What the heck do ya do with Absinthe? [Archive]

Steam

27th March 2008, 16:14

jrandom

27th March 2008, 16:15

Be great for degreasing chains and sprockets.

Jimmy B

27th March 2008, 16:19

Shes the good stuff mate, sposed to be drunk with toasted sugar but in my experience its not just the sugar that gets toasted. 2 shots and see how you go :devil2:

Badjelly

27th March 2008, 16:19

I just got given a bottle of this, it's Hapsburg Absinthe from Bulgaria, 85% alcohol!!!!
What the heck do ya do with something that strong?? Mix it with something? Shot it? Sip it straight?
yeah yeah, I know, google is my friend.

Dilute it with water before you drink it. Assuming you like the idea of consuming something called "The Green Fairy".

Wikipedia is your even better friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

Nagash

27th March 2008, 16:20

New Zealander's tend to drink it straight, you can drink it quite easily.

Real funny for people who have never drunk before because they can handle it but get pissed amazingly quickly.

Absinth is normally drunk by dripping ice cold water through a sugar cube into the absinth until about 3:1 up to 5:1 dilution. That's where the green fairy starts to hit you..

Or just drink it straight. Either way, have fun :2thumbsup

Rosie

27th March 2008, 16:22

Sell it to some schoolgirls and use the money to buy some good quality beer :D

MIXONE

27th March 2008, 16:23

I just got given a bottle of this, it's Hapsburg Absinthe from Bulgaria, 85% alcohol!!!!
What the heck do ya do with something that strong?? Mix it with something? Shot it? Sip it straight?
yeah yeah, I know, google is my friend.
http://www.drinkfinder.co.uk/asps%5Cuploads/big/2183-1.jpg

WARNING.This substance is extremely toxic and must be disposed of in the correct manner.Send it immediately to me by courier and I will undertakes this very dangerous task on your behalf.

BIHB@0610

27th March 2008, 16:24

Get a tea strainer, stick it over a glass, put a lump of toasted sugar in the tea strainer (you can flame the sugar cube with a cigarette lighter), and pour a shot of absinthe over it.

Don't - whatever you do, DON'T - drink just about everything else in your liquor cabinet and turn to the green fairy as a last resort - it won't be pretty ....:drinknsin: :sick:

This stuff was banned for quite a while because the active ingredient (I think it's wormwood) made you temporarily insane. Personally, I think sanity's overrated, so salut!!

P38

27th March 2008, 16:24

Hold a party.

Invite ya friends.

Make em all have a shot as they arrive,

Instant party starter.

Shadows

27th March 2008, 16:24

Polished off some of that a couple of weeks back. Shot it you wuss!

HDTboy

27th March 2008, 16:25

Pour a shot into a whiskey glass.
Get a teaspoon of sugar, and dip it in the absinthe just enough to dampen the sugar.
Light the sugar till it's caramelised.
Drop it in the glass, stir quickly, and shot that motherfucker down.

It's GREAT stuff

oldrider

27th March 2008, 16:27

I just got given a bottle of this, it's Hapsburg Absinthe from Bulgaria, 85% alcohol!!!!
What the heck do ya do with something that strong?? Mix it with something? Shot it? Sip it straight?
yeah yeah, I know, google is my friend.
http://www.drinkfinder.co.uk/asps%5Cuploads/big/2183-1.jpg

I have heard that "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder"!

That reminds me.

How did you get on with that little flutter of the heart you posted about a while back? Cheers John.

Steam

27th March 2008, 16:28

Holy spit, I shotted just one shot.. er, maybe a double, about 10 minutes ago and BAM I'm instantly drunk.

I'm going to try the toasted-Sugarcube-and-water technique next, it's supposed to turn milky white.
I shall report.

How did you get on with that little flutter of the heart you posted about a while back? Cheers John.

Oh, nothing, I got distracted by another shapely lass, in the form of an exchange student from Canada. I need to learn to be more single-minded. Still, easy come easy go.

Mikkel

27th March 2008, 16:28

HTFU - down the hatch! :drinknsin:

Only goths and people with taste bother about the whole ritual of sugar, fire and ice water...

This stuff was banned for quite a while because the active ingredient (I think it's wormwood) made you temporarily insane. Personally, I think sanity's overrated, so salut!!

Yes, in the good old days it contained a fair amount of Wormwood - related to Nightshade - which has an amount laudanum (IIRC) which is a fairly active hallucinogenic neuro toxin.

Alas, these days you won't find a Absinthe brewed on wormwood - those that contain some only does so in very small doses.

BIHB@0610

27th March 2008, 16:32

Yes, in the good old days it contained a fair amount of Wormwood - related to Nightshade - which has an amount laudanum (IIRC) which is a fairly active hallucinogenic neuro toxin.

