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- doctorfungi, on 01/09/2008, -3/+104However you drink it, drink this stuff responsibly. If you're looking for hallucinations, eat some psilocybin mushrooms. You'll never hallucinate on modern day absinthe, but you'll sure as hell get drunk as ***** from it.
It's a great drink, absinthe, but far too many kids drink it expecting to trip balls. If you're expecting that, you're in for a MAJOR let down. Drink it for the novelty of preparing it, the taste of it, and the different kind of drunk you get from it (for me, it's a more clear minded drunk).
I know far too many idiots who pledged to drink until they saw things and ended up with alcohol poisoning. - JavertHolmes, on 01/09/2008, -3/+47You drink absinthe in the following manner:
Absinthe is placed in the mouth. The process of drinking together with the stimulation of the gums and palate by the movement of the drink begins some of the reflex activities which take over once the absinthe moves into Stage 2, the pharynx.
Enzymes in the saliva help to form the absinthe into a bolus, which the tongue squeezes into the pharynx by moving up towards the palate.
The larynx lifts up to meet the epiglottis, which lowers, making a seal that prevents material from entering the windpipe. This is important as it stops the liquid from being aspirated into the lungs.
The absinthe is passed into the oesophagus by automatic contractions of the pharynx. It then travels to the stomach by gravity and reflex action. This stage of swallowing is entirely automatic and cannot be controlled. - dtele, on 01/09/2008, -4/+44very carefully
- innocentsinner, on 01/09/2008, -9/+44Do we really need a "How to Drink Absinthe" article every month?
- dvsbastard, on 01/09/2008, -3/+34Drinking it is not the problem... It is trying to remain standing after a few shots that becomes a challenge...
- Lexor, on 01/09/2008, -16/+42Kevin Rose dugg this... must be chompin' at the bit for a drink ;)
- Grimdotdotdot, on 01/09/2008, -0/+24I think 3 is 'star in gay porn'.
- inactive, on 01/09/2008, -7/+27it's just ***** alcohol.
you sensationalist *****. - avoss, on 01/09/2008, -4/+22Those preparation methods are for the absinthe neophyte. Here's how it's really done:
1. With a bronze muddler, muddle fresh wormwood into the palm of your right hand.
2. Smother a PALE green fairy with your right hand while reciting Revelation 8:10,11.
3. Pour Absinthe over a flaming sugar pyramid and into a Swarovski crystal glass while you count to seventy seven.
5. Enjoy.
Optional(although not for the purist): Garnish with fairy wings - maxsunset, on 01/09/2008, -0/+15...or experienced a placebo effect, as was the case of some friends of mine. I just got buzzed.
- Berkana, on 01/09/2008, -3/+17According to Robert Hess, the burning sugar and all that is a recent development from Czech absinth distillers that was not part of the original absinthe method:
http://www.digg.com/food_drink/How_to_serve_Absint ... - dizavin, on 01/09/2008, -2/+16okay, you have ***** kidding me. I drink a fair amount of this stuff and a lot of what I hear of people's ideas of "how" to drink this stuff are wastes of money.
first and foremost: lighting your sugarcube on fire is like pouring ketchup all over a freshly boiled and buttered lobstertail. you are changing it's flavour. for the worse. don't do it. it'll just make your drink taste like burnt sugar. (not to mention burn off all the alcohol, by the way.)
second: while you are pouring in your icewater, look for an effect called "louching" (lou-shhh-ing) it's the oils and thicker properties in the drink separating from the water. this happens when you put ice water in decent, real absinthe. if it doesn't do this? then you got ripped off, my friend. and your probably drinking some crap bohemian Czech strain of the drink.
witch, by the way, is not ABSINTHE, its called Absinth. because the Czech could never figure out how to actually brew the stuff. so they basically made moonshine with anise and wormwood in it, pumped in as much thujone as they could into the drink and dyed it green. - soxpride, on 01/09/2008, -0/+13I think he means Bacardi 151
- lostarchitect, on 01/09/2008, -0/+12so you don't drink schizophrenia? probably a smart move.
