Wife want to try absinthe... uhm... ok
 

So my wife springs on me last night she wants to try absinthe with me. I'm no prude I've done my fair share of drugs but I haven't done any since 2002 or so... and hallucinigens were never my thing. So I was like wtf... this is random...

So anyways.. anyone ever done it? What was it like? Is the hangover bad?

Its all hype. It is like drinking anything else.

hyyyyyyyyyype

lots of fake absinthe out there

yea pretty much... just did some decent stuff in new orleans with my lady. Got a little of a head change. Go ahead and do it. If she thinks she is going to be seeing shit then she is going to be sad when nothing really happens.

LOL so many of you live a sheltered lifestyle. :1orglaugh

in most absinthes the stuff that causes hallucination is such an extremely small amount that it doesnt have effect

The shit they sell here in the US isn't gonna do anything to you anyway. So never fear.

just do acid, you'll enjoy yourself more

I honestly like the taste and experience of drinking it at a good cocktail bar... but I didnt trip or anything. The American stuff is way too safe. But back in my teens I had some in Austria and I tripped a bit... nothing too crazy.

Get a bottle and make a night of it with your lady... or go to a really nice cocktail bar and have them mix you up a little absinthe cocktail...

The absinthe that you can get nowadays is nothing like what the bohemians and artists in the early 1900's were drinking. If you want a nice experience with a quality absinthe order from http://www.bestabsinthe.com. The two kinds that are available on that site that I believe to be the best are the Nouvelle-Orleans or the Absinthe Edouard. The gentlemen who distills it is a very intelligent and interesting chemist from New Orleans. Years ago he acquired a 100 year old bottle of original absinthe and siphoned it out little by little studying it for a long time trying to recreate the original recipe. After many years and long hard work he now has a distillery in Pontarlier, France. (where it was originally distilled in the early 1900's) I have traveled all over and tried many different absinthes and have heard every fable you can imagine about the subject. Ted Breaux (the gentlemen whom I am speaking about) is definitely a well respected person within the community and is very knowlegable on the subject. I will leave you with a link from the Absinthe Museum in France that explains a bit more about the "effects". While back in the day it may have been stronger and some of these claims could have been true because of the thujone amount in the drink, it's fairly different nowadays. You won't hallucinate. Best you can hope for is getting really hammered but a more aware drunk instead of totally just falling over. Although, you drink enough of anything you are going to pass out.

Be nice to your wife and order some from bestabsinthe to have an experience at least in taste and quality that is based on the original and celebrate this unusual and often misunderstood drink! Good luck! Have fun!

"Got tight last night on Absinthe. Did knife tricks"
-Hemingway

http://www.oxygenee.com/absinthe-effects.html

Import some.

I tried real stuff this summer a few times, first of all it burns like a mother fucker AFTER it goes down and does so for about a minute... you don't get all fucking weird or see shit off it, but it is a mild mushroom like buzz... better then mushrooms though cuz its not as intense with all the other mind fucking effects... its quite fun though, gotta make sure it has teh real wormwood shit though... some of the other shit is just that, shit...

great stuff though, let her try it, its nothing crazy and no hang over... it ws the 20 beers after that did that for me :1orglaugh

Hehe that will do it!

Guy sits in a bar all day drinking whatever, has one absinthe before he leaves, goes home, kills his wife and they blame it on the absinthe! :)

Yeah fucking media are douche bags, can't get fuck all right... even a broken fucking watch is right twice a day assholes! :1orglaugh:thumbsup

oh yeah forgot to mention too, even though i had the real shit, its not so potent, me and a buddy drank the whole bottle in shots, plus non of the burning sugar shit, just suck it back.. its only to make it smoother does nothing to the effect... I think the bottle said it was good for 4-6ppl @ 2 shots each or something...

i think its different for everyone! so yea just give it a go for yourself

Absynth is a chick drink, ... You'll see what I mean after you try it.

First time I had it was in Delaney's Taproom, New Haven CT
~ Although I dont remember going to sleep that night, I had plenty to drink before the shot of Absynth. The Absynth was more of a nightcap.

Second Time (2 Days in a Row) Burbon St, New Orleanse, LA
~ Night 1, took 1 shot after some beers, just hit me like any other shot.
~ Night 2, took 3 shots in about 1 hour (started dead sober), didnt have any real serious effect on me, got blasted that night and woke up on the floor by my hotel room door.

I dont know if its the Absynth, :cool-smil, or the binge drinking that takes place before, during and after the Absynth. Its just drinking liquid liquorish.

I also feel that some may play the placebo effect card.

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

Everything in moderation

Him? I have to google this! I don't even know what it is:jester

I remember Johnny Depp drinking alot of that in "From Hell"

Haaa, that's ridiculous. As if he reacted like that to Salvia.

fucking fags and their foreplays...

do a search on youtube for 'salvia' and you will see a whole bunch of videos like that :2 cents:

I drank some over the summer, and took some mushrooms (goo) about 45min after... I recommend that!

Used to mix the Green with Coca-cola and watch the drink turn white as milk in Japan.

After a couple, your mind is fine but the body is really uncoordinated.

Weird, I used to go there all the time. :thumbsup

Oh I'm ordering Salvia... Salvia Dragon... I can't believe I didn't know about it. Right on that looks fun!

If you wanna trip, try shrooms or LSD :1orglaugh

Most of the stuff that's legal in the US is absolute garbage. The only US legal brand I'd bother with is Lucid, who is made by the same people that are pretty much responsible for the absinthe revival.

Have you ever had Pernod? Pernod was originally absinthe. Now it's just a pastis (absinthe without the wormwood or thujone) like Ricard. It's an anisette liquor, so it's in the same real as Ouzo, only it tastes much better.

Avoid any absinthe from the czech republic. i don't care how much they claim to have made improvement, it's all pretty much the worst thing that I've ever put in my mouth.

If you are going to drink absinthe, it's best that you not go for the cheapest options, because you'll only end up getting the wrong impression about it. If you based your opinion of meat on Spam alone, you'd probably be a vegetarian.

Never tried it but heard all the stories. All my friends just get sleepy and past on it. Get some other stuff and tell her it is Absinthe she won't know lol.. I think it all hype

Oh my god, look out the guy that smoke salvie, he was on a trip... hehehe

the only effect i got from it (it was a 78%) :headache for 12 hours

I attempted to try some years ago but disliked the taste so much I only got one sip past my lips.

If you had it at 78% it wasn't real absinthe. Anything over 68% alcohol and it destroys the chemistry and makes it essentially moonshine. Most absinthe is offered at 33%, 55% or 68%, depending on where it's from and what the acceptable levels of thujone are. If it's real absinthe, it doesn't need to be capable of killing viruses.

its bitter and nothing special

make sure you get the real one all the fake - mostly american and german - absinthes are just fashion drinks

yea thats a cool effect, but its undrinkable, tastes like shit... original water & sugar mix is better

I like your style darkcircus... Way to know your pleasures.

Well Said Mr. Vee -- all hype.

It's not all hype, but unfortunately a lot of misinformation. Oh, and poor quality product flooding a market to cache in on the fact that most people know nothing about it.

not much danger with it..

Always start off with a small quantity.

I say double up and add in a few other things... :winkwink:

You will need to order it online from over seas, you can't buy the good stuff legally in the US...