Absinthe is fun......but it gives you one hell of a hangover.
A friend of mine makes it. I actually have a bottle of it now. I have not had a drink from it in a year or so. That shit will mess you up. Make sure if you drink it, you are home for the night and don't drive anywhere.
It really don't make you trip or anything, you do see some trails of light when you drink it and it kind of gives you that euphoric feeling.
The last time I drank it, we were all playing cards and my buddy broke out his bottle and we started doing snuffer shots of it with the sugar cube melted in it. I think I did maybe 3 or 4 shots of it on top of a belly full of beer. Let's say I passed out an hour after doing all of that. I woke up the next day on my living room floor with my shoes and hat still on. And I think I was drunk the rest of the next day.
Bad ju-ju. But fun.
Absinthe is traditionally a distilled, highly alcoholic (45%-75% ABV) beverage. It has similar effects to anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, also called wormwood. Absinthe is typically of a natural green color but is also produced in a clear style. It is often called “the Green Fairy.”
Although it is sometimes mistakenly called a liqueur, absinthe is not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a liquor.[1] Absinthe is unusual among spirits in that it is bottled at a high proof but is normally diluted with water when it is drunk.
Absinthe originated in Switzerland. However, it is better known for its popularity as an alcoholic drink in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers. Due in part to its association with bohemian culture, absinthe was opposed by social conservatives and prohibitionists. Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, and Aleister Crowley were all notorious “bad men” of that day who were (or were thought to be) devotees of the Green Fairy.
Absinthe was portrayed as a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug.[2] The chemical thujone, present in small quantities, was blamed for its alleged harmful effects. By 1915, absinthe had been banned in the United States and in most European countries except the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although absinthe was vilified, no evidence has shown it to be any more dangerous than ordinary liquor. Its psychoactive properties, apart from those of alcohol, had been much exaggerated.[2]
A revival of absinthe began in the 1990s, when countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of February 2008, nearly 200 brands of absinthe were being produced in a dozen countries, most notably France, Switzerland, Spain, and the Czech Republic.[3]
havent tried this new shit yet... hope its straight
