Soloman Tump Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13159863 I have only ever tried "the good stuff" once, but it was pretty awesome. The 70% stuff you can buy in Spain without the wormwood is also pretty trippy, but thats just more to do with the alcohol content rather than the hallucinogenic effects. I went through a phase of pre-clubbing drinks of vodka & absinthe & red-bull (which we codenamed VARB) - it certainly did the trick...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 There has never been enough wormwood in absinthe to have a hallucinogenic effect. It's all a big green marketing myth. Still, no reason to keep it illegal just because it's a nasty-tasting affectation for the gullible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 what iain said the ritual is p. cool though, i must admit. the whole sugar cube and spoon and pouring it over and whatnot, very "dying of consumption and ennui in paris, 1883." not really worth the hyper-inflated price though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 didn't even know it was illegal !? can still get it in some bars/ off licenses down here.. but obviously it's not the proper old skool send-you-mad-and-blind stuff that Van Gough and Picasso, etc. would've drank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Coyote Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 didn't even know it was illegal !? can still get it in some bars/ off licenses down here.. but obviously it's not the proper old skool send-you-mad-and-blind stuff that Van Gough and Picasso, etc. would've drank. Eh sure, it is never going to be 1:1 like the original, although for enthusiasts I think vintages get unearthed every now and then and auctioned or otherwise circulated. That said there is one hell of a buyer's choice of a market out there and several varieties that at least claim to have gone to the effort of recreating the recipes of ~1900. According to wikipedia "As of February 2008, nearly 200 brands of absinthe were being produced in a dozen countries, most notably in France, Switzerland, Spain, and the Czech Republic." There are many gimmicky, overly commercial, high-proof alcohols coloured green and flavoured licorice and marketed as absinthe but there's also some great stuff out there if you take some time and research what you're after and what you're drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 You can get authentic wormwood/thujone absinthe in the States now, it's just hard to find any of the good stuff. Believe it or not, Marylyn Manson's Mansinthe (I know, I know , but he had the sense to go to a good Swiss distiller ) is pretty decent for introductory "real" absinthe, if you can get over the name. It's not going to go over well with connoisseurs who pay $400 a bottle, but it's within reach of most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 the proper old skool send-you-mad-and-blind stuff that Van Gough and Picasso, etc. would've drank. Lead paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Absinthe is awful vile stuff. The only reason you are seeing green fairies is that you are suffering from alcohol poisoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Marylyn Manson's Mansinthe holy lol Dig the label art tho. I've only had the stuff once (not the Manson stuff) at a festival a few years ago. Some guys in the tent next to us found a full bottle on the floor and we shared it round a terrible BBQ they were having. Disgusting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Ye Ive had it before. Any hallucinogenic effects were purely because I was so hammered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 This was the stuff I picked up in Ibiza a few years ago, it did us well Some guy has done a buyers guide website - http://www.feeverte.net/guide/ Wild Bill Turkey scores Mari Mayans 70, 63 out of 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 There's a lot of terrible, vomit-tasting absinthe and some really good-tasting absinthe. You know, like everything else in the world. The problem is most of what is readily available is vomit-tasting stuff trying to cash in on the perceived coolness of absinthe. If you're chugging absinthe at 60-whatever % abv you pretty much deserve to lose your stomach lining with the ensuing retching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tht tne Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 legalise abzinthe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Ab-synth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Not a big absinthe fan. But it's good if you don't want to remember what you did the night before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzur Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 asdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Absinthe is legal in most forms inside the US as well. As long as the Thujone levels are within a certain limit(which, contrary to popular belief, has no high or hullicinatory effect whatsoever.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptown devil Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 my friend brought me a bottle back from isreal a few years ago. i split it with two friends while camping in the woods once and had an amazing time. we had a lot of drinks before and after, but i still felt completely clearheaded and just walked around and enjoyed the trees. later on my friend got totally belligerent and went wandering off into the night to look for wolves and ended up getting horribly lost. anyway, i am in favor of legalizing it in completion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 later on my friend got totally belligerent and went wandering off into the night to look for wolves and ended up getting horribly lost. That's pretty metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Not a big absinthe fan. But it's good if you don't want to remember what you did the night before. no matter how drunk i've been or what i've taken i always remember the night before. so either i'm a freak of nature or everybody is the same but does more stupid things that they're more ashamed of, and then pretend to forget it all. good wine is better than absinthe anyday anyways....... if you have the stomache for (lots of) it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptown devil Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 later on my friend got totally belligerent and went wandering off into the night to look for wolves and ended up getting horribly lost. That's pretty metal. black metal.. also known as blacked out metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 ambien made me forget the night before. Never any drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 1. people should be able to ingest whatever they so desire 2. im not terribly eager to follow van gogh's path of going nuts, cutting off his own ear, and dying while staring out a claustrophobic hostel window 3. it's a nice ritual but i'd feel feel dirtily trendy performing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 1. people should be able to ingest whatever they so desire 2. im not terribly eager to follow van gogh's path of going nuts, cutting off his own ear, and dying while staring out a claustrophobic hostel window 3. it's a nice ritual but i'd feel feel dirtily trendy performing it it might do you some good.......... ;) there's nothing "trendy" about absinthe, really. the opposite infact. most trendy people these days have the same opinion as you! they won't touch it. most trendy people are all too safe these days. scared of doing anything naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Not a big absinthe fan. But it's good if you don't want to remember what you did the night before. no matter how drunk i've been or what i've taken i always remember the night before. so either i'm a freak of nature or everybody is the same but does more stupid things that they're more ashamed of, and then pretend to forget it all. good wine is better than absinthe anyday anyways....... if you have the stomache for (lots of) it :) I dunno man. It usually only happens with spirits, you dont seem like a spirit man to me. Its only happened once or twice to me and it wasnt the whole night, it was bits of the night. But those bits were usually followed by me passing out or puking. You have to get really really drunk to forget things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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