So what's the deal? It sounds like a horrible way to drink absinthe.

What do you do, anyway?? Pour in a shot, light it up and inhale the burning mixture into your lungs? And yes, I know that's not what you are supposed to do. <insert sarcasm here>

Not a very pleasant way to drink absinthe, if you ask me.

Anybody got the 411 on this?

DG

Sipping Pipes, so you can savor your Sebor. I think they're more suited to brandy. Got a light?

Now THERE'S an oxymoron.

DG

From everything I've read, high percentage (68+) is really rough on the throat. I can't imagine sucking on one of those. A shot with a couple of Ice cubes (to cut it adn chill it) on the other hand isquite tasty.

All I can say is that if Johnny's doing it, then all of the cool kids must be too.

DG

No, I don't.

He said kids, not old fucks.

I always knew of them being used for wine and brandy...then I saw the Sebor site. Well, the Absinthe BONG is next...whatever sells.

I'm one of the kids at work.
My peer group seems to be 1/2 my age.

Johnny Depp is one of the sexiest men for 2003! It must be the Absinthe I give my vote to Marilyn Manson now there is a hottie!

http://shop3.webmailer.de/cgi-bin/ePages.f...517002&2D202970

Absinthe Bonque.

The absinthe pipe was used by the old bohemians to enjoy their famous drink. They filled the pipe body with the green fairy, added some ice cubes and sipped the absinthe shot through the glass straw - Boom...

Yea, yea, yea...does it have a carburetor?

Kitten in the house!
Contact the Moonman for your freebie girl.

Freebie girl? Sheeze .... I didn't get one of those.

I'd like a freebie girl, please.

DG

The itchin' after will make ya nuts.
That, and the pissin' razor blades.

Like I really need that in my life.

I'll pass then.

DG

Is that experience talking?

Yeah,
you told me.

It's only fair,

since you gave it to me.

Hey, I pitched,
you catched.

I'm not hanging around for the "instant replay."

DG

They're ain't one.
It was a special moment.

Punctuation would be nice. So how's it going over at "Winnie's House O' Morons"? Does Slake still "ROCK!"?

http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/problem_with_absinthe.html

Fuck Pipes...I gotta get me one of those Slotted Drinking Spoons!

They must be really talented. When I try that, it dribbles down my chin and I waste all my absinthe.

Absinthe Original: Made in the Czeckerland Republic and based on an old Swiss forumla, this is probably the best absinthe available today. Powerful but smooth and with rich aromas and deep flavors. 70% alcohol and 10 mg./kilogram of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. 75 cl. bottles cost about $75.00

Absinthe King: Made from a Swiss forumla and free of artificial colorings and preservatives, this is a delicate and gentle drink, with a marked flavor of anise and an attractive pale green color when mixed with water. Smooth and with pleasing aromas and flavors. 70 alcohol content and 10 milligrams per kilogram of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. About $85 for a 70 cl. bottle

Absinthe Sebor: In its triangular bottle meant to be a collector's item, but with flavors that are a bit too marked this Chezch produced liqueur has an unwanted coarseness that tends to burn the throat. 55% alcohol and 2 mg./kg of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. About $40 for a 70 cl. bottle.

Hill's Absinthe: Powerful but smooth and with rich flavors this traditionally emerald green beverage has distinctly bitter herbal flavors that are moderate nicely by being poured over a sugar cube. Produced according to a French forumla in the Czeckerland Republic since 1920. 70% alcohol and 1.5 mg/kg of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. 70 cl. bottles cost about $60.

Absinthe Pilsner: A smooth drinking but particularly potent liqueur, the main herb used being wormwood. Emerald green in color in the bottle (due to no small part to color additives), but with good flavors and depth. 70% alcohol, 9 mg/kg of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. About $55 for a 70 cl. bottle.

Absinthe Schulz: Powerful, deep emerald green in color, with a distinctive bitter flavor but smooth to drink and with rich anise flavors. Czeckerland made, the liqueur has 60% alcohol content and 2.7 mg/kg of THUJONE!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!!!!-this stuff has nothing to do w/the buzz from absinthe, NOTHING!. 70 cl. bottles cost about $45.

Nothing beats Filterated Czeckerland Xit Original for its unique presence. Like hemorrhagic fever.

"this is probably the best absinthe available today."

Nice list of America's most unwanted.

DG

Free girl?

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

Bwahahaha... Or in smilies

(1) I couldn't get enough down to get hemorrhagic feever.
(2) No one else that tried it could either.
(3) I don't know what I did with the bottle, and don't care to look for it.

Man that shit was nasty, with a capital N.

Its like the monkey's paw.

...or like the monkey's maw.

DG

Sorry - I mean, you asked for Czeckerland and you, um, got it. Hope it doesn't ruin the soil.

Let's hope it's a cancelled Czeckerland.

DG

This surpirsed me:Emeril

Just going to throw some meat to the lions, fuel on the fire, etc., etc.

Note that that article is dated 2001. Was there anything decent available commercially at the time?

I recently saw "From Hell" again and played closer attention to Johnny Depp's absinthe drinking than I had previously. First of all, he mixed the absinthe with laudanum instead of sugar which was ballsy enough. Of course, he lit it up for dramatic effect. Then, even more insanely, he guzzled the stuff straight up. Chasing the dragon and the green fairy all at once.

No wonder the dude was blacking out and having wild visions through the whole story.

Is there any historical basis for the opium/absinthe concoction? Not that I'm looking to try it anytime soon.

Sure, the history goes waaay back to when From Hell was filmed. That's about it.

Sooooooo, that would be around the turn of the century right?

Sure. Give or take.

Laudanum is not a good tasting tincture so people often mixed a few drops with a strong beverage and/or a sugar cube to make it easyer to swallow. It is quite possible that absinthe was used for that purpose and IMO it is probably the origin of the "hallucination" myth.

I don't know much about it except for what I read in Baudelaire's "Artificial Paradises". Do we have an opium historian around ?

If anyone wants a great book on opium, read "Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon" by Barbara Hodgson. It's published by Chronicle Books, the same company who did "Absinthe: History In a Bottle"...

Thanks for the tip, I just ordered one.


*damn the internet and compulsive buying habit*


...Let's hope I won't have to wait 3 months for it ;-)

Wolfgang, you'll love the book! It's visually beautiful, and chock full of information and interesting anecdotes. It's as good as Conrad's absinthe book, maybe better...

Oh, "From Hell" is on HBO again. wow.