Absinthe

ashtxsniper

ashtxsniper

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I am thinking of buy a bottle of Absinthe king of spirits Gold. This is the strongest made. Has anyone tried it and what are the effects? Just wanted to see if anyone has had any and if anyone knows the pro's, con's, or tips about drinking it. Thanks guys.
 
You will likely be disappointed.

It is VERY expensive, may not get through customs, tastes like licorice, and will not make you "trip balls."

I would recommend starting out with a bottle of "Absente" -- legally imported and can be special ordered from any good liquor store. Tastes much better than most absinthes. Absente is made from a traditional formula with about a half dozen psychoactive botanicals -- but the high thujone wormwood has been substituted with low thujone "southern wormwood" making it legal.

Thujones are over-rated and bitter, but if you want to try it just spend $9 on a vial of wormwood extract at the health food store and add 10 drops to your Absente.

Absinthe and Absente are best diluted with water -- 1 oz absinthe to 3 shots water is typical. If you add the bitter thujones, you'll want to stir in some sugar as well. The grated spoon and flaming sugar cube is just for show, and unnecessary.

It is a weird sort of drunk -- sort of like tequila, but different.
 
I have 3 bottles ranging from about 20 dollars to 100 and I find it very strong and you definitely need the slotted spoon with melting sugar cube and to dilute it a little. This liqueor is very strong and not for the weak! As far as effect that your after, I agree with above in that it is a different drunk. Visually if you can stand to stomach the flavor it has a slight effect I have noticed in low light. I agree it is not worth the money. I belive the Absinthe of yesteryear, ie. Hemmingway, Van Gogh etc. was much stronger and maybe even dangerous. Now its so closely regulated its not as much fun! This is my take for what its worth! Hope this helps in your decision.
Good Things,
Michael
 
Note that there are two kinds, Absinthe, and Absinth, the latter is according to some purists, considered to be a cheap knock-off.

Definitely recommend the sugar cubes, it's very strong without them.
 
Add a little water and a little sugar and prepare to be disappointed. The flavor is bitter and the legendary "effects" are... well... legendary.
 
We serve Absinth in the bar I work at. We do the whole lighting the sugar cube and diluting with water and even offer a copy of "Through the Looking Glass" with it. Not being a fan of licorice I didn't like the taste. And honestly, unless you plan on adding a spoonful of laudenum to it, you aren't going to experience the effects of yesteryear.
 
They stuff I am looking at is 100mg thugune. The rest are usually 10mg thugune. It is about $200.00 US a bottle. Just wondering if anyone had tried the strong stuff and if there was noticable effects.
 
ashtxsniper said:
They stuff I am looking at is 100mg thugune. The rest are usually 10mg thugune. It is about $200.00 US a bottle. Just wondering if anyone had tried the strong stuff and if there was noticable effects.
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I drank an entire bottle with one of my girlfriends a few years back. You will get intoxicated (I think it's about 140 proof), and there will be very mild psychedellic effects similar to a very low dose of psilocybe fungi (trails & haloes) . . . that was the ONLY time in my entire life that I was unable to get it up -- which may be another "effect."

Think of it as a novelty item. You add some cold water and it turns cloudy and greenish. You balance an alcohol soaked sugar cube over a slotted spoon and set it on fire. Goth girls love that stuff -- but it isn't anything great. Save the $200 and Google "Absente" -- I think it's closer to $30.

If you want to alter your perceptions, smoke some hash -- if you want to see funny things, eat some 'shrooms -- if you want to "impress" your guests at a party, bring out a bottle of absinthe . . . just don't expect much from the effects.
 
Unless you do the narcotic "boilermaker" trick like they did in the old days, the stuff probably won'[t get you any more messed up than the Ouzo that you get in Greece. And just for your information, eating the worm in a bottle of mescal doesn't make you trip either......But certain strychnine based rat poisons in highly diluted form supposedly will......lol
 
I brought a bottle of absinthe back from greece, and I was happy with the cost/effect ratio - no light trails/hallucinations but definately a different intoxication. The next bottle I buy (when I can afford it) will be king of spirits gold also.
 
I found it to be highly overrated. I drank a couple bottles of it in the Czech Republic. While I actually enjoyed the taste, all I got was very drunk.
 
If you want a distinctive, enjoyable drink, buy malt whisky.

If you want to get monged on chemicals, sniff glue.

The kind of people who buy absinthe are the kind of people who are impressed by the kind of people who buy absinthe.

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
The kind of people who buy absinthe are the kind of people who are impressed by the kind of people who buy absinthe.
maximus otter
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Well said. I find it amusing that those that want to get messed up on some mythical elixir seem cool, but getting "likkered up" is not.

Warning: this is an observation only!

(....but I do like a little 101 Turkey once in a while.)
 
Bought a bottle of Czech Absinthe Strong from a local liquor store, and it tasted like shit! Very bitter! Had a pretty good buzz after half a bottle, but almost wanted the lick my dog's arse hole, just to get the taste out of my mouth! Maybe that's the "effect"?
 
There was an article in the New Yorker of 03/13/06 about a man in France who reverse engineered absinthe from some old bottles.

Apparantly what is commonly drunk today is nothing like the old stuff.

"Since starting production at Saumur, nearly two years ago, Breaux's company, Jade Liqueurs, has brought out three varieties of absinthe: Verte Suisse 65 is an attempt to faithfully recreate an absinthe made during the nineteenth century, by the Swiss company C. F. Berger; Absinthe Édouard 72 mimics the taste of the drink distilled around the same time by Édouard Pernod; Nouvelle Orléans is made to Breaux's own recipe and is designed to approximate the kind of absinthe that might once have been made in his home town. The bottles have elaborate labels redolent of the Belle Époque and sell for nearly a hundred dollars—more if you order some of Jade's reproduction absinthe spoons and glassware. In countries where the retailing of absinthe is legal, such as England, Breaux's absinthe is stocked at upscale outlets, like Fortnum & Mason. Americans can order bottles through a couple of Internet retailers. Breaux makes only about five thousand bottles each year, not enough to satisfy demand, and says he's not interested in producing on a larger scale: "I want to make people realize that the drink is artisanal.""


Chad
 
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