Apsynthion Bathyprikon

[the last yatto]

it does kick the liver pretty good, and makes champage drinkable.

so far i have tried most of the usual store brands (3or so)
but  not including the one from Czech republic that i saw in Canada

[LMNO]

My experience with absinthe is that you end up getting too drunk before noticing the effects of the thujone. However, all commercially produced brands, even in Europe, are highly regulated unlike what they used to kick out in the 1800s, and I have never had home-distilled before.

This.

The reason you get a "different" drunk is for the same reasons you get a "different" drunk off of Gin vs. Vodka; the distilling process is the same, but gin has extra flavors in it, primarily juniper.  no one would say that juniper berries get you high, but adding the different flavors of herbs etc makes the booze hit you differently. 

Absinthe has more than just wormwood-- a lot more.  The added impurities from the various herbs will make you feel a different drunk.

[Richter]

The stuff always makes me depressed.  The stuff is great though, so I can't bring myself to throw out what I've got left.

[Suu]

Indiana Adam over at the NEG board was like, "I never hallucinated off of the absinthe, waaaaah." And I'm like, "Dude, you took like 2 sips from Richter's flask."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My experience with absinthe is that you end up getting too drunk before noticing the effects of the thujone. However, all commercially produced brands, even in Europe, are highly regulated unlike what they used to kick out in the 1800s, and I have never had home-distilled before.

This.

The reason you get a "different" drunk is for the same reasons you get a "different" drunk off of Gin vs. Vodka; the distilling process is the same, but gin has extra flavors in it, primarily juniper.  no one would say that juniper berries get you high, but adding the different flavors of herbs etc makes the booze hit you differently. 

Absinthe has more than just wormwood-- a lot more.  The added impurities from the various herbs will make you feel a different drunk.

We've had this exact discussion before, haven't we?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Indiana Adam over at the NEG board was like, "I never hallucinated off of the absinthe, waaaaah." And I'm like, "Dude, you took like 2 sips from Richter's flask."

If there's hallucination from absinthe, something's gone horribly wrong.

[LMNO]

My experience with absinthe is that you end up getting too drunk before noticing the effects of the thujone. However, all commercially produced brands, even in Europe, are highly regulated unlike what they used to kick out in the 1800s, and I have never had home-distilled before.

This.

The reason you get a "different" drunk is for the same reasons you get a "different" drunk off of Gin vs. Vodka; the distilling process is the same, but gin has extra flavors in it, primarily juniper.  no one would say that juniper berries get you high, but adding the different flavors of herbs etc makes the booze hit you differently.  

Absinthe has more than just wormwood-- a lot more.  The added impurities from the various herbs will make you feel a different drunk.

We've had this exact discussion before, haven't we?

Yes.  I usually file it under "You fail biochemistry forever."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

My experience with absinthe is that you end up getting too drunk before noticing the effects of the thujone. However, all commercially produced brands, even in Europe, are highly regulated unlike what they used to kick out in the 1800s, and I have never had home-distilled before.

This.

The reason you get a "different" drunk is for the same reasons you get a "different" drunk off of Gin vs. Vodka; the distilling process is the same, but gin has extra flavors in it, primarily juniper.  no one would say that juniper berries get you high, but adding the different flavors of herbs etc makes the booze hit you differently.  

Absinthe has more than just wormwood-- a lot more.  The added impurities from the various herbs will make you feel a different drunk.

We've had this exact discussion before, haven't we?

Yes.  I usually file it under "You fail biochemistry forever."

Yes.

The added "impurities" are called "chemicals" and, depending on what they are, they may have an intoxicating effect of their own.

[Bruno]

Asarone from calamus root is one example. It is known to have an effect all on its own.

[Suu]

Indiana Adam over at the NEG board was like, "I never hallucinated off of the absinthe, waaaaah." And I'm like, "Dude, you took like 2 sips from Richter's flask."

If there's hallucination from absinthe, something's gone horribly wrong.

Precisely. It just goes to show the common misconception of the effects of the liquor brought on by anti-absinthe propaganda before the ban.


It makes you hallucinate and do really bad things, like rape and kill women. See?

[trippinprincezz13]

Apparently gives you super strength too cuz that guy on the bottom looks like he hucked that girl over the bridge behind him and some distance away.

[Bruno]

That would make a great label for an absinthe bottle.