Thursday, May 12, 2005
I was downtown at the Rosebud on Tuesday night and they had a sign over the bar saying they now served Absinthe. The sign also made mention of the fact that it used to be illegal but wasn't any longer. When did this become the case? I knew you could own it, but I didn't think it was legal to physically sell it in the US. Anyone?
I did some searching online, and every site I checked says it is illegal to sell it in the US. Interesting...
I don't think the stuff they are selling is real absinthe because I saw a bottle of some fake absinthe at a liquor store which is probably what they are selling.
If that's what they're doing, that's really stupid
I've heard that stuff (the real version) gives you the worst hangover ever. You'll wish you were dead. It's pure friggin' poison.
I'd try it twice, but no more.
It's not that bad.
There isn't a hangover. However, it does taste like poison and it burns on the way down.
It is good stuff. But it is not legal in the US. My friend Jamie said that the stuff that makes you halluncinate is the herbs they used to put in absinthe in the old days but dont anymore. But the main ingredient, wormwood, does get you really sloshed.
OK heres the facts, 'Absinthe' which is available in the us is wormwood flavored vodka. Real absinthe, of which the best is belgian, is distilled with wormwood- thus the wormwood is a part of the alcohol. Real absinthe is still illegal to produce or serve in the US. In many states it could be catagorized as a schedule I narcotic, which could carry 1-5 for simple possesion. However, in Kentucky there has never been an absinthe prosecution outside the guise of illegal alchohol sales in a dry area. When made properly true absinthe doesn't taste like s**t which the American 'absinthe' does. Real absinth has a minor halucinogenic affect because the ingredients change the diuretic affect of the alcohol. Yes, the hangover is a b***h. But, supposedly well worth it if you are with the right partner because the effects are like eating a quart of oysters and downing a handful of e.
My experience with imported absinthe:
-Tasted like hell
-Drank it on top of a lot of other stuff, so couldn't determine as to how it contributed the the headache.
-I heard people whispering to me while I drifted off to sleep.
-Did not make me horny, but I was in a cabin full of guys, so that's not a bad thing.
I like how everybody tried to help out with what info they had. My blog attracts a very helpful class of drunken lowlifes.
I'm getting choked up.
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I did some searching online, and every site I checked says it is illegal to sell it in the US. Interesting...
I don't think the stuff they are selling is real absinthe because I saw a bottle of some fake absinthe at a liquor store which is probably what they are selling.
If that's what they're doing, that's really stupid
I've heard that stuff (the real version) gives you the worst hangover ever. You'll wish you were dead. It's pure friggin' poison.
I'd try it twice, but no more.
It's not that bad.
There isn't a hangover. However, it does taste like poison and it burns on the way down.
It is good stuff. But it is not legal in the US. My friend Jamie said that the stuff that makes you halluncinate is the herbs they used to put in absinthe in the old days but dont anymore. But the main ingredient, wormwood, does get you really sloshed.
OK heres the facts, 'Absinthe' which is available in the us is wormwood flavored vodka. Real absinthe, of which the best is belgian, is distilled with wormwood- thus the wormwood is a part of the alcohol. Real absinthe is still illegal to produce or serve in the US. In many states it could be catagorized as a schedule I narcotic, which could carry 1-5 for simple possesion. However, in Kentucky there has never been an absinthe prosecution outside the guise of illegal alchohol sales in a dry area. When made properly true absinthe doesn't taste like s**t which the American 'absinthe' does. Real absinth has a minor halucinogenic affect because the ingredients change the diuretic affect of the alcohol. Yes, the hangover is a b***h. But, supposedly well worth it if you are with the right partner because the effects are like eating a quart of oysters and downing a handful of e.
My experience with imported absinthe:
-Tasted like hell
-Drank it on top of a lot of other stuff, so couldn't determine as to how it contributed the the headache.
-I heard people whispering to me while I drifted off to sleep.
-Did not make me horny, but I was in a cabin full of guys, so that's not a bad thing.
I like how everybody tried to help out with what info they had. My blog attracts a very helpful class of drunken lowlifes.
I'm getting choked up.
Post a Comment
