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General => General discussion => Topic started by: RyanVW on 16 June 2011, 23:32
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Im told that the effects can be different to normal alcohol and i dont just mean more pissed
Ive never tried it, does anyone have any experiences?
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Yes, it makes you drunk. Very drunk. You don't get out of taxi's, you pour out of taxi's on to the road.
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Yes, it makes you drunk. Very drunk. You don't get out of taxi's, you pour out of taxi's on to the road.
Lol...
So is it no different to drinking a lot of normal alcohol?
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The fact it has more than double of the alcohol content of vodka and almost as much alcohol % as medical alcohol I'd say absinthe burns your oesophagus and almost gives the same effect as sniffing pure alcohol...
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I was told it crystallises in your stomach and you get drunk again by drinking water the next day... I was still pissed the next morning form all the other booze so can't vouch for that, probably an urban myth to make it seem hard core.
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Just tastes of aniseed, then you pass the point of pissed and into vegetable state, not summit you can drink on a night out, and if you drink it at a house party then expect your mates to torture you when your comatose.
Your supposed to water it down, avoid the red stuff, its more paint stripper than drink!
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Lethal sh!t, preparing and drinking the proper varieties are regarded as a skill. There are specialist bars that sell nothing but Absinthe.
I can personally confirm that certain types definitely incur hallucingenic properties... :lipsrsealed:
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We got some of the proper stuff when we went on holiday last year, not the stuff they sell over here that's like 40% but the stuff that like 80 odd or 90 odd can't remember (was the most alcoholic one) before every night out nack in a few shots of that and you know itl be a good one, though we went for a meal one night with my mates parents and a few of there mates, already had a good few shots of absinthe. Then a few pints of stella while we were having the meal and by the time we'd finished we didn't realise that we were actually quite mery untill we stood up :D. Then we went back to the hotel and got my mates dad pissed which ended up with him on the floor watching the footy because he couldn't stand up properly :D
Can't wait to go away again in 2 weeks, another bottle of absinthe getting bought on the first day, a few quater of a letre bottles of vodka and a free bar downstaires untill 11pm. Should be a goodn :D
Though I've nnever hillousinated from absinthe. Well not that I can remember :D
Also herd the crystalising thing, though as you said I've always still been drunk when I've had absinthe so wouldn't know, but there's a few things that are roumoured to do that.
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There's a great shop on the corner of Wardour street and Old Compton in london that sell a every kind of alcohol you can think of, including several kinds of genuine Absinthe.
A buddy of mine the states asked if i could bring some over on my next trip, so duly bought a couple of bottles of the good stuff and stuck them in my hand luggage.
It was only when I got to the US and met up with him did I realise my mistake. He was genuinely shocked I had some with me. Totally banned in the US it turns out and had I got stopped at customs I'd have gone through the full rubber glove treatment. Oooops.
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i heard it turns you into a 19th century french artist.
I can confirm this.
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Yea its pretty horrific stuff, make sure you line your stomach with a couple of pints first!
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In question to Mk1Macca's reply, isn't anything above 40% illegal in the uk?
I.E there selling it when it shouldn't be?
This is the impression I was under anyway.
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In question to Mk1Macca's reply, isn't anything above 40% illegal in the uk?
I.E there selling it when it shouldn't be?
This is the impression I was under anyway.
I thought this aswell, but there's an offlicense by me that sells 80-something % absinthe, aswell as 93% vodka...bad times.
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I think it all depends on whether or not it's sold as a drink...
I know it was illegal in France for AGES.
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Used to drink this in Ibiza.The best i culd find for originality was Sebors http://www.seborabsinth.com/
Looks like its gone a bit commercial now looking at that site.
We used to light it and burn sugar in a spoon then stir it in and neck it.
As the alcohol burns clear,you cant see if you have blown it out or not so try not to set fire to your hat/face like my mate did :grin:
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cleared my stomach of its lining on my 19th birthday and not drunk it since! :sick: bloody hell thats 10 years ago now! :cry:
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Used to drink this in Ibiza.The best i culd find for originality was Sebors http://www.seborabsinth.com/
Looks like its gone a bit commercial now looking at that site.
We used to light it and burn sugar in a spoon then stir it in and neck it.
