Absinthe

[nietzsche]

Has anyone drank absinthe?

What is it like?

[spurgistan]

Tastes like booze.

[The Bison King]

It tastes like Licorice. I think the hallucination things a myth. Unless you drink so much that you'de be hallucinating anyway. I think Mezcal fucks you up more.

[jonesthecurl]

Leave it alone.
Really.
Take it from a chap who likes booze more than most.
Don't do absinthe.

[Lord and Master]

'Tis crazy stuff! Not the crappy one in most shops but the proper green mexican shit...
Got drunk with some mates on this stuff, one lad was happily sticking a flick-knife into his own head while chattering on about how he couldn't even feel it. He felt it the next day alright! Looked like a twat too with little beads of scabs all over his head/brow... Think I floated home that night, it's made from deadly nightshade or something isn't it?

[tzor]

Absinthe (pronounced /ˈæbsɪnθ/ AB-sinth) is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV) beverage.[1][2][3][4] It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel. Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color but can also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as la fée verte (the Green Fairy).

Absinthe has been portrayed as a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug.[7] The chemical thujone, present in small quantities, was blamed for its alleged harmful effects. By 1915, absinthe had been banned in the United States and in most European countries including France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although absinthe was vilified, no evidence has shown that it is any more dangerous than ordinary spirits. Its psychoactive properties, apart from those of alcohol, have been much exaggerated.[7]

[The Bison King]

Tis crazy stuff! Not the crappy one in most shops but the proper green mexican shit...

what are you talking about? Absinthe has no connection to Mexico at all. It originated in Switzerland and is most commonly associated with France.

[darvlay]

If you want to trip out, just do mushrooms. It costs 10 times less and feels 10 times better.

Absynthe is a waste of money.

[Johnny Rockets]

I've tried both the "legal" stuff which is just a herbal/anise flavored alcohol, and a messure of the real stuff from Europe. (There is a bit of an underground market for it, it's still legal in some countries...) Even with pouring it over sugar cubes, it really has a narsty flavor and neither type did anything for me at all. I imagine that if you drank a 1/2 bottle of the authentic kind you'll get some element of stone from the wormwood, but your better off with a bottle of vodka and a hit of acid if your wanting some out of body experience.

Don't waste your time or money......I think we've all been there when you spent your booze money on a bottle of somthing "Neat" and after cracking it your wondering how your going to choke down another 39oz of this crap......



Johnny Rockets

[bedub1]

I really like Absinthe. I pour it over sugar cube, then add water. It's best when it's really cold. Great stuff. No it doesn't make you hallucinate.

[natty dread]

Absinthe contains thujone. Thujone is a gabaergic antagonist which prevents the gabaergic effects of alcohol thereby allowing the other effects of alcohol such as dopamine release and NMDA antagonism become more prominent. This is the main cause of psychoactive effects of absinthe.

[Juan_Bottom]

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/lab-notes ... unked.html

NEWSWEEK says that you can't get high off of it. NOBODY argues with NEWSWEEK. Nobody.


THE PEOPLE rest their case your honor.

[JBlombier]

When wasted sometime at Sziget festival this dude came to me with a watergun, asking me if I wanted to get shot. I opened my mouth, being the fool I am and BAM! Rock-bottom within a few seconds.
That stuff... makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer, man. Absinthe.

[jonesthecurl]

After you drink it, if you pass wind it sounds like car exhaust.

Because absinthe make the fart go "honda".

[Phatscotty]

Chartreuse, if you want to get really lit. It's made by charteuse monks in the charteuse cliffs along the chartreuse river with 117 different ingredients.

I had a hangover for 3 days, but man that was one HELL of a night

[Lord and Master]

Tis crazy stuff! Not the crappy one in most shops but the proper green mexican shit...

what are you talking about? Absinthe has no connection to Mexico at all. It originated in Switzerland and is most commonly associated with France.

Fair enough, I could have sworn the bottle we had had some kind of mexican-ese scribblings upon it but this was a few years ago, and we were very wasted... Anyway it was a good laugh drinking it but I probably wouldn't make it my regular tipple

[AlgyTaylor]

It tastes like Licorice. I think the hallucination things a myth. Unless you drink so much that you'de be hallucinating anyway. I think Mezcal fucks you up more.

It's traditionally made with a very mildly hallucinogenic plant (wormwood), although you can get it made without.

For effects see here:
http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/ ... nthe.shtml

[nagerous]

Bought a bottle of the stuff in Italy hoping great things. However, it was just ridiculously strong booze that we shotted lotsa times but no hallucinations or anything.

[2dimes]

It tastes like Licorice. I think the hallucination things a myth. Unless you drink so much that you'de be hallucinating anyway. I think Mezcal fucks you up more.

It's traditionally made with a very mildly hallucinogenic plant (wormwood), although you can get it made without.

For effects see here:
http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/ ... nthe.shtml

You discribe "wormwood" as "very mildly hallucinogenic" I wonder if it's because of all the stuff we ingest now days? In old english literature it's described as poison.

[hairy potter]

i had the aniseed one

tastes like aniseed

[DAZMCFC]

Chartreuse, if you want to get really lit. It's made by charteuse monks in the charteuse cliffs along the chartreuse river with 117 different ingredients.

I had a hangover for 3 days, but man that was one HELL of a night

that's not that strong you lightweight. it's only a liquor.

the illegal Absinthe from france is meant to be very dodgy in some parts. I think we need maybe a Frenchman(ga7) to verify this(if he has tasted it).

[CreepersWiener]

What the hell is Absinthe? Has anyone tried the real stuff, and is the stuff in America really Absinthe? Does it make you see stuff or just really drunk?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeptVWUsvE0

[clapper011]

I know of someone who it makes them say stuff!

[squishyg]

absinthe is a liqueur. I've had a few different kinds, including French and Czech, prepared several different ways. i did not hallucinate or see green fairies. i also did not write any good poetry.

sorry, i was hoping for better stories too.

[CreepersWiener]

I know of someone who it makes them say stuff!

What kind of stuff?