Absinthe
Dec 17, 2007 | 11:43 am
#17
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Who knows what they sold you in Amsterdam. What this thread does say is that it's unlikely that what you had in the Netherlands even approximated 'real' Absinthe. Chances are you can get exactly the same green liqueur back in the US that you had on holiday.
Dec 17, 2007 | 1:48 pm
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Find some Euro distributors who will ship to the US. Even post-9/11, it's easy to ship real thujone-laced absinthe through customs. I've got together with friends and ordered many times through a Scotland-based distro until they stopped carrying it.
Didn't personally feel any odd effects from the thujone/wormwood. You have to dilute the stuff and use the usual techniques with the sugar cube for it to be even somewhat tasty and enjoyable. Still good stuff though.
Didn't personally feel any odd effects from the thujone/wormwood. You have to dilute the stuff and use the usual techniques with the sugar cube for it to be even somewhat tasty and enjoyable. Still good stuff though.
Dec 17, 2007 | 1:59 pm
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I can attest from personal experience that the real stuff does pack a whallop, though I don't know if I'd say it's particularly hallucinogenic. It's absolutely a different kind of drunk, though, than your more run-of-the-mill alcohol. Let's just say it involved several policemen and a lot of pepper spray.
I can attest from personal experience that the real stuff does pack a whallop, though I don't know if I'd say it's particularly hallucinogenic. It's absolutely a different kind of drunk, though, than your more run-of-the-mill alcohol. Let's just say it involved several policemen and a lot of pepper spray.
Definitely noticed with friends' major differences between distilled "drunk", liquor and spirits and fermented "drunk", beer and wine. Many friends become a little more "belligerent" with distilled, and often a little "sleepier" with fermented. Completely anecdotal, of course.
We had absinthe this summer in Prague. No particular hallucinogenic effects and seemed to be more powerful than jagermeister.
Dec 17, 2007 | 2:47 pm
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Alameda distiller helps make absinthe legitimate again
Here is a link to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000
Dec 17, 2007 | 2:51 pm
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Dec 17, 2007 | 3:34 pm
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Here is a link to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000
Excellent - I'll have to drive down the other end of the island on the 21st and pick some up.
Dec 18, 2007 | 3:57 pm
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Dec 18, 2007 | 4:23 pm
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I've been bringing absinthe back from europe for years and no one has ever even noticed. Bot even the interesting spoons. Hammacher Schlemmer has a very interesting absinthe fountain in their latest catalog. Now that I think of it, no one noticed the 83 bottles of wine I brought back from France either.