Absinthe

[destruction 10+ year member]

Who's tried it? I got a bottle from a friend and 2 shots later i feel pretty lit.

WTF is it?

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[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Whatever you have is not real, I can almost garuntee, so a lot of it is just plain ol' mental //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

let me get a pic of the bottle

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

lol, the thing is, the real stuff is illegal, and if you can find absinth with the origonal ingrediants, it is most likely in Czech or Greece, and it is not distributed and labled.

 

[squeak12 10+ year member]

Absinthe is like foreign moonshine pretty much.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Absinthe is like foreign moonshine pretty much.

It is actually different, the real absinth contains some halicinagen(murdered that one huh) that actually causes some serious problems for those who consume it. So moonshine, while it ****s you over, is not quite the same.

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

i just noticed the glass letters on the back bottom.

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

its bitter as can be. we mixed it with water and sugar

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Yea, while it is still from the Czech, the product is still illegal, so I highly dount this contains the origonal ingrediants. But it is still perty good stuff.

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

isn't thujone the "ingredient"

 

[deadboi77 10+ year member]

i believe it`s wormwood

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

i believe it`s wormwood

There ya go //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

wordwood oil is a poison from which thujone is derived

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

First, there was a thread on this awhile back ago that was rather informative for a CA.com lounge one. Second, to reiterate, absinthe is just an anise based beverage that includes wormwood in the distillation process. Wormwood contains thujone which is a mild hallucinogen that is in such a minute quantity in absinthe that the alcohol will mess you up before it will. Wormwood is also a toxin that has been used for centuries as a pest control, but like most poisons, won't hurt you in small enough doses.

Bottom line: Absinthe is overpriced and wildly exaggerated. Drink Ouzo, Pernod, Absente, Versinte, Raki, or some other anise based liquor if you like the taste but don't want to spend $100-$300 a bottle.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

That looks like the real stuff to me. Picked up that same bottle over there this summer.