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    Cool Absinthe- The perfect drink for Straight Razor users

    I mean seriously this is our perfect drink, (regardless of the spelling of it) it has a history,that is filled with myth, and conjecture...
    It has all types of methods of use, and tons of cool hardware to buy and collect..
    It has many different types of consumers, from the the retro aficionados to the new folks that just think it a cool old fad..

    So anyone else here have a love affair with the "Green Fairy" ???

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    What brands do you like, and how do you prepare them???
    Have you read about the history of this much maligned and mis-understood spirit???
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    I've only tried Absente (which I like)

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    Isn't Absinthe crazy juice? You are messing with fire there Glen! Fire, I tells ya!



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    I tried it "the classic" way mixed with water and sugar some years back when it returned to the marked, didn't care much for it then, maybe I should try again now that I've lived a few more years.
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    It's definitely an acquired taste, that's for sure. Mix Jägermeister, anisette, and licorice, then add some radiator seal for body.

    Seriously, I've drank it in several absinthe bars and it's as much about the presentation as it is about the taste. YMMV.

    The Irish playwright, novelist, and poet Oscar Wilde, a great champion of the "green fairy" said "The first stage is like ordinary drinking, the second when you begin to see monstrous and cruel things, but if you can persevere you will enter in upon the third stage where you see things that you want to see."

    Of course he could have been talking about the upcoming primaries.
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    I tried absinthe a few times over in Europe, and loved it. I'm not very familiar with the commercial brands that are available in the States, so I would also be intereted to hear some recommendations-- from what I hear, there's nothing worse than getting your hands on a bad absinthe.
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    The only problem with Absinthe here in the States is that it isn't true Absinthe due to the illegality of using wormwood which is a main ingrediant(and the semi-hallucinigen) in European Absinthe. The taste however is very much the same and tastes great poured over a sugar cube into a glass of ice.

    Just did some quick fact checking and saw that it is now legal to sell Absinthe made with wormwood now in the States. Before it was only Absinthe flavored and colored drinks.
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    Yes as of 2006 IIRC, real Absinthe is legal here too, in fact the PPM & mg/l allowed in EU and the US for Thujone is the same, in the facts I have found only Germany allows more, but not in Absinthe only in Bitters...
    But much like our hobby here there is so much mis-information and old information out there it is hard to track the truth

    I like the Lucid, but it seems the the Domaines de Provence 55 has a bit more zap to it even though it is a lower proof...
    One I would like to to really try is the American made "Ridge Verte and Blanche" believe it or not the Distillery is a stones throw away from us here, it is rated very high...
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    Normally I am rather meticulous with my research and fact checking, but that seems to fall by the wayside after a few 151 proof vodka and tonics.
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    I love absinth, makes a great sipping drink. I wish it wasn't so expensive in Utah though. I can't find anything for under $50 a bottle.

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