Thread: Absinthe

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Any fans of this drink?
I love trying new things, this is on my list.

http://www.feeverte.net/
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I drank that stuff once.........
That is all I can say about that.....the stories are not suitable for this forum!!

I buy it in Andorra, never yet drank it! Good reports and bad reports from it, gave it to someone who lost the will to live after drinking it, probably never mixed it with water (he did regain a passion for life) and someone else said it was just the same as pastis! Anyway if you cannot get hold of it; try pastis it tastes of aniseed sp ? use a long glass 1 part pastis to 3 water and ice it tastes like candy but watch out
I thinl I've got a bottle of Fleurs du mal somewhere I'll have to give it a go

Absinthe is an Opiate-- a hallucinogen-- the main ingredient being wormwood. It is also illegal to drink/import/etc in the United States.

Originally Posted by jadewik

Absinthe is an Opiate-- a hallucinogen-- the main ingredient being wormwood. It is also illegal to drink/import/etc in the United States.

No longer my friend, why I was looking at a bottle of it just the other day in the liquor store, came with a spoon too.

Here, from the Wikipedia;
Absinthe is a distilled, highly alcoholic (45%-75% ABV), anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, also called “wormwood.” Absinthe is typically of a natural green color but is also produced in both clear and artificially colored styles. It is often called “the Green Fairy.”

Although it is sometimes mistakenly called a liqueur, absinthe is not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a spirit.[1] Absinthe is uncommon among spirits in that it is bottled at a high proof but is historically diluted with water when it is drunk.

Absinthe originated in Switzerland. However, it is better known for its popularity as an alcoholic drink in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers. Due in part to its association with bohemian culture, absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde, and Aleister Crowley were all notorious “bad men” of that day who were (or were thought to be) devotees of the Green Fairy.

Absinthe was portrayed as a dangerously addictive, psychoactive drug. The chemical thujone, present in small quantities, was blamed for its alleged harmful effects. By 1915 absinthe had been banned in most European nations and the United States. Although absinthe was vilified,[2] no evidence has shown it to be any more dangerous than ordinary liquor. Its psychoactive properties have been much exaggerated.

A revival of absinthe began in the 1990s, when countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of February 2008, nearly 200 brands of absinthe were being produced in a dozen countries, most notably France, Switzerland, Spain, and the Czech Republic.[3]

Aw screw it. you can check the whole thing out here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

and here Absinthe in the law http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/index...d=40&Itemid=70