Absinthe Liquor

[bjf]

Anyone ever have it?

What

do you think?

[Elana]

Oscar is very familiar

with it.

[bjf]

isn\'t he familiar

with everything? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[EXIT63]

pretty much

[Kari]

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Reputed to cause blindness, in some people.

[Skyy]

Yeah ive been looking

into purchasing a bottle..Only place I found was in New York (or website was). $200.00 a bottle for the good

[censored]! :P

[oscar]

Skyy,

Damn! At 200

bucks a bottle it better be something really good like \"Swiss Le Bleu\"!
I\'ve seen that for @$160/bottle

online, but if you can eliminate the price and RISKS of international shipping it might just be worth coughing up

the extra $40.
Swiss Le Bleu is made in the Val de Travers region of Switzerland by a number of producers who work

in what is basically a co-op, bottling (bootlegging actually) under a common label. It IS still illegal in

Switzerland to my knowledge, but the government has supposedly turned a blind eye (for almost a century) toward the

region since Absinth production has never ceased there since the illegalization somewhere back in the 19-teens.



The only other bottles of Absinth that I would THINK of paying that high a price for would be the high-tests.


The EU standard for legal Absinth states that it cannot contain more than 10mg/kg of Thujone, the (psycho)active

ingredient that results from the distillation of Wormwood. Some distillers however make 100mg/kg Thujone Absinth

products, presumably for sale outside the EU. The \"King\" brand is one that\'s been around for a while that I

can think of offhand. I\'m sure there are more now.

If I recall correctly, Swiss Le Bleu runs between 60 to

75mg/kg of Thujone.

The stuff that was in the bistros of the late nineteenth century was reputed to run as high

as 250mg/kg. If you could get hold of some of THAT it would definitely be worth $200. But DON\'T pay that kind of

money for the EU legal stuff. Our UK buddies can buy the 10mg/kg stuff in their grocery stores relatively

cheaply.

Tell me what brand you saw for $200 and I\'ll hopefully be able to tell you whether or not it\'s a

rip-off.

If you do an \"All Forums\", \"All Posts\" search on this board for Absinth you\'ll get a bit more

info. (Leave the \"E\" off to get more results.)

Crazy, yes.

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Blind, NO!

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Oscar /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[bjf]

http://www.absinth.com/links/loganfils.html (\"http://www.absinth.com/links/loganfils.html \")

Skyy

had PMed me the site of the company he was talking about, there it is.

[EXIT63]

[url=\"http://www.beerliquors.com/buy/liquors/absinthe.htm\"]http://www.beerliquors.com/buy/liquors/absinthe.htm[

/url]

[oscar]

Hhhhhmmmm...
It\'s

interesting that absinth.com ostensibly ships from within the U.S.
While there are apparantly no prohibitions on

the possession or consumption of Absinth within the U.S., its manufacture or distribution are both still illegal

here.
The Logan Fils stuff sounds like it might be the genuine article, but I\'m a little suspicious that they

don\'t list a Thujone content or at least a range.

The stuff on that beerliquors site, Absente and La Muse

Verte, are both pastis. Like Herbsaint, modern-day Pernod, Anissette, Sambuca, and Ouzo, they contain no appreciable

quantities of Thujone. Just nice licorice liqueurs.

Thujone also appears in Vermouth (which means Wormwood, in

some language. German maybe?)
Another interesting translation of Wormwood I\'ve heard is the Russian - Chernobyl.

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Here\'s a little

history:
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absin

the.html (\"http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absinthe.html\")

And here\'s a link to the Absinth

Webring:
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=absinthe2 (\"http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=absinthe2\")
If you

visit all the sites on the ring and all the sites that are linked therein, many of which AREN\'T on the ring, you

can spend the next week or so becoming an Absinth afficianado. And you might just find some better

deals.

Here\'s another very informative

site:
http://www.feeverte.net/ (\"http://www.feeverte.net/\")

Oscar

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[Whitehall]

Why bother? You can

get wormwood extract from HerbPharm or Gaia for eight bucks and get yourself blind drunk or whatever you want to

call

it.

http://www.myvitanet.com/gaworheran1o.html (\"http://www.myvitanet.com/gaworheran1o.html\")

I\

've made my own. I had a shot and got goofy. My female buddy decided to take a second shot and passed

out.

Whoopie.

