Absinthe

Anonymous

Well yeah, i went portugal and bought a bottle of the fake 70percent stuff, i'm assuming it's fake as it doesn't have the word wormwood on it anywhere, and i got some real stuff aswell but that's getting saved untill i have a few other substances to enjoy it with, so basically, anyone know how to make this stuff taste better (So far i've been using a teeny but of syrup, a spoon or two of sugar and then up to the top with water)

Lemonade might work.

And has anyone noticed it's nearly impossible to get drunk off this stuff? I have 7 shots of the stuff the other night and i wasn't even drunk, but the equivelent in vodka or aftershock or something would probably leave me feeling something rather than just feeling headfucked like the absinthe did.

Anyway, cheers in advance for any replies

truespin

if you had 7 shots and didn't feel it, it's not absinthe...

the traditional way to drink it is to get a teaspoon of sugar, submerge the spoon in absinthe (but keep the sugar in the spoon too) light the spoonful of sugary absinthe, wait until it begins to bubble at the edges, blow it out, stir that into the shot of absinthe and add some water.

drink

fall down

wwjjtt

impossible to get drunk off? umm it must be fake! if you find propper absinthe, well in a bar anyway, they are only supposed to serve a maximum of 3 shots cause it sends you a bit nuts. there are 2 types and they have a slightly different spelling. traditionally the strong one is dunk with suger. you get a bar spoon and heap some suger on it, then dip it into the absinthe, take it out, then light the suger. alow it to burn for a second or two so it browns slightly then dip into the drink and stir. i think it goes white? but you'll never get it tasting better!

try stroh 80, it's from austria but you can get it in this country-good with red bull but man it's strong!

Gibbon on an Orange

truespin wrote:

if you had 7 shots and didn't feel it, it's not absinthe...

Either that, or when he says he's diluting with water, he's putting a drop of Absinthe into a vat of water

cosstick

:shock: stroh is just grizzly ! it doesnt taste it just burns!

ride_whenever

I heard from someone, who might have been bullshi**ing, say that if your stomach alochol levels goes above 40-45% then you don't absorb it, it kind of locks it down. If that was the case then that would be why you didn't get drunk, try drinking a bit of water... I've always found the spoonful of sugar as truespin said. The fake stuff is okay for a quiet evening drinking, but the real stuff is ace! Me and my friends had some in bratislava last summer, one shot each and we were flying, my GF thought she was a plane, and everyone got very very sill, except one of us, but such a riot!


As for stong drinks, there is straw rum from south arica which is 97%. Apparently someone who had some was burgled and they found the burglar dead on the doorstep having downed the bottle! And apparently you need to looke for thurjole content as this is the "active psycotrope" if indeed it has any effect, which is dubious.

passout

Personally I'd just drink more of something that tastes nice in order to get w*nkered e.g. beer.

Anonymous

The point that everyone misses with absinthe, is that you're meant to burn the alchohol off, using the sugar in the spoon, leaving just the wormwood.
You're not meant to get pissed, you're meant to trip out on wormwood.
So, the stronger (higher alchohol content) the absinthe is, the les authentic it is.

But on the other hand, some folks maintain that when you burn away the alchohol, you also ruin the wormwood, thus negating the effect.

Anyway, if you want to drink absinthe properly, go for the weakest (lowest alchohol content) one you can find, which still contains wormwood, and burn off any remaining alchohol.

jacktheoc

i have just came back from spain about 2 weeks ago and i brought back 3 bottles of black absinthe, i was long gone after 3 shots not surprised like it is 85% at the end of the day.

Fantastic Mr Fox

Twone wrote:

Well yeah, i went portugal and bought a bottle of the fake 70percent stuff, i'm assuming it's fake as it doesn't have the word wormwood on it anywhere, and i got some real stuff aswell but that's getting saved untill i have a few other substances to enjoy it with, so basically, anyone know how to make this stuff taste better (So far i've been using a teeny but of syrup, a spoon or two of sugar and then up to the top with water)

Lemonade might work.

And has anyone noticed it's nearly impossible to get drunk off this stuff? I have 7 shots of the stuff the other night and i wasn't even drunk, but the equivelent in vodka or aftershock or something would probably leave me feeling something rather than just feeling headfucked like the absinthe did.

Anyway, cheers in advance for any replies

I had like 4 shots of the stuff a while ago, and it was BYE BYE Fantastic Mr Fox.

littleben15

i bought some from spain too, but i just use it as a bit of a novelty- y'know, 'here, knock this back!'

That mother' burns!

TheNomad

Tastes the same regardless of if lemonade or water is used in all honesty!!!! The aniseed flavour is too overpowering. I have a couple of bottles here (can't remember the name of it but it is the one with the eye on the label) which is 65% and 3 shots of that will knock most people out. Haven't seen the green Absinthe fairy yet though after drinking it......

giantalkali

Don't get too excited about the wormwood business, the fact that you are drinking 80% booze is gonna hit you far harder than some pseudo-folklore-faery-gubbins. However, if you expect to get mashed and see funky gibbons doing the lambada then you are more likely to see the above mentioned boisterous simian due to the mighty power of suggestion. And don't bother diluting the horrible stuff, that just means there is more to try to get down you. Make it into a contest and watch your mates choke, of course you'd better not laugh too hard as you'll be next.

Oh, and the point of the flame thing is if you are doing it right then you will see the crazy dancing absinthe faery, that really exists...