Thinking About … Absinthe

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Thinking About … Absinthe

  • http://twitter.com/themanticore Manticore

    In a bar, sure. In an absinthe house? No.

  • Helen Day

    True absinthe has only been made available in the U.S. since 2007. The Sazerac is made with absinthe, or absente.

  • Alan Brand

    Abthinthe makth the heart grow fonder

  • Keith Beck

    Tried absinthe last year at a friends house. Got it imported from Europe so it had thujone in it. Didn't care for it that much. I much more enjoyed the 12 year old Macallum he had as well.

  • trey_trey

    I realy like absinthe. I waited years for it to be legal in the US. I drink it 2-3 times a month and mix it several different ways. I DO NOT, however, have a special spoon, I dont “drip” it and I mix it in the same manner as any other drink. No rituals here.

  • Don

    While I would agree that Absinthe these days is indeed for pussies, it's hard to knock the adult beverage as a whole. From what I can tell, prior to 1908 that shit would put hair on your chest faster than a whole case of scotch. Anything that can make Van Gough trip is good enough for me. Too bad it hasn't been made like that in a long time.

  • duke

    This is some serious shit. My buddy and i drank a bottle one night, man did i pay the next day. You gotta seriously want to punish yourself to drink that shit on a regular basis.

  • qofe

    I always keep a bottle for when I'm in the mood for a Sazerac. The drink my New Orleans friend tells me, “tastes like a big ol' hug.” They've become a household favorite here.

  • Duke of Dubuque

    Drink it all the time since I learned how to make my own – have a great local source for all the botanicals.

  • http://www.prpwine.com Davinomerchant

    Absinthe is the drinking equivalent of eating Fugu- the poisonous puffer fish; it's the bastard spawn of jaggermeister and mescal. The good stuff is not only potent booze it's also hallucinogenic. Preparing it gives you the time to get psyched enough to drink the foul stuff similar to a power lifter getting ready to clean and jerk.

  • Cookie

    I tried it once with a sugar cube and all that jazz. I thought it was disgusting, to be quite honest. I tried it 3 times just to make sure.

  • Dan

    Used to be poisonuous enough to abort unborn children, so it's sure to be a bad-ass drink.

  • abusedgraymatter

    You can only get the good stuff in Europe. And you need the sugar to cut the foul taste. It's worth the foul taste for the awesome buzz. The stuff you can get in the US (& Mex) is just liquor and it's pre-sweetened, no sugar needed.

  • L. B.

    Does absinthe make the heart grow fonder?

  • meckers

    My friend and I drank it , thinking that we were going to experience something awesome… for 1 thing it tastes horrible – and 2nd nothing happened…. slight buzz if anything.

  • Dave H

    Recent tests on old bottles circa 1890-1910 indicate the thujone content was one tenth of what had been claimed. So I suspect the stories about what absinthe did to its drinkers neglected to report the other substances imbibed at the same time. Maybe a little opium on the side? It is also likely that the stories were much like the “scientific facts” portrayed in Reefer Madness. As far as VanGough: any alcohol would have enhanced his psychotic events.

  • Diann

    My favorite absinthe beverage is called absinthe-minded and it's served in a martini glass. Yummy!

    3 oz Bombay Sapphire® gin
    1/2 oz Mari Mayans® absinthe
    1/2 oz Grand Marnier® orange liqueur
    dry vermouth
    1 orange peel

    Properly chill 1 cocktail glass. In mixing glass with ice, pour gin and absinthe, and stir. In your cocktail glass, roll 1/2 oz of dry vermouth and throw away the excess. Strain other ingredients into cocktail glass and float 1/2 oz of grand marnier over top. Garnish with orange peel.

  • Nawlins Rules

    I don't care much for the anise flavor, but the buzz is clearly unique. “Lucid” is one of the newer brands, and it's an apt word choice.

  • Jim Wilson

    How about making your pie chart colors the same as yes/no/don't know?

  • Kirsten

    Absinthe rocks! ok, it tastes an awful lot like licorice.. so if you dont LIKE licorice you wont like it.
    but in all honesty its the ritual that makes it great.

    special glasses (collectables)
    widgets :special stuff to pour measured drops of water… Victorian mechanisms! itty bitty carefully constructed engineering stuff……
    work of art spoons, including ones with naked ladies on them….

    Absinthe is a geek's dream drink.
    now, for me? i prefer a nice single malt scotch (and ice is an abomination in a good scotch) and *despise* the taste of licorice, so you would think i wouldnt have anything to do with it…
    but the TOYS…….

    i may be a girl, but i am all geek…..

  • Alyse

    I always wondered what Johnny Depp was drinking in “From Hell…” Now I know.

  • Kirsten

    actually, new research has shown it MAY have been the same problem with prohibition “gin”. namely that what a lot of people bought wasnt absinthe at all. you see, untutored people thought absinthe was a bright green (it isnt) so unscrupulous people added green dye to all sorts of alcohols….. and most of the green dye stuffs were toxic, and often the alcohol wasnt good either.

  • keith williams

    absynthe makes the heart grow fonder

  • mj

    firewater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!