What the heck do ya do with Absinthe?

[Steam]

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.

[jrandom]

Be great for degreasing chains and sprockets.

[Badjelly]

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

[Jimmy B]

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

[Nagash]

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

[Rosie]

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

[MIXONE]

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.

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]

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 ....:

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]

Hold a party.

Invite ya friends.

Make em all have a shot as they arrive,

Instant party starter.

[Shadows]

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

[HDTboy]

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]

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.

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]

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]

HTFU - down the hatch! :

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]

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...