Absinthe anyone?

Pumpkin_Princess

So I'm a little buzzed, but no green faeries yet. Has anyone ever tried it?

salt78

Yeah because tripping out is totes my favorite past time. 

pinkpinot

I have! Good times from what I remember. 

MissIntentional

nope

salt78

Pinot - I don't know if anyone has covered this yet, but your sig pic is really effing creepy looking. 

nda_roxybabe

nope

pinkpinot

Hahaha no surprisingly it hasn't.  Now that I'm KUI, it is totally creepy

ricksang

I can't get past the smell.

Pumpkin_Princess

Hahaha! DH said the same thing! He hates black licorice.

Pumpkin_Princess

But I'm a little disappointed. It's better as a shot I think.

pinkpinot

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_absinthe-anyone?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:db649277-71d4-4a3a-903b-935e663ef74fPost:18d42901-7f32-41bb-a30a-4af7d11ddcd3">Re: Absinthe anyone?</a>:
[QUOTE]But I'm a little disappointed. It's better as a shot I think.
Posted by Pumpkin_Princess[/QUOTE]

Years ago my friend brought a small bottle home from Spain and we all did a shot.  It was pretty rough going down, I couldn't do it now

Pumpkin_Princess

I think it's comparable to Wild Turkey. I kinda like it, but I couldn't drink it all night long. I imported it from France as a Christmas gift for DH.

ricksang

One of my friends loves it.

salt78

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_absinthe-anyone?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:db649277-71d4-4a3a-903b-935e663ef74fPost:e7e6f0cf-541a-4c9c-8591-c6d945a33096">Re: Absinthe anyone?</a>:
[QUOTE]Hahaha no surprisingly it hasn't.  Now that I'm KUI, it is totally creepy
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

<div>So am I. Maybe that's why it's creeping me out so much. :)</div>

shellydiane820

I have never had it

sucrets4

Me neither, shelly.

september's bride

I tried it once when I was in Prague, and it was revolting. It looked like Windex, and I'm fairly sure it tasted like it too. It didn't trip me out, but gave me a nasty headache. Gross.

pinkpinot

Are you seeing fairies yet? I didn't see anything, just the typical drunk double vision nonsense (not too far off from tonight actually)

ilovewhoseweddingisitanyway

Always wanted to try it. Almost ordered it online a few years ago w/ my ex, but we never did.

Sorry to steal your absinthe tipsy thunder. ::points up:: That's what I get for not reading first.

stina93446

I have. I thought it tasted bad....I wish they had given me extra sugar cubes. Maybe then I could have stomached it.

ilovewhoseweddingisitanyway

Mmmm, sugar cubes.

Nebb

Im pretty sure youre not supposed to see actual faries, you know that right? Its just called the green fairy because of the supposed hallucinogenic after effects.

Pumpkin_Princess

Yep, know that. But the on;y thing I  feel right now is SoCo....

smokeybailey

The green fairy is actually what you see when the water starts dripping over the sugar cube into the absinthe.  There is an almost iridescent green line that forms over the absinthe and that's the fairy.

Also, it was pretty hallucinogenic because of the people making it in their backyard stills.

be sure that you like black licorice because that's what it tastes like.  The stuff we have is pretty good (again if you like black licorice).  It made my tongue numb...

saschaduran

The absinthe that is now legal and distributed in the US does not contain wormwood which is the hallucinogenic ingredient.  I have had it at a couple restaurants here where they bring the absinthe cart over and do the whole sugar cube thing.  But it is nasty and more of a novelty.

I had one shot in Amsterdam, but only one because I was with my daughter.  I had a nice mellow buzz and it felt really good when I washed my face before bed.  Like I didn't want to stop.

smokeybailey

You can buy absinthe nowadays in the US (not sure about Canada) as along as it contains less than 10 PPM of thujone.  This in essence legalizes most absinthes, including the high end  Pernod Fils.  In high doses, thujone can be very bad for you, but high levels of this can only be found in cheap versions of absinthe or the homemade versions (like I mentioned). 

We have a pretty high end one here at home and all this talk has made me think that I may mix one up. 

Here's a fun site if you are interested:  http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/