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02-14-2004, 11:11 PM
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Absinthe Rocks!!!
This is best alcohol ever. Drink it.
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02-14-2004, 11:17 PM
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Ever had Hypnotic???? Now THAT stuff is good.
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02-15-2004, 01:24 AM
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I hear that it's very expensive.
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02-15-2004, 01:26 AM
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Originally posted by ktsnake
I hear that it's very expensive.
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And illegal to buy in the US. The people I know who have had absinthe got it from other countries.
This may no longer be the case, as this absinthe experience was about 5 years old.
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02-15-2004, 02:14 AM
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Hypnotic is tasty.... but that's because it only has a tiny bit of alcohol in it...
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02-15-2004, 02:41 AM
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Isn't hypnotic that cheap crappy looking mixed drink they sell in liquor stores? IF not then there is something with the same name.
I have only one thing to say about absinthe. It takes a lot to keep it down. The taste is...AW-FRIGGING-FUL! And it's not only illegal in the US, but in Europe most absinthe is fake. Of course I think cactus juice tastes MUCH MUCH worse and that doesn't even compare to smokables like salvia which are painful.
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02-15-2004, 04:12 AM
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absnith is the spelling for the native language. I'm part Bohemian so good for my ancestors for mixing alcohol and wormwood.
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02-15-2004, 04:57 AM
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absnith is the spelling for the native language. I'm part Bohemian so good for my ancestors for mixing alcohol and wormwood.
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02-15-2004, 06:43 AM
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oooh I SOOO want to try absinthe!!!! when I go to israel this summer, I'm totally trying it!
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02-15-2004, 10:51 AM
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It's an aniseed taste.
p.s. this is to someone on this thread, I was kidding the other night; just a joke that didn't work.
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02-15-2004, 11:42 AM
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Tucker Max has a fine description of this poison...
http://www.tuckermax.com/Stories/absinthe.htm
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02-15-2004, 01:14 PM
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Originally posted by PM_Mama00: Tucker Max has a fine description of this poison...
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<reads article...> What a charming man!
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02-15-2004, 04:42 PM
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Actually, absinthe is illegal in the U.S., but there is a bottled drink they sell here that contains a liquor made from the same thing absinthe is made from...I know that's really vague but I was reading about it and it's been available here ever since Moulin Rouge fever was going on.
And yes, hypnotic does not have a lot of alcohol in it, but it's good good good. A chaser, if you will.
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02-15-2004, 04:49 PM
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Anisette drinks, such as Herbsaint, Pernod, ouzo, raki, anis and sambuca are acceptable substitutes for 'The Green Muse', also known as abisinthe.
Herbsaint is the closest one can get to abisinthe without running afoul of importation laws.
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02-15-2004, 08:24 PM
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Absinthe or Absinth is an aquired taste to say the least. It's legal up here but expensive to say the least, but more-so it is very difficult to find a bar or club that serves it right (perferated spoon with the sugar cube and all). If you have it poured straight or "neat" then it does taste like crap, but if you have it done right the taste is completely different... the carmilized sugar really adds to it.
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