Hello All:
I am currently the newest member of the forums and just wanted to say hello and intoduce myself. I'm still pretty much a newbie to Absinthe, having only tried it for the first time about two years ago. I fell in love pretty quickly though and have tried about 30 different ones since then. A couple of years ago, I went home to New Orleans to visit my folks. I was at my uncle's house ( dad's oldest brother) We were playing dominos and he mentioned that he had some absinthe. Since I had always wanted to try it, I did. Did not really know what I was doing but seemed to remember that one was supposed to mix it with sugar, so I did. Now having learned a bit more, I do think what he has is pre-ban stuff and I plan to appropriate the remains of the bottle on my next visit home.
In parting, I must say I am glad to have found LouchedLounge.com and look forward to participating in the forums.
Smash HLS

So your uncle was generous enough to share some pre-ban absinthe with you and now you plan to "appropriate" it . . .

Wouldn't you?

I wish Oxy was my uncle. Or, even better, he could just adopt me.

Yes, that is the plan. Exactly.

cool

Yup.

Hmmm.
Family members with connections.
New Orleans.
Pre-ban.

Anything sound familiar here?

Crickets?

Wanna buy some LB?

I found it in my great uncle's basement. He doesn't want it, and it's too many bottles for me to personally consume... so I figured I'd share it with y'all.

Well, in that case . . .

Only want it if it's oak aged.

[quote name='DrinkSlinger' date='Jan 11 2007, 01:18 PM' post='172658']
Hmmm.
Family members with connections.
New Orleans.
Pre-ban.

Anything sound familiar here?
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Hmmm, did not say anything about connections, only that I first tried absinthe that my uncle has and I think it was pre-ban. Most of my family comes from New Orleans/Lafayete/. I graduated form college at University of Louisiana in Lafayette, LA though I was born in Tokyo Japan. I never said I knew Ted Breaux or anything like that. If when I get this bottle, I have no intentions of trying to sell it nor sharing with anyone other than my lady.

I'll be your bitch...

I'd offer you some PF1914, but you're already taken, and fencing off green eyed creatures isn't my idea of fun.

Six, I really think you should send it my way.

Why is it that newbies rarely come in here with a sense of humor?
Jebus...

Because that part of the brain has already been dedicated to the sense of self-importance?

...™

Oh yeah, that program is way to big for my head space.

Come here my pretties, I'll show you a story,
it may seem just a thing, but it will turn out gory,
that's the hitch,
you little bitch, come here, you have an opening that needs fucking,
really.

Have at it, if you're up to it.

What he said.

And yo.

If you're tough skinned, welcome!

[quote name='mthuilli' date='Jan 12 2007, 12:58 AM' post='172704']
If you're tough skinned, welcome!
Well, lets see. I once bought a La Bleue from the Desert Dwarf Hobbitroll. $225, but I paid her $230 to get an extra label. I was really disappointed with the label. Basically an image that was probably a copyright infringement printed on a blank sticker and sold to me for $5. Alandia Mike always hooks me up w/ extra labels, postcards, matches, posters, and has even done some minis. the Desert Dwarf Hobbitroll's La Bleue (Farmer 10, she says) is fantastic, and while quite costly, I know of no other way to get one and I would probably buy another from her, but would certainly skip the extra label.

[quote name='HLS_Sucks' date='Jan 12 2007, 07:59 AM' post='172710']
[quote name='mthuilli' date='Jan 12 2007, 12:58 AM' post='172704']
If you're tough skinned, welcome!
Well, lets see. I once bought a La Bleue from the Desert Dwarf Hobbitroll. $225, but I paid her $230 to get an extra label. I was really disappointed with the label. Basically an image that was probably a copyright infringement printed on a blank sticker and sold to me for $5. Alandia Mike always hooks me up w/ extra labels, postcards, matches, posters, and has even done some minis. the Desert Dwarf Hobbitroll's La Bleue (Farmer 10, she says) is fantastic, and while quite costly, I know of no other way to get one and I would probably buy another from her, but would certainly skip the extra label.
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Hehe, so 8etty = Desert Dwarf Hobbitroll
Have to see what the Princess of Paranoia does.
And Wittels?
Very clever.

There's plenty of damn good blanches available from places other than that thief. There's no reason to buy from her again.

And get your quoting fixed!

Unlike abusing your uncle's generosity, ripping of Butty would get you points.



What is this "HLS"?

Ok, tell me of some that are as good or better than this "farmer 10" and I'll get some right away.
Thanks!

HLS is Huntingdon Life Sciences, a vile, disgusting, murdering laboratory.

http://www.huntingdonsucks.com/
http://www.closehls.net/
http://www.shac7.com/

I had no idea you had taken up fencing.

We'll be seeing some of you over in the political xithole, I'll wager.

Buying from Betty doesn't make you tough skinned, but it does make you naive; as many of us were.

The best part about this place is that we refuse to shill for anyone, vehemently attack purveyors of shitty asbinthe and expose rip off artists... that and the porn.

Since you already buy from Alandia, check the Swiss absinthes by origin page. I recommend the La Valote Willy Bovet.

Just gimme and quit
post quoting.

I'm hangin' around because
Dinky is here.

And he's only here because his GF is out of town.

Farmer10 is actually the code name for a secret project to make Americans trip balz™. The substance in Farmer10 has undergone successful animal testing and is now being tested on human subjects.

Them's fightin' words! La Valote Martin!

That wasn't what I meant to imply. I simply was aware of how much shit I would get for admitting that I had bought from her...Once. And, I still maintain that I know of no other source for real La Bleues.

I have a few and a Willy already on the way.

http://home.comcast.net/~smash_hls/DCP01056.JPG

How do you define "real La Bleues"? The La Valotes are real, as is the Clandestine. Are you looking for stuff that's still made illegally in a barn?

Newbies say the darndest things.

I am, dependin' on the owner of said barn.

I see the Elixier is still full.

Can someone downsize that photo , please?

Done.

I am thanking you very much!

Gads, remember the days when Butty and a few other shady *cough* (wolfie) sources were the only way to "la bleue".

Newbies take note. The stuff you can buy from Markus, Alandia, LDF and many other legitimate EU businesses is the same exact shit we used to hold in such high esteem 7 years ago.

Now you have choices, and many of them are far superior to the spanish oil mixes the masses of us "old folk" used to depend on for our balztrippin™ fix.

ps. anyone want a full liter of Huguet? I've still got it... maybe I should send it back to Kallisti and Head.

Sell it as vintage on ebay.