[CJ01]

Make sure you get the

real stuff when you go out to buy absinthe, I´ve come across stuff sold as absinthe but it wasn´t ! It´s trendy

again and some companies like to fuke people over! Real absinthe isn´t cheap but it´s better than any old booze

with green colour mixed in.

CJ

[CJ01]

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I\'ve made my own. I had a shot and got goofy. My

female buddy decided to take a second shot and passed out.


<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> sounds

gooood! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Did you get trippy ?

[bjf]

anyone aware of side

effects? I assume wormwood is the active ingredient, and that the other herbs in the liquor don\'t do much. In

that case I\'d probably get the concentrate.

[Holmes]

Wormwood is potent

stuff.


Holmes

[CJ01]

Wormwood is the main

ingredient but the other herbs are also in there for a reason. Wormwood/absinthe is causes hallucinations, that´s

what it´s known for and that´s what absinthe is known for /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif So

the `side-efect´if you can cal it that is that you go on a right trip and go round doing some real sh*t

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif - allegedly, I

wouldn´t know of course because I´m a good girl /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[bjf]

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Here\'s a little

history:
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absin

the.html (\"http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absinthe.html\")

And here\'s a link to the Absinth

Webring:
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=absinthe2 (\"http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=absinthe2\")
If you

visit all the sites on the ring and all the sites that are linked therein, many of which AREN\'T on the ring, you

can spend the next week or so becoming an Absinth afficianado. And you might just find some better

deals.

Here\'s another very informative

site:
http://www.feeverte.net/ (\"http://www.feeverte.net/\")

Oscar

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Thanks, a lot of good stuff.

[Whitehall]

Wormwood

is definitely a different high. \"Otherworldly\" comes to mind. My experience was during a quiet evening at home

so wasn\'t roaming the Left Bank with Henry Miller or anything really fun. A passed-out female companion is a

temptation I\'ve learned to ignore.

I can imagine one putting one\'s self into a trippy state with it. I

might play with it some more but it is a bit of a crude high for my taste. Reminds me of dextromorphan (cough

syrup.)

Another questioner asked about side effects. Your tapeworms will hate it - it is a classic antihelmintic

and \"expels worms.\" It also stimulates appetite but in excess will ruin your liver.

[Holmes]

Yeah,

it\'s often used as an anti-parasitic. But damn, Sweet Annie sho\' is tasty!


Holmes

[DrSmellThis]

Word up

on wormwood!

Wormwood kills just about anything growing in your colon, be it bacteria, fungi, or parasites (a

bit weaker against viral infections, I think). It will even kill off healthy bacteria, like penicillin does. It is

arguably the single strongest whole-herb antimicrobial medicine (definitely way stronger than garlic, for example).

If you have an infestation or overgrowth of anything (e.g., candida), you will get classic \"die-off symptoms,\"

(microorganisms release toxins when they die) with significant doses of wormwood. Die off symptoms can be quite

strong, even somewhat debilitating; and tend to strain your liver. This is in addition to the significant direct

toxicity the wormwood has. I wouldn\'t play with wormwood recreationally for these reasons; and also, because you

might be desperate for a strong, broad-base, nonprescription antibiotic someday; and wormwood might be all you have

left! Would you play with penicillin recreationally?

Strong liver support (milk thistle, tumeric and

artichoke) and probiotic supplements (acidophilus, bifidus bifida, etc.) are therefore strongly recommended for

those who need to use wormwood.

I have consistently heard absinthe is a \"net negative\", unfortunately.

But Oscar knows more than I do about it.

[EXIT63]

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A passed-out female companion is a temptation

I\'ve learned to ignore.

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Stop lieing!!!

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[Holmes]

All I know

is I used Wormwood (or Artemisia) and it was an absolute living hell for the duration of use and beyond.

I

can\'t fathom anyone wanting to go near it for recreational purposes (i.e. anything other than sheer necessity).



But to each his own.


Holmes

[CJ01]

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A passed-out female companion is a temptation

I\'ve learned to ignore.


<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> whitehall, I´m very glad to hear that !!

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[Pancho1188]

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A passed-out female companion is a temptation I\'ve learned to ignore.




<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> whitehall, I´m very glad to hear that !!

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It all started when he realized that, \"Whitehall!!! Give me some of

that sweet ol\' lovin\' only Whitehall can give, baby!!!\" sounds better than, \"Zzzzzzzzzz...\"

I would

agree, only replace that with, \"Pancho, I want that sexy Man of La Mancha!!!\" \"Well, that would be Sancho and

Don Quixote, but...what the hell...my darling, Dulcinea!!!!!!!!!!!\"

[bjf]

Pancho, a

dialogue between you and mobley would be classic. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif You\'d be the

only two people who could understand what the other was saying /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Where are ya mobes!?!

