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Afro Droid · 27-08-2005, 14:02

The absinthe I had last night was a cheeky fucker. I didn't feel that pissed when I left the bar, but I can't remember getting home, going to bed or anthing I might have said or did in those missing hours. It was quite good shit!

Afro Droid · 27-08-2005, 14:17

I had some fucked up dreams too!

Flash@TMB · 27-08-2005, 16:04

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Originally Posted by Jonny Lucifer

I can't remember getting home, going to bed or anthing I might have said or did in those missing hours

...like not paying your bar tab LOL.

Jimmy Lucifer · 27-08-2005, 16:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonny Lucifer

The absinthe I had last night was a cheeky fucker. I didn't feel that pissed when I left the bar, but I can't remember getting home, going to bed or anthing I might have said or did in those missing hours. It was quite good shit!

It was quite subtle. I didn't notice it's effect taking hold of me at all but I was in a happy place by the time I started work at Moshulu.

Flash@TMB · 28-08-2005, 14:19

Well I took the plunger for real yesterday afternoon and as a result returned home carless

So here's the scoop...

Of the 3 absinthes the Nouvelle-Orleans 68 is the best candidate for the novice or session drinker. We found that diluting it with 1 part iced water poured over sugar produced a very smooth palletable drink with well balanced flavours. The effects hit in 10-20 minutes depending on how much you've eaten, and are much more pronounced that we anticipated. Your body temp goes up a notch (very pleasant), and you feel happy and calm. People tell me that the feeling is not dissimlar to things they may have smoked once in the past. Everyone went into a quiet and mellow zone. Someone said "I wouldn't mind feeling like this forever". Groovey. So not surprisingly there was an urge to drink a second shot... which resulted in a heavy stoning and a feeling of disconnection from reality, and an inability to do my job.

The Verte Suisse 65, although slightly weaker in alcohol is actually a much more potent absinthe. It's not as drinkable as the Nouvelle Orleans 68 but easier than the Edouard 72. The flavourings are much more intense, the taste slightly more bitter, and you feel compelled to drink it more slowly. The effects are significantly more pronounced.

The Edouard 72 is pure unadulterated nutter juice that exceeds the capabilities of most people.

I should add that even the Nouvelle-Orleans 68 will provide more than ample absinthe effects for most people. It's like comparing a 50megaton thermonuclear warhead to a 200megaton one. Both with produce a very big crater. By comparison Rocket Fuel (Wray & Nephew 62.5%abv) feels more like a more conventional 10kiloton device.

Put it this way... Mark the Bouncer will often down seven straight Rocket Fuels in the space of 30 minutes after his shift has ended. Yet he struggled to handle one Verte Suisse 65. Big Pete who is renouned for his drinking prowess managed only four Edouard 72s. So the absinthe would appear to be somewhat self regulating.

I'd recommend starting with the Nouvelle-Orleans 68, then working up to the Verte Suisse 65, and only after some practice attempting the Edouard 72.

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Here's some more information:

The alcohol content of Absinthe is largely irrelevant. Asking the %abv is like asking the PH of the water in a cup of expresso. The alcohol is only there to extract the other psychoactive ingredients which are mainly alcohol solvent.

Neither is the infamous thujone content of any relevance: "The convulsive ED50 of thujone in rats is 35.5 mg/kg/day po, and the Ôno effectÕ level is 12.5 mg/kg/day po (Margaria, R. (1963) Acute and sub-acute toxicity study on thujone. Unpublished report of Istito di Fisiologia, Universitˆ di Milano)."

This means that in order to feel any effect from thujone an adult would have to consume approx 1g of the stuff... and the point at which borders on lethal is 3g! Now if you extrapolated that to alcohol - say vodka for instance, then it would mean that you had to drink 10 shots before you felt the slightest buzz but would still die of alcohol poisoning after a bottles worth. Not something that has any recreational value whatsoever. The thujone is only in there as a byproduct of the herbs they use. It's concentrations are so small that you'd die of alcohol posioning long before you reached even 1/10th of it's threshold dose!

Proper absinthe is produced from a number of psychoative herbs in intense concentrations. It was like a 19th century ultra version of vodka-red bull.

See here for more information: http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/ABSfaq.html

Tav · 28-08-2005, 18:51

That stuff sounds the shit!

Jimmy Lucifer · 28-08-2005, 19:06

Flash, I odn't suppose you can remember which of the three Absinthe's Mel bought for myself and Chris on Firday can you? It was a pleasureable drinking experience I'd like to repeat. Escpecially when I get my student ID. Hot dang!

Neil · 28-08-2005, 19:11

Hmm...this sounds very tempting. I'm partial to a bit of Absinthe now and again as some would testify but I don't have the time (nor indeed money) to locate and purchase the "good" stuff. I may make a visit next week once I'm off on-call...