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Originally posted by geroin i dont know about his stories but i drank one about a year ago with my buddies and i didnt know how retarded i was going to be we were predrinking before the club and i was feeling fine when about an hour later i was hit, i dont remeber the rest of the night but all i know i woke up in my room next day on the floor with my eye all bloddy and my face was covered in redspots..all over the face, i showed up at work (restaurant) and they told me to go home because i looked like i had chickenpox. haven't drank it since

WOW, that is insanity. I wouldn't want to drink again after that either if I woke up and was like that.

There is also an Absinthe Night Bar in Amsterdam.
http://www.absinthe.nl/

It was my last night in the city and we finally found out where it was as we were walking by but we were too fooked up already to go inside. I will definitely be going there next year

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Originally posted by Sasha they dont sell real absinthe in Spain

barcelona and madrid are both well-stocked with absinthe/absenta -- we found mid-grade [e.g., deva70] alongside the high-content, "real" absenta [e.g., mata hari] in nearly every liquor store.

try the mid-grade if you want to get drunk, but it's a waste of money for tripping -- chances are you'll die from alcohol poisoning before you ever see the green fairy. the mid-grades i've tried are 70% alcohol and have an anise [licorice] flavour. most are sold in 750mL bottles.

having sampled both mid- and high-content, i can vouch for a distinct difference. high-content absentas still have a high alcohol percentage, but the thujone levels were great enough that we hallucinated from three generous shots of mata hari. as a very general guide, most "real" absinthe is sold in smaller bottles of 500mL and costs a bit more...

an excellent resource: www.feeverte.net

cheers x

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Originally posted by nusty not with reall wormwood though. Absinthe as a drink is making a big come back now, New Orleans even has a distillery now... however it's not the same as the stuff they used to make in the 17 and 1800's. The hullucinagen wormwood is what makes it illegal... no wormwood and you can sell it in many more countries, ie spain. But with wormwood and there are few countries that allow for such a drink.

what are the negative effects of real absinthe?
long term-wise.

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Originally posted by m2j what are the negative effects of real absinthe? long term-wise.

not sure about long-term. many artists' & writers' mental states, illnesses, and acts [such as Van Gogh cutting off his ear] have been blamed on excessive consumption of absinthe.

The Day on Fire by James Ramsey Ullman is fantastic and based on the life of Arthur Rimbaud, who ingested a LOT of it in his time, as did Van Gogh, Manet, Picasso, and Hemingway.

erowid's database is a good start...

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best resource I've found. I love absinthe, it's not something I'd drink a bottle in a night of, but man oh man, it'll jumpstart a predrink or finish you off real well.

And BTW French Absinthe is the way to go, most Czech absinthe is shit and tastes like mouthwash.

The Wormwood Society

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced any party from 2003 and back I only remember bits and pieces...i've combined those memories into one awesome party

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Originally posted by nusty me too. The legal limits the EU allows for Thujone (aka wormwood) are only 10mg to every KG of liqour. weak by old day standards. so while it may contain wormwood, it is generally regarded as not being able to mess you up the way it used to prior to its ban. This revial of it since the 1990's is a way to cash in on the name for the most part.

Iwas able to get my hands on 34mg/KG stuff. I was not able to order the 100mg bottle.

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Originally posted by Gypsy where? i want some.

I order mine from absinthe24.com

my personal fav....


Chemy and I have had many a trainwreck night thanks to the bottle pictured above.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

^^^^ thats the stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Orko ^^^^ thats the stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only the best

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

My uncle serves the real stuff when I visit 'the old country'. The real Czech stuff isn't sold outside the country, and there are no restriction on wormwood content. Have I seen the green fairy? Maybe I have, maybe not, I can't tell for sure... because once you're drunk on this stuff, you can't tell your armpit from your forehead. Even with the more concentrated stuff I had, you can't feel the effects of the hallucinogen, unless you drink it for several nights in a row, as like Nusty said, it is stored and kicks in when accumulated.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard I order mine from absinthe24.com my personal fav.... Chemy and I have had many a trainwreck night thanks to the bottle pictured above.

OMG!!!

That stuff is fucking GREAT!!!


I was quite the mess after that!