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  • #1

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    Okay, I had a couple of these last night so I had to share. For many years I've been wanting to try absinthe. A few weeks ago I finally splurged and got a bottle of lucid.

    Now, for those who've never had absinthe... it is STRONG. Not only is it strong (124 proof in this case) it tastes strong because it is flavoured with many things, one being green anise. Last night I decided to try one of their recommended shots. At least, this was listed as a shot, and you drink it straight down... and dear heavens. It earned its name.

    ABSINTHE MIND ERASER
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    1 pt Lucid Absinthe
    1 pt coffee liqueur
    1 pt soda water
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    In a glass with ice, add coffee liqueur followed by Lucid Absinthe. Pour soda water on top. Add straw and suck drink through straw from the bottom of the glass until finished.


    Now, most of the time I can drink people under the table. I am a large woman, both in height and girth, and I can pack away quite a few drinks. One, and only one, of these got me tipsy. The taste... well, the aftertaste rotated... coffee, black liquorice...and back and forth. But after two minutes I didn't care.

    Anyone else have any interesting absinthe drinks?
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  • #2
    Quoth Heksubah View Post
    ...
    ABSINTHE MIND ERASER
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    1 pt Lucid Absinthe
    1 pt coffee liqueur
    1 pt soda water
    ------------------------------
    ...
    I assume/hope that pt=part and not pt=pint
    The second case would translate to: "Don't bother with embalming this one..."
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    • #3
      Yes, part. Sorry. Copied it as it was written on their website and didn't think about it.
      "Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!"

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      • #4
        Heard of it, never tried. Someone once told me that Vincent Van Gogh was drunk on absinthe when he cut off his ear.

        I've seen it on the shelves here in BC. I think once in a while that I'd like to try it, but I wouldn't want to drink that alone.
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        • #5
          I don't know of any shots, but I do know where you can get absinthe-flavored lollipops! www.lollyphile.com They're pretty darn good, actually.
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          • #6
            Oooh, those do sound good since absinthe tastes like black liquorice. I can imagine the lollipop version would be awesome.
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            • #7
              Quoth El Pollo Guerrera View Post
              Heard of it, never tried. Someone once told me that Vincent Van Gogh was drunk on absinthe when he cut off his ear.

              I've seen it on the shelves here in BC. I think once in a while that I'd like to try it, but I wouldn't want to drink that alone.
              The absinthe sold now is different from the stuff that most late 19th and early 20th century artists/writers were strung out on. I know there are bars in France that specialize in absinthe, maybe there are in Canada as well?
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              • #8
                Eek! absinthe is some CRAZY stuff! I tried it at work once. Sometimes when the liquor rep is there, I get to taste some of the wines and liquors she brings, or the cocktails she mixes up for us as suggestions of what to sell. Great side perk to my job. Helps ease the irksomeness of the rest of it. But holy crap! I'm not a licorice person and they insisted (my boss included) that I try Jagermeister and absinthe the same day. We're talking a few DROPS of each and my head felt weird. I'm a lightweight, though. They left glasses with the absinthe out on the table and the smell alone is enough to kill my head during my lunch break! I get an instant "run away!" instinct when I even see the word absinthe after that!
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                • #9
                  Quoth AdminAssistant View Post
                  The absinthe sold now is different from the stuff that most late 19th and early 20th century artists/writers were strung out on.
                  wrong answer-(Kubler absinthe-one of two major brands available in the US has used the EXACT SAME recipe since 1863-the ATF approved making it with that recipe without alteration)it's the same stuff it's mainly 140 proof alcohol-anyone drinking that in large quantities then or now would be off their rocker in short order-more info here-about the "yellow journalism" that led to the ban and the studies on Thujone(the stuff that supposedly made people crazy-more in it now than it was before-which is not enough to have any effect whatsoever-which is why the ban was lifted-yay science!)

                  It appears that very little thujone survives the distillation process.

                  limits are set at 10mg per litre-however the levels pre ban(the stuff the 19th century people drank were lower than that-the people were "going crazy" from brain damage due to alcoholism not absinthe....more info on the psuedo-science on that which was reported as "fact" and is still believed to this day.

                  Absinthe was cheap and strong-saying absinthe caused problems more than any other alcohol would be the equivalent today of saying mad dog 20/20 or any malt liquor sold in 40 oz containers causes more brain damage than say....PBR...simply isn't true....an alcoholic is an alcoholic-the "scientists/doctors" that "studied the effects" of absinthe only noted that the persons they studied drank absinthe in large amounts, because it was cheap and strong-and actually refused to consider that maybe it was the alcohol content of the drink and not the drink itself.

                  Quoth El Pollo Guerrera View Post
                  Someone once told me that Vincent Van Gogh was drunk on absinthe when he cut off his ear.
                  info on van gough

                  Family history of mental illness, and along with absinthe he also drank turpentine....
                  Last edited by BlaqueKatt; 03-25-2010, 03:16 AM.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
                    Absinthe was cheap and strong... blahblahblah... because it was cheap and strong... yadayadayada...
                    That may have been the case THEN, but it most definitely is NOT the case NOW! I do NOT consider $30 for a small bottle and $60 for a large bottle to be "cheap".

                    What little I've read on the subject of the banning of Absinthe in the USA leads me to believe that the banning was primarily a POLITICAL move, engineered by the people who ran the WINE INDUSTRY. At the time, the wine industry was struggling and sales were down. It was believed at the time that Absinthe's huge popularity played a large part in the decline of wine sales, so it seems the wine industry tycoons played some "dirty pool" and got the politicians that were in their pockets involved, convincing them to ban Absinthe in the States... and pretty much the rest of North America, for that matter.
                    Last edited by Jack T. Chance; 03-25-2010, 03:22 AM.
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                    • #11
                      Not to mention that most of those writers and artists were on a variety of mind-altering narcotics along with being absinthe junkies/boozers. Yes, they were geniuses...but a wee bit crazy. Alfred Jarry was one of the craziest. Oscar Wilde and August Strindberg were both known for their love of the stuff.
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                      • #12
                        absinthe lollypops are tasty. They also confuse the hell out of mildly aroused frat boys when you tell them what the flavor is.

                        Side note: straight absinthe is a very very bad plan, even when being used to do a sworn shot. see also: grain alcohol.
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