Food, Drink & Dining Out Absinthe

[J_Moore]

No you haven't.

He did post this link further down. They list wormwood in their ingredients.

I was under the impression that it was no longer used, though.

 

[Tiff]

Yeah, but as has been stated at least ten times.

It's inclusion does nothing. It's not hallucinogenic. It is toxic, but not in the amounts you get in a bottle, or two.

It's strong, it's tasty, and it has a shit load of urban myth and mystique attached to it. That's all.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I bought a red bottle of this a few years ago.

As someone already said it tastes like burning liquorice. And I don't like liquorice... Whenever I had a shot I'd do it outside or in the bathroom 'cause I'd need to cough and spit and drink water because of the pain

It was quite useful if you wanted/needed to bypass 'pre-drinks' before going out.

But it tasted and burned so bad I've never bought another bottle

I remember really drunk one night throwing the empty bottle high into a neighbouring street's air and it smashing majestically on the ground.

AND THE BEST PART WAS WHEN I TOTALLY TRIPPED BALLZ!!!

 

[J_Moore]

Yeah, but as has been stated at least ten times.

It's inclusion does nothing. It's not hallucinogenic. It is toxic, but not in the amounts you get in a bottle, or two.

It's strong, it's tasty, and it has a shit load of urban myth and mystique attached to it. That's all.

Don't worry, Tiff. I wasn't trying to claim it has hallucinogenic properties.

I was just commenting that krisholio had provided a source for his claim that he had tried absinthe with wormwood in it.

Keep mythbusting, though.

 

[Tiff]

**** you hahaha.

Don't shoot it next time. There are ways to enjoy its flayva yo.

 

[woopedazz]

Gargling it for example.

 

[Tiff]

You know what I cannot drink. Tequila.

Used to be my favourite. Now, even just the smell makes me vomit.

If I have a shot, it literally comes up faster than it went down.

My body just rejects it.

 

[Simple Jack]

You know what I cannot drink. Tequila.

Used to be my favourite. Now, even just the smell makes me vomit.

If I have a shot, it literally comes up faster than it went down.

My body just rejects it.

That happened to me with Vodka. I used to be able to drink it like water but now I just can't handle it at all.

 

[Tiff]

That happened to me with Vodka. I used to be able to drink it like water but now I just can't handle it at all.

Thank god it's never happened to me with Vodka, I couldn't take losing that.

 

[neroblack]

You know what I cannot drink. Tequila.

Used to be my favourite. Now, even just the smell makes me vomit.

If I have a shot, it literally comes up faster than it went down.

My body just rejects it.

Tequila is amazing, shotted or sipped. That post may make me have a glass right now.

Funny thing is, vodka always ends badly...probably because I never touch it until after 15 beers. Ah well.

 

[Tiff]

Tequila is amazing, shotted or sipped. That post may make me have a glass right now.

Funny thing is, vodka always ends badly...probably because I never touch it until after 15 beers. Ah well.

Yeah it's a real shame I can't endure it any longer.

Even mixed up in a quality cocktail, makes me dry reach.

 

[neroblack]

Yeah it's a real shame I can't endure it any longer.

Even mixed up in a quality cocktail, makes me dry reach.

Is no problem. I'll drink 2 instead.

 

[J_Moore]

Vodka is meant to be flavourless, right? I've had some expensive vodkas, and they might be a bit smoother going down, but the flavour is essentially neutral for all that I've had, with various degrees of alcohol burn.

Am I doing it wrong?

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

Gargling it for example.

Swap it for two cases of beer.

 

[Tiff]

Vodka is meant to be flavourless, right? I've had some expensive vodkas, and they might be a bit smoother going down, but the flavour is essentially neutral for all that I've had, with various degrees of alcohol burn.

Am I doing it wrong?

Yeah, I'm not expert but the best stuff is supposed to be flavourless. Relatively anyway.

Always will have a slight burn. It's an acquired thing though.

 

[Jimmy1992]

That happened to me with Vodka. I used to be able to drink it like water but now I just can't handle it at all.

Exactly the same. I work on Friday nights, so whenever I went out on a Friday night, I would have to get to a mates place and down pre-drinks in a half hour-45 minutes.
I would get plastered, and down 6 shots in this time. Then whenever we got to where we were going I would drink more vodka. Now, just the smell of it makes me feel a little queazy. Then, I get drunk and continue smashing shots of it when I go out.

 

[The Dice Man]

Where is this?

Antibes... Its called The Absinthe Bar, suprisingly. Not sure if in France they have the wormwood or not. I have a feeling they do as they can sell all kinds of shit by just saying its traditionally part of their culture.

There is a cheese they have, they leave it outside for a few days to collect maggots, then they put it in a bag and shake the shit out of it and listen. Theyre listening for the lack of sound from teh maggots being dead. This used to be banned, but was allowed again because it is part of their 'Tradition and culture'

And no, I havent tried it but I do know someone who loves it.

Bob appetite

 

[J_Moore]

Antibes... Its called The Absinthe Bar, suprisingly. Not sure if in France they have the wormwood or not. I have a feeling they do as they can sell all kinds of shit by just saying its traditionally part of their culture.

There is a cheese they have, they leave it outside for a few days to collect maggots, then they put it in a bag and shake the shit out of it and listen. Theyre listening for the lack of sound from teh maggots being dead. This used to be banned, but was allowed again because it is part of their 'Tradition and culture'

And no, I havent tried it but I do know someone who loves it.

Bob appetite

Good lord. And to think of all the blood our forebears spilt on the fields of the Somme.

 

[Tiff]

Bob appettite indeed.

 

[HeavyPop]

I did a few shots while in QLD over New Years. All I can remember about that night is buying a chocolate croissant from Pie Face.

I also ended up going to Wet n' Wild the next day.

 

[Glenno23]

I was once at a work getaway down south and i bet $20 to my future wife (just work colleagues back then) that she couldn't skull a quarter of a bottle of the stuff

She did it, and she was one very sick girl the next day. She was literally green and had to get one of her managers to drive her car back the next day

She hasn't touched it since

 

[Tiff]

I skulled about a third of a bottle of jaeger once. This after countless beers, shooters and god knows what else over the course of too long. I was fine and dropped some acid. Pulled uplike a dream on the Monday at work.

If I have three beers these days I feel like someone drive a truck through my brain.

Youths.

 

[Upgrayedd]

I skulled about a third of a bottle of jaeger once. This after countless beers, shooters and god knows what else over the course of too long. I was fine and dropped some acid. Pulled uplike a dream on the Monday at work.
.

I did that once, except on a monday, tuesday at work was intresting

 

[krisholio14]

No you haven't.

You're quite the w***er aren't you?

I've refrained from biting on your drivel on the wine thread, but in this instance, i'm not letting it go.

I'll take you down the bottleo any day of the week, and you can finally have an absinthe with real wormwood in it. They are not hard to find.

 

[krisholio14]

Gin is where it's at anyway people. Get with the program