Alas, these days you won't find a Absinthe brewed on wormwood - those that contain some only does so in very small doses.

Geez why do they have to take the fun out of EVERYTHING. Surely once you've got past the taste of this stuff you've proved you're hard enough to take responsibility for your own demise or dumb enough that society shouldn't care!!!! hehe. Burp...

oldrider

27th March 2008, 16:34

Holy spit, I shotted just one shot.. er, maybe a double, about 10 minutes ago and BAM I'm instantly drunk.

I'm going to try the toasted-Sugarcube-and-water technique next, it's supposed to turn milky white.
I shall report.

Oh, nothing, I got distracted by another shapely lass, in the form of an exchange student from Canada. I need to learn to be more single-minded. Still, easy come easy go.

Sounds like you better hurry! :confused: John (Reporting I mean)

James Deuce

27th March 2008, 16:36

People used to go blind and die.

Maybe you could try that? p/t.

Mikkel

27th March 2008, 16:39

Geez why do they have to take the fun out of EVERYTHING. Surely once you've got past the taste of this stuff you've proved you're hard enough to take responsibility for your own demise or dumb enough that society shouldn't care!!!! hehe. Burp...

Well, the taste is actually not that bad. Problem is when you drink the stuff straight it kinda makes your tummy feel weird...

Legislation is under way to ban fun once and for all - don't worry. We'll all be much happier!

People used to go blind and die.

Maybe you could try that? p/t.

I don't think that was the laudanum though - pretty sure that was due to methanol. Distilling stuff to 85% alc/vol. does carry some risk of getting methanol traces in there with it...

Headbanger

27th March 2008, 16:46

Put her on the table with a couple of shot glasses.

Then break out something that can be drunk in large quantities, beer or bourbon, Between each drink have a shot of Absinthe.

Nothing to be scared of, and nothing particularly amazing about the drink.

BIHB@0610

27th March 2008, 16:48

Well, the taste is actually not that bad. Problem is when you drink the stuff straight it kinda makes your tummy feel weird...

Legislation is under way to ban fun once and for all - don't worry. We'll all be much happier!

I don't think that was the laudanum though - pretty sure that was due to methanol. Distilling stuff to 85% alc/vol. does carry some risk of getting methanol traces in there with it...

Yeah, you don't want to go drinking methanol ..... just ask Kickaha ...... look what happens to your arse ........

jrandom

27th March 2008, 16:48

p/t

:shit:

James Deuce!

Go to your room this instant, and don't come out until you can be properly offensive in company.

MIXONE

27th March 2008, 16:52

I don't think that was the laudanum though - pretty sure that was due to methanol. Distilling stuff to 85% alc/vol. does carry some risk of getting methanol traces in there with it...

The top brew is 89.9% which is about as close to methenol as you want to get.Had a bottle at my wife's 40th with compulsory nips as people came through the door.Better then fancy dress as a party starter.
Quite a few of the more "creative" writers of the late 19th century drank it because of it's blow you away ability.:2thumbsup

Scouse

27th March 2008, 16:53

Jimmy B

27th March 2008, 17:04

Nothing to be scared of, and nothing particularly amazing about the drink.

There is absinthe and then there's absinthe. Stength can vary wildely and the brands aren't well known. Generally the very expensive stuff is absolute rocket fuel. I'd recommend a quiet look at it before the full assault.

Mikkel

27th March 2008, 17:13

The top brew is 89.9% which is about as close to methenol as you want to get.Had a bottle at my wife's 40th with compulsory nips as people came through the door.Better then fancy dress as a party starter.
Quite a few of the more "creative" writers of the late 19th century drank it because of it's blow you away ability.:2thumbsup

Eh, I'm not sure if I follow what you mean about 89.9% being as close to methanol as you want to get.

You can quite happily distill ethanol (the thing that gets you drunk while retaining your sight and some bits of health) up to about 96 vol.%. After that you need to add "stuff that is worse for you" (TM).
Problem with methanol is that it can form during distillation if the parameters are not controlled precisely. For more info wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_beverages) is a good place to start.

But yeah, it was quite popular in the arty circles in Paris back in the day.

Big Dan

27th March 2008, 17:13

hmm. I've seen the harden LKhole drinkers down this straight and then spend the next hour in a corner vomiting great fun to be a spectater on

NB: the follow up report is still waiting

isn't the silence deafening

kevfromcoro

27th March 2008, 17:15

Not to sure what it is,,,just get it down ya...and give us a report in the morning..or next morning....

Big Dan

27th March 2008, 17:23

Not to sure what it is,,,just get it down ya...and give us a report in the morning..or next morning....

