Absinth

[imported_LoKe]

I was watching Eurotrip a little while ago, and the seen with the absinth came on. My brothre said he took shots of absinth before, in Canada. He said it was blue, not glowing green.

I called BS on that, I don't think someone of his size (~135lbs) could takes shots of absinth.

So, shens or no shens?

 

[Vegitto]

There are multiple kinds of Absinth. Blue, green, purple-ish, yellow with a haze, hell, I've even seen red. I don't know if your brother's lying or not, but blue Absinth is certainly nothing extraordinary.

 

[imported_LoKe]

It's not the colour that's making me doubt him, it's just that he said his friend bought it here in London, and that they did shots and also mixed it with Redbull. From what I hear, that stuff is powerfull and someone who weighs 135lbs would get pretty messed up.

 

[Iron Woode]

I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

 

[Vegitto]

Could be he bought it. Not legally, of course, but it's possible. It IS powerful and shi[/i]t, that shi[/i]t gets you messed up. I weigh ~75 kg myself, and duuuude..

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

Absinth is not a drug. It's liquor. Illegal in the USA and England, but semi-legal where I live.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

Absinth is not a drug. It's liquor. Illegal in the USA and England, but semi-legal where I live.

Alcohol is a drug, but that being said, I thought we could talk about alcohol here.

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

Absinth is not a drug. It's liquor. Illegal in the USA and England, but semi-legal where I live.

Alcohol is a drug, but that being said, I thought we could talk about alcohol here.

Well, if alcohol is a drug depends on your point of view. But I don't see why we couldn't discuss Absinth if everyone is talking about beer (homebrewn at that), wine, vodka, whiskey and WEED. Nothing wrong with any of them, of course. Heh .

 

[zimu]

absinthe = quite popular in london. i've had shots of it, its 70% alcohol, strong as hell. but yeah, definitely do-able, i've done it myself.

 

[zimu]

p.s. absinthe = nuclear green, never heard of it being blue. goes great with a shot of vodka and red bull.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: zimu
absinthe = quite popular in london. i've had shots of it, its 70% alcohol, strong as hell. but yeah, definitely do-able, i've done it myself.

London, Ontario.

 

[Linux23]

Why is it illegal?

 

[waggy]

last night on "the thirsty traveler" they had absinthe. but it was a milky white

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

damn, now I want to try this stuff now.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

Absinth is not a drug. It's liquor. Illegal in the USA and England, but semi-legal where I live.

It's legal to posess a limited amount in the US (like a bottle or something?) but not legal to distribute. So I'd say that we fall under the semi-legal category as well.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

acutally some is smooth. they had a showe on last night where the guy was drinking it. he commented on how smooth it was (then agian it could be it was mixed with ice water and suger).

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

This man knows his stuff . You know, smoking weed and drinking absinthe can give really cool effects :laugh:.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I believe discussing said drug is not allowed here.

Absinth is not a drug. It's liquor. Illegal in the USA and England, but semi-legal where I live.

It's legal to posess a limited amount in the US (like a bottle or something?) but not legal to distribute. So I'd say that we fall under the semi-legal category as well.

It hasn't been enforced in years, however - I believe there was a New Orleans Scientist-cum-distiller that makes "legitamate" absinthe?

I've read it a while ago . . . but for the life of me, I can't seem to find the link, as I'ev wanted to try it sometime . . ..

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

This man knows his stuff . You know, smoking weed and drinking absinthe can give really cool effects :laugh:.

It WAS absinthe. The bottle the owner pulled out was sealed, and we both examined the label. It was the same absinthe we had seen for sale in Rome, where we were a week before. He opened the bottle, and served it to us straight. Maybe it was so smooth because it was after 6 shots of vodka .

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Linux23
Why is it illegal?

It's extremely strong, and if you have the right kind, you can hallucinate from it.
When I was in Paris last November, and friend of mine and I hit up a bar. We asked for absinthe, and they said it was illegal, but about an hour later, the owner went to the basement and pulled out a bottle, and gave us a few shots.

Surprisingly, for being 140 proof, it didn't burn at all, and went down VERY smooth. Tastes great, too!

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

When I talk to him next, I'll ask him more details about it. How much he drank, what it tasted like, where exactly they got it, etc.

Thanks.

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Then you got snookered and the stuff you got served was something fake. REAL absinthe does not go down very smooth and it does not taste great. REAL absinthe is served with sugar and water to make it palatable. But the bartenders in europe love dumbass american tourists. They can give them light beer with green food coloring, tell them it's absinthe and then laugh their asses off when the losers marvel at how good it tastes and smooth it goes down. ROFLMAO, you DID NOT drink absinthe.

Absinthe varies in power. The minimum is 100 proof is I remember correctly, that's barely more potent than any other liqour. If a person does a shot of that it's like doing a shot of anything else. There's no problem with a 135lb person doing it. If you can do 3 or 4 shots of vodka you can do 3 or 4 shots of weak absinthe. Some absinthes are very potent, as much as 140 proof. Doing a shot of that is closer to doing 1.5-1.8 shots of something else like vodka or tequila. Not really a problem for a 135 pounder to do 2 shots of even really potent absinthe. Anything more than 2 might be a problem though. The fact that OP's brother did it in shots leads me to believe that it was the weak, semi-fake absinthe sold in Canada. It looks like absinthe and tastes like absinthe, but in reality its the Coors Light version of absinthe. If you did a shot of the real stuff you'd probably be choking for the next hour, you would not go back for a 2nd round.

This is 100% correct. Most of what has been posted in this thread is BS.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Apparently absinth and absinthe is different

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinth

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99
Apparently absinth and absinthe is different

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinth

Well, his comment was in regards to the glowish crap in Eurotrip, so I'll have to assume I just spelt it incorrectly.