Wired

"...Lucid gave me a headache within a few minutes."

So, I'm not the only one.

Ted is rolling
over on his
weight bench.

Perhaps a wee more water.

Grate louche on whatever the fuck was in that glass.

Hopefully he won't have to hold his breath too much longer (and no, a seattle absinthe phoned into Switzerland and shipped back to here isn't what he's talking about.)

And you know
this how?

He's been rubbing his magic ballz again.

Soft tweezers?

Fingertips.

Whose?

His wife is bigger
'n him.

So's Asta.

She said, "It's kinda like reading brail".

Only gross.

you mean prickly-er?

Less prick-ly.
More grosser.

Like when you're walking barefoot through the grass and you step in a pile of warm dogshit...
It squishes up between your toes and squirts out the top like playdough pressed through a mold.

Haven't tasted
that, so I can't
comment.

Toe sucker.

So you're saying you've tasted Porky's ballz?

On the menu
@ the local
Chinese joint.

Hot'n spicy mini-ballz #23?

W/krab.

10 -15 minute.

I don't know. Notice how I started the sentence off with "Hopefully"?

I'm just guessing it's only a matter of time before we see a premium American absinthe that could compete with Jade. But it's just a guess.

Wish.
Just say wish.

And HighRam is
xowing how it's
prolly gonna go.

Hopefully not. There's already enough Absinthes from over there.

There's already one US-made distilled absinthe that we might see soon, though at this point it's anybody's guess as to whether it will be good.

Spill, tease.

I don't want to create too much hype for the maker since none of us know if the product has been approved or what it's like, but they did mention it in a video that is publicly available on the webternet so they clearly don't mind people knowing about it...

I don't want to break any rules by posting it here though.

We got roolz?

Only so they can be broken.

If'n it is already on the web, there is no reason you can't post the link here.

Okey dokey.

http://www.thedailygeek.tv/2007/07/webisode4-part-.html

Now you've done it.

Should I undone it?

No. If it is on the internet, anyone can find it.

Shaddup!

Like you said,
it's already
out there.

Now they've done it.

I was kidding btw.

I'm only kidding when I'm serious.

Being the size
of a kid doesn't
help your veracity.

Maybe not, but it helps when sneaking into women's dressing rooms.

That was an interesting video.
So there is a legal made American
absinthe out there already?
Why is it not being marketed,
shipped and sold already then?
How can one legal make something
but not legally sell something here?
(I'm too tired to think of stuff that
fits that bill right now.)

There are several American distilling companies that have already prepared an absinthe, have/and/or are awaiting TTB formula and/or labeling approval.

As gassy said.

Even after getting all the right permits, equipment and location setup, one still has to make the product, send it off for testing, and make sure the labeling meets national/local guidelines.

Plus it takes a while to tweak it and produce enough aged stock to go to market.

Absinthe can't be aged, just ask Markus.

My guess is that these particular established American distilleries have almost no proper notion of what a quality absinthe should be, let alone following any protocols for proper manufacture and aging. FWIW, all of them are using crap absinthium suppliers (i.e.,SF Herbs, Frontier, etc.) and I have no idea where, if any, pontica they are sourcing.

I'd be curious if that's also true for St. George spirits. They portray themselves as fetishists for rare top notch ingredients in their other products, so I'd be surprised if their absinthe took the easy route and used that chopped cardboard labelled as Absinthium from Frontier or SF Herb co.

It wouldn't surprise me, however, if all other established US makers were just using shit herbs and not following proper methods of manufacture.

I expect dayglo green with added oils . . .

Natural coloring ala Markus