2 days? make it a long sleep

Ixion

27th March 2008, 17:25

HTFU - down the hatch! :drinknsin:

Only goths and people with taste bother about the whole ritual of sugar, fire and ice water...

Yes, in the good old days it contained a fair amount of Wormwood - related to Nightshade - which has an amount laudanum (IIRC) which is a fairly active hallucinogenic neuro toxin.

Alas, these days you won't find a Absinthe brewed on wormwood - those that contain some only does so in very small doses.

No, laudanum is Tincture of Opium. Quite hamless. The poisonous neurotoxin in wormwood is thujone.

James Deuce

27th March 2008, 17:28

Well, the taste is actually not that bad. Problem is when you drink the stuff straight it kinda makes your tummy feel weird...

Legislation is under way to ban fun once and for all - don't worry. We'll all be much happier!

I don't think that was the laudanum though - pretty sure that was due to methanol. Distilling stuff to 85% alc/vol. does carry some risk of getting methanol traces in there with it...
Definitely ethanol. It used to be 190 proof - 95% alchohol.

Usarka

27th March 2008, 17:30

go hang out in cuba street

Mikkel

27th March 2008, 17:33

No, laudanum is Tincture of Opium. Quite hamless. The poisonous neurotoxin in wormwood is thujone.

Indeed - I sit corrected...

It's fairly interesting as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thujone

Supposedly some junipers contain thujone as well - I'm off to buy a whole lot of gin ;)

jrandom

27th March 2008, 17:34

poisonous neurotoxin

Is that actually a tautology, or are you implying that wormwood has effects other than on the CNS?

kevfromcoro

27th March 2008, 17:36

Opium.really... might go and get some

fireball

27th March 2008, 17:38

Opium.really... might go and get some

mmm YUM where can i get some?

Headbanger

27th March 2008, 17:39

mmm YUM where can i get some?

Talk to your local junkies.

Usarka

27th March 2008, 17:40

Cambodia / Laos / Nth Thailand / Burma

so ive heard :innocent:

kevfromcoro

27th March 2008, 17:48

WELL i had a bit up in nourthen thailand a few yrs ago
sat on a bed with an old laddy who pinched all of my cigs.. not really into drugs.....didnt do much for me ..drank a bottle of whiskey and went to sleep.
opium ...seen acres of it..and gunja is ripe..dont take it iam a drinker

Steam

27th March 2008, 17:52

Well... I might not be online muych more tongiht.

Is thqat Jim2's real name really James Deuce? That's a pretty cool namne.

jrandom

27th March 2008, 18:00

Well... I might not be online muych more tongiht.

Is thqat Jim2's real name really James Deuce? That's a pretty cool namne.

:2thumbsup

Finish the bottle!

Zuki Bandit

27th March 2008, 18:04

You get very drunk very quickly & sick as a dog the next day. :sick::sick::sick:

kevfromcoro

27th March 2008, 18:04

:2thumbsup

Finish the bottle!

good on ya..how u fealing?

MIXONE

27th March 2008, 18:07

Well... I might not be online muych more tongiht.

Is thqat Jim2's real name really James Deuce? That's a pretty cool namne.

Please try and keep posting .It would be interesting to see if you can keep control of a keyboard.

Subike

27th March 2008, 18:28

Please try and keep posting .It would be interesting to see if you can keep control of a keyboard.

lol lol lol lol lol lol
I agree
my bottle has been in the deep freezt 30 for over a year and its still liquid!

Steam

27th March 2008, 18:30

We've had a third of the bottle waeach, that's abouyt a dozen stubbies eacgh I guess, if my caclulatory is still working properly.
Damn calculator won't calaculare. Alcohol percentages.

12 beers, in two hours, That's not much, but more than I've had at one time in quite a while. I will attempt to better this attempt at the OFff the Rails Rally weekend after next.

RIGHT, time for the Gin and Tonic. It's the only thing left in the house. No work tomorrow.

Oh, and it does go white when you add water. Cool!b

Usarka

27th March 2008, 18:31

earth calling steam come in steam.....

http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/95737__mork_l.jpg

yod

27th March 2008, 18:37

Yes, in the good old days it contained a fair amount of Wormwood - related to Nightshade - which has an amount laudanum (IIRC) which is a fairly active hallucinogenic neuro toxin.

Alas, these days you won't find a Absinthe brewed on wormwood - those that contain some only does so in very small doses.

correct

the absinthe you have there is the alcoholic only, modernised version

the real deal they used to consume was a spectacular hallucinogen - it's what Van Gogh was on when he chopped his ear off :lol:

HornetBoy

27th March 2008, 18:56

Use it for a few rounds of shots and you'll be right for the rest of the night.

