There is sooooo many new La Bleues out there, are any of them wortwhile???

I'd tell you to PTFA and do a search, but you've got porn to post.
Snap to it.
The boys get cranky when you're gone too long.

For my money, the brut d'alambic is my favorite of the newer la bleues. It's strong but it's juicy-fruity.
I think the La Valotes are decent but not grate.
The Clandestine is still one of my staples.
The Blanchette's okay, but I'm getting a magic marker flavor off the latest bottle.
I haven't tried the Ike, but I hear it's okay.

I know I'm missing some, but I can't think of them offhand.

I don't think any of them are burnt™ enough for Jack's tastes.

They could actually do with more wormwood put in them.

xactly ! more wormwood ! the Swiss are wimps !
That's why my fav is the German blanche, the Ike.

Danke meine Freundes! It is a great time to be an absinthe drinker! When I started out "Deva" was the good shit

They are all crap. 3 years later, still crap - so you'll prolly like 'em. I hear Logan Blanche is the xit, though.

the bomb xit.

I'm waiting for Boubs™ Blanche.

The world's first blanche with artificial coloring.

HA!

That's mighty white of 'em.

Double HA!

PTFA. It's not a La Bleue; it's a historical Suisse according to a Duplais recipe. FWIW, I really don't like the first batch (of which I still got an unopened bottle - uhm, pot), but the second one is much better (at least the 60% alcohol sample that PeeVee brought at the Heure Verte anniversary was).


Let it age. My Blanchette has lost some of its very fragrant wormwood character in aging, but it's become more balanced and some wierd flavours have disappeared.

My pick for a real Bleue would be the Duvallon - if you can get your greedy paws on it. For something more feminine, the La Valote recette Martin is my favourite, but it's light on the wormwood (as most Bleues are). I still prefer it over the Clandestine.

If it's clear, I call it a La Bleue.
If it's green, I call it a Verte.
If it's black, I call it crap.
I'm all for ease of classification.

Blanche. La Bleue is reserved for modern Swiss clear HG and their commercial siblings.

Send it to me, I liked it.



I'll send you a bottle as a trade for the stuff in the crock.

I'd take you up on the offer, but sending things that large from a private address in Belgium would probably cost either of us more than getting a bottle of the new (and better) stuff from LdF.

Yeah, but LDF is out of the brut d'alambic.
And I'm guessing Cros is, too.

And I hate the word blanche.
It brings back horrible memories from my early Southern church-going, toddler-hood.

Realistically, the Duplais "Swiss Blanche" recipe is terrible - unless you are using crap herbs. It needs to be tweaked like a mother fucker on Mother's day...

Spoken like a true mother fucking tweaker.

I've still got a sealed crock o'brut I'm saving.

The word blanche wouldn't bother you if you weren't hearing Betty's voice saying Blanche.

You know me so well...

Who doesn't?...

You.

Oh

Snap.

Not for long, given I tasted the Mk.II batch in June.

Wogger,
Nice try.

I was drunk.
It's a miracle I could type that many letters.

You've apparently been
performing many miracles
lately.

I can turn beer into naked Englishmen.

Alcohol+Man=Naked Man
is no fuckin' miracle what
so ever.

That was funny.

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