I recently acquired a bottle of absinthe from greece and I'm wondering two things. First: How different is it from regular hard liquor? Second: Should I just take shots with a chaser or would all of you alcohol enthusist (cough cough alcoholics) prepare it differently. I welcome discussion of any kind in this thread. I feel bad when my threads are totally uninteresting.
They are all different, I had one recently and the barman poured it over a sugar cube and set light to it.
the series of warts growing in my anus have finally grown big enough to block my bowel movements. i was wondering if you had any suggestions? as per absinthe, i've only had a fake homemade version, so i can't offer real advice. i have heard that the real stuff tastes just as bad as the godawful shit i tried though
yeah, it's totally crap. most of the stuff about it being a hallucinogen is mythology based on it's high alcohol content and whatever else it was people were taking with it legally at the time.
absinth doesnt make you trip its just strong liquor,verystrong its recomended one part absinth 2parts water and add sugar to taste ,but I hate sweet liquer makes me to hung-over, but it is usualy 160 proof ,its a very heavy drunk ,its worth trying and add the water very slow aprox 7 min. to poor one glass properly they say so the absinth mixes and opens up naturaly "loaching "I think its called other wise it doesnot mix evenly theres some good web sites that will tell you all about it good luck :cheers2:
The best possible way to drink it is...quickly. It's not one for those who like their spirits to taste good.
It's nasty stuff that's only popular because of the myths surrounding it. Yeah, it has a lot of alcohol, but I think I'd rather drink mouthwash than drink this stuff. I found it to be absolutely gross.
yah, a particular ingredient that I can not remember right now. There is still some of this ingredient in most brands, but not as much as years ago. The EU set limits on how much of it could be put in. some people may have slight hallucinations.
Is it stronger than 151? I remember drinking that stuff straight when I was a crazy (slightly stupid) freshman in college
Yah, Wormwood is what makes people hallucinate. It is still in Absinthe but less than decades ago, because the EU has set limits on how much can be put in. So you get less severe, very mild visions. But really, it depends on the person.
yeah, one of my friend's inlaws makes his own absinthe with wormword. i got drunk LONG before i had any sort of hallucinations. i think it's just one of those things that people want to believe. the absinthe levels were never high enough to produce ANY sort of hallucinations in anyone.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...ez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum In the discussion about thujone as possible toxic constituent of the wormwood-containing alcoholic beverage absinthe, the dose-response-relationship is frequently ignored. The effects of absinthe are very often attributed only to thujone, an association that is not scientifically proven. Especially the alleged psychotropic effects of thujone are scientifically unproven. However, the question about thujone effects in absinthe is irrelevant, because thujone is contained in both modern commercial absinthes and historic pre-ban products in such low amounts that a pharmacological effect can be excluded per se. The effects of the spirit that are summarized under the term absinthism observed in late 19th century's France, can be explained by chronic alcohol misuse and dependence alone according to today's standards of knowledge. Especially from the perspective of youth and public health protection, an ambiguous and biased reporting about absinthe should be avoided. For example, the alleged antagonistic effects of thujone on the action of ethanol might lead to a trivialization of alcohol-related harms. Scientifically unproven speculations about the influence of certain drinking rituals of absinthe on its toxicity must be rebutted. A return to more evidence and less conjecture in the reporting about absinthe would be desirable. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...ez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Lachenmeier DW, Nathan-Maister D, Breaux TA, Sohnius EM, Schoeberl K, Kuballa T. Thirteen samples of authentic absinthe dating from the preban era (i.e., prior to 1915) were analyzed for parameters that were hypothesized as contributing to the toxicity of the spirit, including naturally occurring herbal essences (thujone, pinocamphone, fenchone), methanol, higher alcohols, copper, and antimony. The total thujone content of preban absinthe was found to range between 0.5 and 48.3 mg/L, with an average concentration of 25.4 +/- 20.3 mg/L and a median concentration of 33.3 mg/L. The authors conclude that the thujone concentration of preban absinthe was generally overestimated in the past. The analysis of postban (1915-1988) and modern commercial absinthes (2003-2006) showed that the encompassed thujone ranges of all absinthes are quite similar, disproving the supposition that a fundamental difference exists between preban and modern absinthes manufactured according to historical recipes. Analyses of pinocamphone, fenchone, base spirits, copper, and antimony were inconspicuous. All things considered, nothing besides ethanol was found in the absinthes that was able to explain the syndrome "absinthism". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...ez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Padosch SA, Lachenmeier DW, Kröner LU. ABSTRACT : Absinthe, a bitter spirit containing wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.), was banned at the beginning of the 20th century as consequence of its supposed unique adverse effects. After nearly century-long prohibition, absinthe has seen a resurgence after recent de-restriction in many European countries. This review provides information on the history of absinthe and one of its constituent, thujone. Medical and toxicological aspects experienced and discovered before the prohibition of absinthe are discussed in detail, along with their impact on the current situation. The only consistent conclusion that can be drawn from those 19th century studies about absinthism is that wormwood oil but not absinthe is a potent agent to cause seizures. Neither can it be concluded that the beverage itself was epileptogenic nor that the so-called absinthism can exactly be distinguished as a distinct syndrome from chronic alcoholism.The theory of a previous gross overestimation of the thujone content of absinthe may have been verified by a number of independent studies. Based on the current available evidence, thujone concentrations of both pre-ban and modern absinthes may not have been able to cause detrimental health effects other than those encountered in common alcoholism. Today, a questionable tendency of absinthe manufacturers can be ascertained that use the ancient theories of absinthism as a targeted marketing strategy to bring absinthe into the spheres of a legal drug-of-abuse. Misleading advertisements of aphrodisiac or psychotropic effects of absinthe try to re-establish absinthe's former reputation. In distinction from commercially manufactured absinthes with limited thujone content, a health risk to consumers is the uncontrolled trade of potentially unsafe herbal products such as absinthe essences that are readily available over the internet.
