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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:47 AM Original message |
Absinthe, the 'poet's poison,' was banned in America for nearly a century |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've seen it in my package store |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. 'Package store'. You've been in the military! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Massachusetts had "Package stores" all the while I was growing |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. I hear heroin's pretty cool, too. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. what a brilliant comparison. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It is hype |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm dying to try this but $50 a bottle is a bit much. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. not worth it |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Thanks. But is the buzz exactly the same as regular liquor? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. about the same as other spirits, yes |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've never been impressed with it. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. I got a bottle here... |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. I ordered 3 bottles from France a couple mos ago. I won't admit to how much I spent on |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. Absinthe sounds cool. But know what will REALLY make you hallucinate? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "Far out. But not quite out of sight." - Jerry G. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. A friend and I got some (I think from Turkey) a couple of years ago - |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. It is more myth than real |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. IT COMES FROM PLANTS!!11!! IT MUST BE BANNED NOW!!1! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. lol |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. I made wormwood (artemisia absinthum) tea |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I tried it too. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. named for the goddess Artemis |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Artemis is the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Those are pretty cool |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. They have different varieties. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. A handful of bars in San Diego sell it now |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. If it makes Kylie Minogue fly into my room... |
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LoKnLoD (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. I imported some from Europe |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. There's a new distillery opening soon in Wa. State. They're already taking orders |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. now that the "mystique" is gone, it has jumped the shark. on to the next one. nt |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. I liked the sweet licorice taste of it, but there weren't any psychedelic effects. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Someone Should Name a Bottle for Baz Luhrmann |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. I served absinthe at my wedding reception last month |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. We used to drink it in Japan in the early 60's when we could afford it. |
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