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[Pancho1188]

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Pancho, a dialogue between you and mobley would be

classic. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif You\'d be the only two people who could understand what the other

was saying /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Where are ya

mobes!?! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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What\'s to understand?!?!?! Sex with an unconscious person is no fun!!!

Here, I\'ll make it easy on everyone with a little song...

You\'re at the party, at the club
You see the

girl that you\'d love to rub
Goin\' into the back room, you\'re in the mood for love

You follow her back,

she\'s lying on the bed
You can\'t wait until you gonna get some [censored]
But she\'s lying there

motionless instead

Because...

Unconscious women are no fun
Dream time has begun
You\'re not the only

one
Who\'s been deprived of sex
Because she passed out before you\'re done


Ahh, yes... The timeless

classic by Pancho Rivera: \"Unconscious Women Are No Fun\"

Watch out for future public service lyrical

tributes like, \"Condoms Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You Killed\".




Pancho

[franki]

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Watch out for future public service

lyrical tributes like, \"Condoms Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You

Killed\".


Pancho

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Cut the crap! We want the

politically INcorrect Pancho who doesn|t apologize after every joke he makes!

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[Pancho1188]

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Watch out for future public service lyrical tributes like, \"Condoms

Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You Killed\".


Pancho

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Cut the crap! We want the politically UNcorrect Pancho who doesn|t

apologize after every joke he makes! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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And I want FRANKI: UNMODERATED, but we all can\'t get what we want...

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[franki]

Good

Comeback! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Holmes]

I just want

my girlfriend back! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I should\'ve been suspicious when she

told me that she was going to visit her parents in Germany...

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Holmes

[Pancho1188]

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Watch out for future public service lyrical tributes like, \"Condoms

Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You Killed\".


Pancho

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Cut the crap! We want the politically UNcorrect Pancho who doesn|t

apologize after every joke he makes! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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Wait a second.......when was I ever politically incorrect?!?!?!? When

have I not apologized after every joke I made because I somehow might have accidentally offended someone who took it

the wrong way?!?!?!?

[Pancho1188]

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I just want my girlfriend back!

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I should\'ve been suspicious when she told me that she was

going to visit her parents in Germany... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif


Holmes



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It\'s okay, Holmes...Franki makes sure she still calls out your

name once in a while out of respect... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[franki]

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Watch out for future public service lyrical tributes like, \"Condoms Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her

Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You Killed\".


Pancho

<hr /></blockquote><font

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Cut the crap! We want the politically UNcorrect Pancho who doesn|t apologize after every

joke he makes! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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Wait a second.......when was I ever politically incorrect?!?!?!? When have I not

apologized after every joke I made because I somehow might have accidentally offended someone who took it the wrong

way?!?!?!?

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I am sure the politically incorrect Pancho is

only hiding to come out as soon as you let him.. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Pancho1188]

-Franki!!! Franki!!!
-If you wouldn\'t mind, baby, please call me Holmes tonight.
-Anything for you...oh,

Holmes!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pancho1188]

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Watch out for future public service

lyrical tributes like, \"Condoms Are Sexy\", \"You Better Treat Her Right\", and \"Cheating Will Get You

Killed\".


Pancho

<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

Cut the crap! We want the

politically UNcorrect Pancho who doesn|t apologize after every joke he makes!

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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Wait a

second.......when was I ever politically incorrect?!?!?!? When have I not apologized after every joke I made

because I somehow might have accidentally offended someone who took it the wrong way?!?!?!?

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I am sure the politically incorrect Pancho is only hiding to come out as

soon as you let him.. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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There, how were those last two posts? Rude, crude, and in unbelievably bad

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............................okay, I can\'t do it!!!!!!! I was just kidding Holmes, I

swear!!!!!!!!!!!

[franki]

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There, how were those last two posts? Rude,

crude, and in unbelievably bad taste.

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I was just going to say

you get an A for effort in trying to be more crude /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[bjf]

Guys, this is

some great info on Wormwood! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DrSmellThis]

I did my

best, if you can find the post. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[bjf]

The net

negative comment really stuck with me dst, thanks to all for the information and to pancho and franki for the

entertaining banter.