Green farking Death Flavored Drinks!

[TheMightyFavog]

What's your Favorite?

[Chicago Democrat]

1. Absinthe, Absinthe, Absinthe!!!

La Fee' Verte!

The Green Fairy! Take me away....

J'adore l'absinthe!

The best in the world, made in Paris...

http://www.eabsinthe.com

La Fee'

Only 29.95 GBP 20GBP shipping! (ouch thats almost $100!) Im trying to limit to one bottle per month. Ouch, the dollars fall is most taxing! Remember when the British Pound was only $1.05? (1985) What a tragedy our monetary policy is for France.

Yes, well Oscar Wilde was always begging and borrowing money; his writings occured only because he had to fend off creditors!

Did it make Vincent Van Gogh nuts? will you cut off your own ear???

Try it! You will like it! Legal to import 2 bottles. Not sold anywhere in US.

Liberte' et Absinthe!

[Superfly]

3. What does absinthe taste like?

And why the restrictions on its sale in the US?

[StClone]

4. Taste I have no idea

But historically it contained many herbs one of them being Artemesia (Sp?) also known as wormwood is accumulative toxin.

[StClone]

7. This site has details: Chernobyl is Russian for Absinthe!

Here:

http://www.absinthe-green.com/about_absinthe.html

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Served/mixed properly (Absinthe is unsweetened),

it tastes quite a bit like Pastis.

[Chicago Democrat]

8. Absinthe basics

Absinthe is an ancient liqueur, based on Absinthium or Wormwood a bitter flavouring and intoxicant. It is bitter in taste and you can taste it under the anise/licorice flavour that is added to make it absinthe. Also other herbs. Wormwood has Thujone in it, a drug-like substance that affects the nervous system. It is like an anestetic kindof for the brain. Similar to pot, but more cerebral. Dangerous if taken too much. Never drink more than 3 absinthes in an evening or you will be sorry tommorrow.

Absinthe was the drink of famous artists in the 19th century was its heyday. Oscar Wilde, Paul Verlaine, Van Gogh, Toulouse LaTrec, Geo Bernard Shaw basically it was the drink of the 1890's- wwi. Watch Moulin Rougue. Absinthe is served in an elaborate ritual. A shot of absinthe (140 proof) in a tall glass, a special spoon that is pierced on top, put a sugar cube in spoon, balance on glass, pour water on top, melting sugar, 7-1 Water to Absinthe. The cocktail louches (turns cloudy, opalenscent becuase of the high alcohol) with water. I have a short essay by Aleistar Crowley about La Fee Verte, it is sublime, and rather addictive.

It was banned in the US in 1910, in the furor leading up to Prohibition (1918). It was banned in France in 1915. Basically discerning alcoholics got in trouble with absinthe (140 proof) because it tastes great and will fuck you up! But the drug part is incidental to the main thing, simple ethanol. Be careful. But please try! Remember beer has hops, a relative of Marijuana. Gin has juniper berries, thats a drug too. Jaegarmeister has codeine in it. Drugs in alcohol has a long tradition and should embraced as our cultural patrimony and wisdom from the ages!

I have 4 absinthe spoons now. One is a replica of the one used by Toulouse LaTrec!

[Chicago Democrat]

9. You can import 2 bottles legally

It is not a "controlled substance". Its only illegal to re-sell in the USA.

Buy direct from England no problem. 2 bottle limite per transaction.

http://www.eabsinthe.com

[dae]

2. I effing hate the taste of Nyquil! eom

:puke:

[KCDem]

5. Purple Death

An unusual "Rough-as-Guts" aperitif that has the distinctive bouquet of horse-shit and old tram tickets. it is best drunk with teeth clenched to avoid foreign bodies. Connoisseurs often drink this strange brew in conjunction with other beverages which complement, or mask, the delicate flavour of Purple Death.

Marketed under the Saviour Brand (9 out of 10 people who drink it for the first time exclaim 'Je-e-esus Chri-ist').

[TheMightyFavog]

10. Is that the party drink where you mix

All different kinds of booze (usually what you could swipe from your parent's liquor cabinet), and mix it with grape Kool-Aid?

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. You mean a Purple Jesus party?

[Spirochete]

12. We called that

jungle juice. mix it up in a 30 gallon can, throw in fresh fruit, and let 'er rip. people would get seriously drunk.

[KCDem]

17. no, actually it's a brand of "wine" (and I use that term loosely)

do a google for it. It's pretty heinous stuff.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

13. You forgot Chartreuse

...made by monks in Provence. Easily one of the strongest drinks Ive had. Probably should be taken in tablespoons as a medicine.

[Richardo]

14. I'm a Slurm man meself...

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. Midori anyone?

I detest anything with the taste of melon, including melon.

This stuff is unnaturally green. Vomitously, nastily GREEN. Incredibly, unusually bright GREEN.

[TheMightyFavog]

16. I forgot about that stuff...

Gave me a bad fucking hangover...

And don't get me started on Green Stripe Liquer from Belize. My head hurts just thinking about that shit.