Its not bad. Ive had it overseas. The stuff I could find here several years ago local wasnt the same stuff not even close.Any absinthe consumers here? It's become one of my favorite sipping drinks over the last several years.
Its not bad. Ive had it overseas. The stuff I could find here several years ago local wasnt the same stuff not even close.
On my bourbon quests ive noticed some newer and higher end stuff popping up so maybe the real stuff is starting to make its was to the US market.
The 2 recent occasions I've asked a store manager their opinion or recomendations on a brand they've been clueless and I have forgot to come home and research them. I don't mind paying decent money for good product but when i overpay for bad product it saddens me. There's a lot of fluff and fake stories in the liquor industry. Many people just pay for a story. I want good authentic product.
What brand do you like?
Nope
Witnessed a dude have a out of body experience while drinking it, he was not “sipping”!
Is the stuff you get in the U.S. the same as in Europe?
btw
It took five us to hold him down from jumping out a 3rd floor window he thought everyone was a demon.
That wasn't absinthe Unless he's one of the rare individuals who have a cytochrome p450 enzyme disorder and can't process thujone. I've witnessed this first-hand but even then the guy didn't act as you describe.
And yes the absinthe available here in the US is basically the same. Levels of thujone are different (US limits to 10 ppm and Europe is 30 ppm, I believe) but most traditional absinthes from 100 years ago had less than 10 ppm anyway.
"Some people" used to make "absinthe" with copper sulfates to produce the greenish color. I'm not sure what the effects of copper sulfate poisoning on the body are but perhaps that could also have caused the reactions in the dude.
So where do you get it? It is my understanding that the sale of absinthe is not allowed in liquor stores and bars across the U.S.?
Theres been an Absinthe bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans for 200 years, Jean Laffitte’s Ols Absinthe House?So where do you get it? It is my understanding that the sale of absinthe is not allowed in liquor stores and bars across the U.S.?
Theres been an Absinthe bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans for 200 years, Jean Laffitte’s Ols Absinthe House?
Brad’s travel tip#78
Don’t get absinthe from a basement bar in the red light district of Budapest!
Stuff was really green they used funky spoon and strained something into it.
I didn’t drink any of it I stick to bottled beer in a sketchy place.
I'm about finished with my first bottle. I don't drink it straight, but drink a lot of cocktails that contain a 1/2 tsp of it.
Any absinthe consumers here? It's become one of my favorite sipping drinks over the last several years.
Can you even buy the real stuff stateside. I have an affinity for it, but I like jaeger, and it's similar in taste.
Brad’s travel tip#78
Don’t get absinthe from a basement bar in the red light district of Budapest!
Stuff was really green they used funky spoon and strained something into it.
I didn’t drink any of it I stick to bottled beer in a sketchy place.
Occasionally, I'll make a fancy cocktail with it (sazerac or death in the afternoon), but usually just 3 parts ice cold water dripped into 1 part absinthe.
Occasionally, I'll make a fancy cocktail with it (sazerac or death in the afternoon), but usually just 3 parts ice cold water dripped into 1 part absinthe.