As the alcohol burns clear,you cant see if you have blown it out or not so try not to set fire to your hat/face like my mate did :grin:
Why burn off perfectly good alcohol? :rolleyes:
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its legal to sell, but not serve.
the green is 75, the red is 85
france banned it but still sold 110 vodka, makes sense :huh:
dunno if you can still get them, but you could get it mixed in a bottle, green fairy, horrid stuff.
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The traditional way to drink it is to drip water over a sugar cube over a shot, until the sugar is dissolved. Mixture is 1:5 of water, which should produce a cloudy white-ish drink. The water is used to bring out the additional flavours of the spirit, over and above the aniseed.
The shop i'm referencing is totally legit, so it must be legal for sale. Check it out if you're ever in london, it's amazing cavern of every spirit you can think of, stack floor to ceiling with huge varieties of each.
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Aniseed?!? I dont remember it tasting like that in the slightest!!!
Tasted like petrol to me!!!
This thread has made me want to get out of work and get drunk & lairy! Is that a bad thing!?!
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i heard it turns you into a 19th century french artist.
I can confirm this.
Did your legs shorten as well?
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Aniseed?!? I dont remember it tasting like that in the slightest!!!
Tasted like petrol to me!!!
This thread has made me want to get out of work and get drunk & lairy! Is that a bad thing!?!
definitely aniseed, cos now i cant eat them sweets without feeling sick, same as when i smell aftershck
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Dunno what you are all complaining about. I brought a bottle of the 70% stuff to bugjam one year, and quite happily drank half of it and walked around show with the others.
In fact I still have a little of it left.
Plus lighting it is dangerous. Two mates have flaming ones, but added a sugar cube in to the mix, so not only was it still on fire when they put their lips to it, the sugar was like lava as well, double funny for me.
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The last time i drank absinthe on a night out i got laid.
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Foolishly got my 85% proof out on my 21st. I had 6 shots along with other drink. That ruined my 21st and it stayed in my cupboard for another 5 years because I was too afraid to crack it open. :)
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Used to drink this in Ibiza.The best i culd find for originality was Sebors http://www.seborabsinth.com/
Looks like its gone a bit commercial now looking at that site.
We used to light it and burn sugar in a spoon then stir it in and neck it.
As the alcohol burns clear,you cant see if you have blown it out or not so try not to set fire to your hat/face like my mate did :grin:
Why burn off perfectly good alcohol? :rolleyes:
I didnt explain myself properly sorry :tongue:
You dip a sugarcube in some Absinthe and light it.Then when the alcohol has burned off you dump it in the glass and drink.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/rodr0069/absintheprep/ <<<<That should get you up to speed mate. :wink:
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makes you blind.. i can confirm! :smiley:
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Yeah tastes of aniseed, is extremely potent, banned in many countries, is hallucinagenic, and gives you long term amnesia. I cannot confirm any of the above though, as I was too pissed to remember any of it. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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well tesco dont have it :grin:
ill stick to beer tonight i guess but i wanna try it now ahahahaha
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We had a college trip to prague with business studies.
Once back they vowed never to run a trip to eastern europe again.
Without too many details one guy was on the roof 5 storeys up going on about being spiderman and another left green sick everywhere.
We also got to go to the skoda factory it was very boring.
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I was told it crystallises in your stomach and you get drunk again by drinking water the next day... I was still pissed the next morning form all the other booze so can't vouch for that, probably an urban myth to make it seem hard core.
I believe it's ouzo that has this effect on you. But it's entirely possible that you were just still drunk the next morning. And yes, the proper stuff is hallucagenic. Believe me, I know :tongue:
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I was told it crystallises in your stomach and you get drunk again by drinking water the next day... I was still pissed the next morning form all the other booze so can't vouch for that, probably an urban myth to make it seem hard core.
I believe it's ouzo that has this effect on you. But it's entirely possible that you were just still drunk the next morning. And yes, the proper stuff is hallucagenic. Believe me, I know :tongue:
ouzo :sick: id rather lick a dogs scrotum than suffer that sh!te again!
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Absinthe is more hardcore than having a wank with talcum powder - Serious sh!t if you are just a casual drinker!