- Berkana, on 01/09/2008, -3/+14Originally, absinthe didn't have enough thujone to give you hallucinations; the idea that real absinthe gives you hallucinations was promulgated by French winemakers who feared that absinthe would take business away from them, according to this:
http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/video/55/absinth ... - spammishking, on 01/09/2008, -3/+13Forget "How to Drink Absinthe" I want to know how to get real Absinthe in the states (not that crap liquor stores try to pass of as Absinthe)
- sremick, on 01/09/2008, -1/+11Burning the sugar is a joke. This is not the traditional method. The burning sugar cube gimmick was basically invented by the Czech fake absinth makers to up the "cool" factor and mystique so that people would actually buy their crap.
Czech absinth is not absinthe. It's not distilled like the real deal... it's just grain alcohol with some flavored oils thrown in. Real absinthe has very little thujone and will not make you "trip ballz". Burning the sugar and thinking you're being all cool and authentic is stupid, lame, shows how gullible you are and will ruin the flavor of the drink (although if you've bought the Czech swill then probably it can't get much worse).
If you want to buy the real thing, go here:
http://www.absintheonline.com/
If you want to learn about it from people who actually know wtf they're talking about, go here:
http://www.feeverte.net/ - GeyserShitdick, on 01/09/2008, -4/+121.) Apply black eyeliner
2.) Put on some Bauhaus (Tears for Fears will do in a pinch)
3.) Invite Azalea, Lord Nightshade, and Scyptyr over.
4.) Put some green food coloring in your step-mom's vodka. Serve in plastic champagne glasses left over from New Year's and enjoy. - thetedster180, on 01/09/2008, -1/+8too bad they are off alcohol for the month
- fugazied, on 01/09/2008, -0/+7Alcohol affects short term memory you know..
- b0rna, on 01/09/2008, -8/+15no but we do need more users who don't sit and count article topics 24/7 daily for 365 days/year.
- inactive, on 01/09/2008, -1/+8Lucid brand is great, and US legal
Definitely take the time to prep and drink it as suggested here - carbbomb, on 01/09/2008, -0/+7The wormwood cause the hallucinations thing is a myth.
- charliekwalker, on 01/09/2008, -3/+9I drink Suisse La Blue Clandestine. I don't bother with the ritual, though I own absinthe spoons, etc... To be honest I prefer to have it as a shot.
- carbbomb, on 01/09/2008, -3/+9Very overrated and overpriced.
- lostarchitect, on 01/09/2008, -1/+7that's because the czech stuff is not real absinthe. it's crap meant to fool tourists like you.
- headzoo, on 01/09/2008, -0/+6I ordered a bottle of Jade Nouvelle-Orléans from http://www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Jade.html . It arrived from the UK in about 7 days. The USPS didn't ask any questions (Although I did have to sign for it, and the customs form labeled the package contents as "beverage").
That being said, Lucid and Kubler (Which are being sold here in the states) is on many an absinther's favorites list. I wouldn't call it crap. - strictnein, on 01/09/2008, -0/+6Any other life stories you wish to share with us?
- MarkOfTheDead, on 01/09/2008, -0/+5Link is going to be PISSED when he finds out you drank his fairy.
- redwards, on 01/09/2008, -2/+7I came in here to mock all of you nutjobs who thought absinthe was a hallucinogen. Glad to see you're all on top of it, though. =P
- ElGanyan, on 01/09/2008, -0/+5All too true. I reside in Spain, one of the few countries in which Absinthe was never formally banned, and I can't count the number of times foreign exchange students or tourists claimed they were seeing things after a few shots of "Absenta" at a bar. It's mostly consumed for novelty purposes here (read: tourists). Locals love a good herbal liquor after dinner or what not, but you rarely see Spaniards ordering Absinthe (and I doubt many of the brands here are "real" absinthe anyway).
- elislider, on 01/09/2008, -1/+6anise/licorice. personally i think its gross as f*ck but my roommates like it.
similar picture i took a few weeks ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elislider/2179709319/ - pennvneff, on 01/09/2008, -2/+6I tried Absinthe when I was in Prague, that stuff tastes like *****. I don't know why anyone would want to drink that garbage.
