Posted: 4/16/2009 8:35:39 PM EDT
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I got some absynth (err however ya spell it) and I am drinking it with mountain dew. (only thing to mix it with)
The taste is well...interesting. My tongue is going numb and this stuff is getting to my head really fast... I will update with effects as I continue through the evening. |
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Did you ever see Euro Trip? Dude you made out with your sister!
Always wanted to try it, used to be really hard to get. I thought it was still illegal to buy here. Something to do with the "wormwood" or something. Read that someone found the original recipe and that they did a chemical analysis of a bottle of it from 100 years ago. So supposedly this guy is now producing the original and it supposed to be very high octane stuff. In recent years, the psychedelic nature of absinthe has been hotly debated. Absinthe was notorious among 19th-century and early 20th-century bohemian artists as "the Green Fairy" that expanded the mind. After it became infamous for madness and toxic side effects among drinkers, it was widely banned. The modern scientific consensus is that absinthe's reputation could simply be traced back to alcoholism, or perhaps toxic compounds that leaked in during faulty distillation. Still, others have pointed at a chemical named thujone in wormwood, one of the herbs used to prepare absinthe and the one that gives the drink its green color. Thujone was blamed for "absinthe madness" and "absinthism," a collection of symptoms including hallucinations, facial tics, numbness and dementia. 
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I prefer Kubler myself, although Grande Absente is pretty good, but it's damn expensive. I'm not too keen on the idea of trying to have some shipped from Europe. Some of that stuff is big money and I'd be pissed if it got intercepted.
I usually drink mine with just a sugar cube and water, which is the best way. It is pretty good mixed with Redbull too. |
Thujone is a GABA receptor antagonist, all it will do if you have enough is cause muscle spasms and convulsions and if you have too much, death. It does not work like THC, that wonderful feeling you're getting is from the alcohol content and the texture/flavor of the Absinthe. Not even the "pre-ban" absinthe had enough thujone to do much. |
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You're doing it wrong! Absinthe is only supposed to be mixed with a sugar cube and ice cold water. This^ Why the hell would you ruin it with Mountain Dew??  +1 +2 A friend of the family brought some back from Austria. I was fucked up as a bicycle after two small drinks (eta: to clarify, two small drinks= 5oz. or so). Don't know much about the stuff imported into the US. Tried some at a bar and while tasty, it didn't have the punch the Austrian bring-back had. |
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I got some absynth (err however ya spell it) and I am drinking it with mountain dew. (only thing to mix it with) The taste is well...interesting. My tongue is going numb and this stuff is getting to my head really fast... I will update with effects as I continue through the evening. This part cracked me up. Look at the bottle Look at the keyboard. Match. |
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My friend told me a story of 120-proof absinthe he had at a party. The hallucinations were weird shit, but it souned like a funny experience. I'm pretty sure what I had was the real deal. No hallucinations, but I did get anihilated in fairly short order. I'm a scotch drinker and appreciate the warm feeling I get down in my gut; this stuff was WARM...just felt different. |
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2185066015_81f4f7c89e.jpg Thujone is a GABA receptor antagonist, all it will do if you have enough is cause muscle spasms and convulsions and if you have too much, death. It does not work like THC, that wonderful feeling you're getting is from the alcohol content and the texture/flavor of the Absinthe. Not even the "pre-ban" absinthe had enough thujone to do much. This. Absinthe got it's bad rap here in the U.S. from unscrupulous distillers who'd just take any old high-proof rot-gut and do absolutely crazy shit like put lead or other metal-based dyes into it to replicate the green color, and the clear/cloudy change real Absinthe makes when it's poured into water with a sugar cube. They'd also put wood-alcohol in it to up the proof etc. No surprise when it started killing people, often who were in bad health or had compromised liver function due to alcoholisim. The "lucid high" some report with Absinthe may be due to the herbal extracts having some mild stimulant effects similar to caffine and ephedra. Helped along with a good heap of the "placebo effect" from Absinthe's reputation. A little Everclear in some Red Bull or chased with some strong coffee will get you to the same place. Smashed, but awake to enjoy it. 
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Is this okay to hotlink?
http://wormwoodsociety.org/forums/index.php?s=27608304217dbbd3808b25432e883b7b& |
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You're doing it wrong! Absinthe is only supposed to be mixed with a sugar cube and ice cold water. You win. It does do something besides get you drunk. The real deal has amphetamine-like effects leading to a feeling of not being as wasted and a bit of lucidness you wouldn't normally have when drinking. If its the good stuff, it should taste good...if you like black liquorice. |
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2185066015_81f4f7c89e.jpg Thujone is a GABA receptor antagonist, all it will do if you have enough is cause muscle spasms and convulsions and if you have too much, death. It does not work like THC, that wonderful feeling you're getting is from the alcohol content and the texture/flavor of the Absinthe. Not even the "pre-ban" absinthe had enough thujone to do much. This. Absinthe got it's bad rap here in the U.S. from unscrupulous distillers who'd just take any old high-proof rot-gut and do absolutely crazy shit like put lead or other metal-based dyes into it to replicate the green color, and the clear/cloudy change real Absinthe makes when it's poured into water with a sugar cube. They'd also put wood-alcohol in it to up the proof etc. No surprise when it started killing people, often who were in bad health or had compromised liver function due to alcoholisim. The "lucid high" some report with Absinthe may be due to the herbal extracts having some mild stimulant effects similar to caffine and ephedra. Helped along with a good heap of the "placebo effect" from Absinthe's reputation. A little Everclear in some Red Bull or chased with some strong coffee will get you to the same place. Smashed, but awake to enjoy it. Just saw this. Don't know what in the stuff causes it, but the effect is there. I've never felt shaky or sweaty from the absinthe like i have from redbulls and vodkas. I guess it could be that it just has less caffeine, but I would equate the buzz with something else. |
| Absinthe was held in (urban myth) regard as an abortion/miscarriage-producing elixir throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. In fact, there's a Hemingway short story about a couple drinking in a Mexican cantina and verbally dancing around her wanting an abortion without actually saying the word out loud. There's probably some substance to that myth, based upon the precursors and quality involved in absinthe production back then. |
