Absinthe - For All you Europeans Around Here ;)

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Have any of you tried absinthe? What did you think? Like? Dislike? What are your thoughts on absinthe in general?

The last sane person · 04-09-2007, 05:30 PM

I liked it, but a friend of mine who drank it with me said it tasted like gasoline mixed with soda water. He didn't like it.

I can tell you that of all the drinks out there, Absinthe is one of the few that can easily knock you on your ass with your third shot. Not a drink for the faint of heart, to be sure!

Nerdanel · 04-09-2007, 05:33 PM

Never tried, but would like to.

sun-star · 04-09-2007, 05:34 PM

Generally I hear bad things about it, but Oscar Wilde drank it, so...

***Tessar*** · 04-09-2007, 07:05 PM

I felt a muscle in my face twitch when I read the title of this post. True story.

:P

I've never tried it myself, but I've definitely heard that it's a pretty rough drink. Some of the actors that I know/knew loved it, but supposedly only drank it at parties because it could become extremely addictive. I dunno if they were just messing with me or telling the truth

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Gwaimir Windgem · 04-09-2007, 07:47 PM

I've never had it, but it's one of those things I've always wanted to try. I was surprised to learn that apparently it's legal to drink it in America, even though it's illegal to sell.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun

Generally I hear bad things about it, but Oscar Wilde drank it, so...

He's all the rage around here, isn't he?

It was very popular with the bohemian crowd in general, I believe.

littleadanel · 04-10-2007, 03:29 PM

tee hee.

Liked it. No sugar whatsoever; bitter taste is good. No hallucinations to report either...

Quote:

Originally Posted by The last sane person

I can tell you that of all the drinks out there, Absinthe is one of the few that can easily knock you on your ass with your third shot. Not a drink for the faint of heart, to be sure!

...because, not the third but the fourth, but it did knock me on my ass

3 is the limit for me... Hell yeah.

Anyone ever had red or black? I had a shot of red once... don't even remember the taste, just that it burnt.

The last sane person · 04-10-2007, 03:36 PM

Oh, but you see, with Absinthe, burnt is a flavor.

04-09-2007, 05:14 PM	#1
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04-09-2007, 05:30 PM	#2
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	I liked it, but a friend of mine who drank it with me said it tasted like gasoline mixed with soda water. He didn't like it. I can tell you that of all the drinks out there, Absinthe is one of the few that can easily knock you on your ass with your third shot. Not a drink for the faint of heart, to be sure! __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

04-09-2007, 05:33 PM	#3
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Never tried, but would like to. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

04-09-2007, 05:34 PM	#4
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Generally I hear bad things about it, but Oscar Wilde drank it, so... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-10-2007, 03:36 PM	#8
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Oh, but you see, with Absinthe, burnt is a flavor. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

04-09-2007, 07:05 PM	#5
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I felt a muscle in my face twitch when I read the title of this post. True story. :P I've never tried it myself, but I've definitely heard that it's a pretty rough drink. Some of the actors that I know/knew loved it, but supposedly only drank it at parties because it could become extremely addictive. I dunno if they were just messing with me or telling the truth .

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