is the photo she took.
FUBAR
The green fairy is real.
Intense.
please to post your results, day. preferably while drunk.
Last time I was doing it (the real stuff) I burned my hand pretty bad. If youre used to high proof shit- you can deal.
Is that Vinarna U Sudu? The underground joint where it is just a small wine bar in the front and you go through that little door at the back and down underground with all the different rooms and levels. Next door to a hostel?
I'm pretty sure that I was sitting in the exact seat that photo is taken from when a painting fell off the wall behind me and smashed over my head. The absinth flowed free of charge after that incident.
took a glass just before going out, it hit me when I hit the club, and it felt like speed or something like that. maybe better. Green fairy been good to me, as long as i didn??t take another shot.
Never combine with drugs. friend of mine smoked a spliff with a shot of A, and disappeared for 48 hours.
Not True.
I have been looking into this as we started carrying Le Tourment at the bar I work at and have been asked a number of questions by customers. I did find a number of articles related to the recent lift of the ban in the U.S. as well as France and Switzerland. As it happens, Le Tourment is rated the lowest and most artificial of current options on the US market ( it is imported from France ) BUT there are a handful of other imports that come closer and makers located in the U.S. ( one is in the Bay Area) that are keeping it true to form.
The stipulation is that there must be extremely low levels of thujone in order for it to be legal, next to nil.
Anyways, It IS legal again in the US and other European Countries where it was also previously banned. I'm sure we will see an increase in options both US made and imported over the next few years as it re-gains popularity.
Basically, in order for it to be Real it has to contain Wormwood, but it has been found that OG variations contained very low levels of thujone anyways which was the source of the toxic history itself, hence the need to regulate the amount that can be found in a bottle.
Here are some of the articles that I have found:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/342269_staydrink06.html?source=rss
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/05/MN8STOAVS.DTL&feed=rss.news
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/arts/12conn.html?_r=2&ref=dining&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
I couldn't tell you the name of the place if my life depended on it. The place isn't in the city centre, I remember that much. I don't know if there's a hostel near by or not. Don't remember lots more of underground rooms but then again I was is no shape for remembering.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec
"The invention of the Tremblement de Terre is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec, a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac."
Tremblement de Terre = Earthquake?
I've decided not to look up Hypertrophied genitalia at work...