:yes: certainly saves you a bit of money if you plan on going to the pubs here in wanganui. :Punk:

Mikkel

27th March 2008, 19:03

Oh, and it does go white when you add water. Cool!b

That's the anis extract - ouzo will do the same. It's also nice :yes:

Oakie

27th March 2008, 19:10

Pour the absinthe into your bike tank and see if it'll run on it.

Oakie

27th March 2008, 19:12

That's the anis extract - ouzo will do the same. It's also nice :yes:

Ouzo and lemonade was nice for one weekend back in 1978. Haven't been able to touch it since. I get a sniff of it now and my stomach just knots up.

James Deuce

27th March 2008, 19:32

Oi fink Steam 'as gorn and dunnit.

Swoop

27th March 2008, 20:12

I have heard that "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder"!
Also "absinthe makes the farts grow stronger"...
Ooh! Evidence below!

...just ask Kickaha ...... look what happens to your arse ........

Gubb

27th March 2008, 20:26

That's the anis extract - ouzo will do the same. It's also nice :yes:

:sick::sick::sick:
Anus extract?!?

NUTBAR

27th March 2008, 20:43

Steam

27th March 2008, 20:52

put it in ya fuel tank silly.:lol:

That might acutally work,. but you;d have to re-jet. I dunno what 15 percent water would do, but I'm sure you could work around it somehow. It would be very expensive petrol.

James Deuce

27th March 2008, 21:06

Water injection is good for keeping piston crowns cool in alcohol engines.

Don;t know about extract of anus though.

MaxB

27th March 2008, 21:31

A Ukrainain relly of my wife reckons that the Euros illegally make absinthe with the wormwood in it. It comes from behind the former iron curtain and the trade in it is a bit like moonshine. It drives the old folks nuts but they can't help themselves.

BTW according to him the translation for wormwood in those parts is .... Chernobyl.

speights_bud

27th March 2008, 22:14

DUde you need one of these to help you drink it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC4jb7A0lGw

Air in bottle is replaced by the inner tube as beer/spirits/absinthe flows out the big one at the speed of gravity. it eliminates the age old 'glug glug' effect! A bit of practise and it'll be 'thankyou... and.. GOodnight!' :thud:

Best thing about this one is you can fit it into your pocket and take it to the pubs!

alley cat

28th March 2008, 06:05

biff the piss, those bottles are perfect for spots!!!:wacko:

MisterD

28th March 2008, 08:05

Ouzo and lemonade was nice for one weekend back in 1978. Haven't been able to touch it since. I get a sniff of it now and my stomach just knots up.

It's traditional in my homeland to keep a bottle of Ouzo, bought in a fit of enthusiasm on your greek package holiday, at the back of the cupboard....actually aniseed is good for the old digestion and I find Ouzo or Pernod a great way to settle that hangover nausea and get your hair-of-the-dog at the same time.

Talking of hangovers....Steam? How you feelin'?

Steam

28th March 2008, 08:37

Talking of hangovers....Steam? How you feelin'?

Feeling a bit green, plus headache. But I had fun, and we ended up watching the Matrix at 2am on a weekday.

I'll be okay by lunchtime hopefully.

oldrider

28th March 2008, 17:00

Feeling a bit green, plus headache. But I had fun, and we ended up watching the Matrix at 2am on a weekday.

I'll be okay by lunchtime hopefully.

About ready to change your user name from Steam to Stream, I spose. (lol) :eek: John.

ManDownUnder

28th March 2008, 17:03

What do ya do with it???

1) Keep it the hell away from anyone with Al Quaeida (sp?) connections
2) Start your own tar removal business
3) Sell it to street kids wanting a REAL high. Sniffing MEKP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEKP) or paint thinners is for pansies!
4) Have 20 seconds of fun sticking a rag in the top, lighting it, throwing it and running like hell...

Usarka

28th March 2008, 17:30

ding ding ding round two

RantyDave

28th March 2008, 20:06

I know, google is my friend.
No no, Dave is your friend. Send it straight to me.

In 1998 a company had just started "importing" it in London. Nasty shit it was, can't have been real absinthe, was basically sugar stirred into alcohol and made green. Anyway, as a result I got completely off my nut on it on new years' eve 98-99.

More seriously you're supposed to do something with filtering it through sugar. Hemingway, apparently, would sit in a cafe in Key West and get completely off his face on it - but I'm sure someone's mentioned that already.

Right. I'll go read the thread then :)

Dave

RantyDave

28th March 2008, 20:09

I'll be okay by lunchtime hopefully.
Ah, Bravo. Good man.

Dave

Mekk

4th April 2008, 17:38

Absinthe mojitos (mosquitos) are fucking ace.

The local also does a cocktail called "Kryptonite" which is really good, though I forget the rest of the ingredients.