Absinthe Recipes?

[Triple Zero]

i guess, i think it would work better than most other replacements for vermouth in martinis.

OTOH, i dont think i ever had a proper martini, so i can't really judge.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

now i had absinthe a few times, and i thought the flavour was a lot more like vermouth than anise flavoured drinks such as sambucca and ouzo?

It doesn't in my opinion... but different distillers have different recipes, so it might. The guy I get mine from uses a lot of anise, and it works very well with the other herbs.

[Bharlion]

Just mix it with some of eric claptons finist.

[Apikoros II]

Just to add my 2cents, we drink it with the sugar cube and ice water method. When I was in Amsterdam, they served it in shots.... Api is not a big drinker so it hit me hard. Since I was in Amsterdam, I'll give you one guess as to what my inebriator of choice is....

[Apikoros II]

I also point you here, eh? http://www.drinknation.com/ingredient/Absinthe

[Suu]

Did they set the shots on fire? I know that tends to be a common modern practice in Europe.

[Richter]

I also point you here, eh? http://www.drinknation.com/ingredient/Absinthe

Thank you!
The link to the old vs. new versions of the "absinthe ritual" off of this mention a  point I nearly scream at people.
Old: water over sugar routine
New: Light sugar on fire and pretend you're J. Depp.

[Triple Zero]

Since I was in Amsterdam, I'll give you one guess as to what my inebriator of choice is....

getting hit by a windmill to the head?

canal water?

dike huffing?

wait--you are aware of the health risks of snorting tulips, right?

[Suu]

Since I was in Amsterdam, I'll give you one guess as to what my inebriator of choice is....

getting hit by a windmill to the head?

canal water?

dike huffing?

wait--you are aware of the health risks of snorting tulips, right?

Triple Zero lives a wild life in the Netherlands.

Btw, are the tulips really that bright or is Holland itself one big Photoshop?

[Triple Zero]

if you ever have the chance to come and take a close look at them, you could tell by the ragged cut edges that they are, in fact, done with MS Paint.

[Bruno]

I have about a gallon and a half of homemade absinthe that needs to be redistilled to be drinkable. Too much wormwood in the final soak.

The catnip absinthe is drinkable as is.

[Bu🤠ns]

I have about a gallon and a half of homemade absinthe that needs to be redistilled to be drinkable. Too much wormwood in the final soak.

The catnip absinthe is drinkable as is.

don't go blind!

[Bruno]

Taht's just an urban legend.

[LMNO]

So's the idea that you can get high off the thujone.
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[Bruno]

Yes it is.

Also, you don't see little green fairies, pink elephants maybe, but no fairies. The elephants could be green though.

I do think thujone contributes something to the buzz, but no more than asarone or fenchone from calamus and fennel, respectively.