- strictnein, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4Schizophrenia is great, assuming you prepare it properly.
- orangetiki, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5Who?
- altinnovation, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5I never hallucinated from it even after having 600ml of Absinth. The only thing that happened is that I could not control my movement well and my decision making abilities kind of sucked. Actually, I was very clear minded on the inside, just that I was comfortable with doing anything.
As the alcohol got into my bloodstream a bit more (about 15 min after my last cup), I grew extremely weak and tired and laid down on the sidewalk to sleep, but I asked my friend to spill a bucked of water on me because I knew that what I was doing was completely stupid.
I also threw up in a restaurant (outside seating place), and then at the washroom of a mcdonalds.
At the McDonalds I felt extremely tired and I think I slept at the open bowl for about half an hour.
Some of my friends got me lot's of water to drink, and took me to a park bench where I kind of slept sitting up for an hour while they talked.
After the one hour I said I wasn't going to throw up, but I did 8 seconds after I said that.
After I threw up I was completely clear minded and able to walk to the bus station and talk to people normally, except that I was very weak.
At home, I had the worst headache and was severely hungry, even though I could not eat. I also had trouble falling asleep.
So that you don't have to go through with what I did, I reccomend that you control yourself when you're with this type of alcohol. I have never drinked Absinth since. - lostarchitect, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4yeah. blue absinthe and a burning sugar cube. your roommates are buying crap and preparing it badly.
- jonr, on 01/09/2008, -2/+61. Get Absinthe
2. Pour in glass
3. Drrrink! Feck! Girrrls! - tango1110, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4The little green man on my shoulder is telling me that this ***** isn't working.
- ibeetle, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4The same company that makes the wonderful Jade Nouvelle-Orleans now makes a Absinthe lite under the name Lucid (only 10mg thujone). But hey thujone is thujone. So 3 drinks will get you the same thujone as 1. Unfortunately, at $100 a bottle Nouvell-Orleans is a once or twice a year thing for me.
- Jugalator, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5Yes, they must have been faking it or feeling placebo effects, because the thujone in absinthe doesn't cause hallucinations, that's a myth. Something for MythBusters to test? Heh.
- MarkOfTheDead, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4whooooosh
- h4ppydotcom, on 01/09/2008, -1/+5I always thought the idea behind the Bohemian (burning) ritual was to burn off some of the alcohol to allow the herbs to affect you before you passed out drunk. Reading the article, though, there is no mention of this, so perhaps I'm wrong.
- headzoo, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4Since absinthe can run over 60% alcohol, I wouldn't recommend putting fire any where near it.
- russau, on 01/09/2008, -2/+5@Berkana - this article agrees with you: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/sgublog/?p=92
"You would have to drink straight thujone to get this affect. The amount found in Absinthe is not dangerous, in fact you would die from alcohol poisoning before the thujone would start to kick in. " - Solardog, on 01/09/2008, -1/+4There are so many things that are wrong with this...
- orangetiki, on 01/09/2008, -1/+4I hear that. Sorry I am not on digg 24-7, nor realized that I had to be in order to enjoy the site
- triskele, on 01/09/2008, -1/+4No *****. Read the article.
"Use this method appropriately. This method is not traditional, but has become popular. Absinthe with a high alcohol content will ignite more readily, but it is certainly not recommended that high-quality absinthe be set aflame." - DamnMan, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3I prefer Tequila for all my negligibly-trace-amounts-of-hallucinogenic beverage needs.
For anyone that just wants to know what it tastes like without going to some ***** pretentious bar just go buy a bottle of Pernod, Pernod was a brand of Absinthe before the ban and the recipe remained intact sans the wormwood.
For frat boys and college kids that just want something with a little more kick than alcohol to it, drop some buds of Cannabis sativa in a bottle of vodka and leave it in the cabinet for a couple of weeks. - UTPinky, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3Alcohol has always been the active ingredient - even back in the early 1900's.
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