Drink real absinthe

I guess I’m glad I did it, only so I can say I know what the green fairy is all about. I’d do it again.

A friend told me you can ship it into the US with little problem. “They have better things to do than put you in jail for importing the product,” is what he said. Its tempting and I may have to binge for some once I get some money.

If you’re gonna do it, do it properly. Get yourself to either Belgium or Holland and get some of the 70%bv stuff. Really knocks you on your arse

Spent four days on a stag do in Prauge, 15 lads.

We managed to drink 4 places out of Absinthe !!!

Can’t remember too much but it was worth it.

I drank some absinthe moonshine at a hippie festival called shwagstock.It definitely wasn’t the tastiest stuff(kinda tasted like jeigermeister and and treebark with an aftertaste of unscented pledge furniture cleaner),but damn did i feel good afterwords.The ridiculously high alcohol level gets you after just three shots.Of course the taste is too awful for most people to take shots of it.I didnt really have hallucinations that bad,more like a hightening of senses(brighter colors, vivid daydreams,intense sounds from the various jam-bands playing at the time)that were pretty enjoyable.I would still like to try production absinthe from europe to see if the flavor is any better.

If you live in the United States….

Absinthe (unlike, for example, Marijuana) is not a controlled substance. Possession is legal. However, it is illegal to manufacture, sell, or import it. Absinthe brought in from another country can, strictly speaking, be confiscated by U.S. Customs. That being said, it’s easy to order absinthe online, and I have yet to hear of an order being confiscated. Use a reputable exporter, and you’re unlikely to run into trouble.

The 95-year ban on absinthe has been lifted in most countries in the European Union. It’s widely available there and in other countries, including Japan, Brazil, and parts of Canada. The drink’s new-found popularity has sparked a resurgence of interest in nineteenth-century recipes and methods of distillation; as a result, the quality of commercial absinthes is improving.

Don’t get ripped off! Barely-palatable absinthes abound! A list of good commercial absinthes would include those made by:

Jade Distillery (Eduoard, Nouvelle Orléans, Suisse Verte)

Eichelberger Distillery (Eichelberger Verte 68%)

Artemisia-Bugnon Distillery (Suisse La Bleue Clandestine 53%)

Paul Devoille Distillery (Blanche de Fougerolles)

Kübler-Wyss Distillery (Kübler 53%)

New absinthes are hitting the market all the time.

Check out (if you haven’t already) the exhaustive forums at la Fee Verte ( http://www.feeverte.net/ ). Fee Verte has product ratings, links, and answers to any question you might have…..and a thousand others you haven’t thought of!

If the history of Absinthe weren’t fascinating enough, it’s a wonderful drink.