hopelevre wrote: absinthe is a liqueur made with anise wormwood and some other mountain herbs...it is usually around 140 proof and contains a mild hallucinoginic derivative of the wormwood

It got banned in France and most Northern Europe around the start of the 20th century! It was driving too many people crazy!

Still legal in Spain! Strong stuff!!! Tastes like Pastis but much stronger!

Rob The Good wrote: Yes, the experience was certainly "memorable". I'd be willing to give it ago again, but hopefully it'll be better (I've got depression problems already without complicating things with wormwood). It's legal here in New Zealand, but the REAL TRUE Absinthe (made in Switzerland?) is VERY expensive. The stuff's so volatile you could put it on a map and call it the Balkans.

I'll let it have an try sometimes.. Yeah the dutch boundries

hopelevre wrote: how many of you have partaken of a dance with la fee verte (the green fairy), that is , how many drink or have drunk absinthe?   it was definitely an experience ill always remember, the first time, that is...subsequent trials have not yielded as much of an effect from the thujone(rosewood active chemical)...it is still illegal here in the states to import so it is very expensive but you can get it....over there across the pond you guys just recently lifted the ban most places(even the swiss are now allowing their most famous of absinthe's to resume reproduction)...i was just wondering if this wondrous elixir had caught fire yet or if it was old hat by now? anyway also be sure to check out my post "please look at this" thanks bye!

I suppose you haven't read my thread? You can read about the effects here:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4658&PN=5 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4658&a mp;PN=5

I have half a bottle left right now (of the famous "Pernod" brand) and I think I'll have some this very night.

BTW: I think I like pastis (the "fake" stuff) better.

There's not much really pleasant about Absinthe. If you like Pernod, you may like it. Its strong!!!.It  Induces ludicrous behaviour, and hallucinations - if you drink enough.

In our local Off License (Liquor Store) you can buy Absinthe which is 75% proof. Usually the stuff you can buy off the shelf in the UK is about 40% - same as Whiskey.

Apparently in Prague you can buy different grades of Absinthe. There is a very dark brew which is essentially poison. A group of friends tried this a few years back and apparently all threw up violently shortly after one small glass. So if you're in Prague dont try that sh!t, unless you enjoy projectile vommiting.

oliverstoned wrote: here's the real thing:

Right on , bro!!

But Chirac might want to try it someday! I might just make him a tad more intelligent!

I only ever got drunk on Absinthe once. It wont happen again!

I was with a friend in London. He was looking after an apartment for a couple who had gone on holiday. We moved in for the weekend with a bag of green stuff and a bottle of Absinthe. We necked the Absinthe in about 4 hours. I have memories of very loud music, and an argument taking place with someone who came to the door..

I came round at about 7.00am the next day. I was lying half naked in a empty bath holding a black felt pen. I had ink all over my hands, and strange sqiggly drawings on my arms. I got out of the bath and went into the hall. The tiled floor was strewn with broken glass and a thin broken trail of blood leading to the kitchen! My friend was no where to be found. I left a message on his mobile, then in a state of panic, accompanied with severe nausea I left the apartment, got on the train and went home. It turned out that my friend had cut his foot after dropping a bottle on the kitchen floor, and I had apparently marched him into the bathroom to help him clean it up. I apparently blacked out in the bath. Thats when he went next door and left me on my own.

I t was like the scene in 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas' when Johnny Depp comes round from his ether binge to find himself wearing a lizards tail, and the hotel room flooded and wrecked.

More like a hallucinogen/stimulant than a drink. Best avoided..

I just mixed some with coca cola

nice

I like pernod and absint

the absint I have is 68 % vol