Absinthe, to rinse
2 ounces cognac
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Garnish: lemon peel
Posted on 11/09/2022 12:47:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
Absinthe, to rinse
2 ounces cognac
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Garnish: lemon peel
‘ears to you, old chap!
A couple of years ago, I saw some movie or TV show that depicted some young Bohemian type swigging what was supposed to be absinthe from a bottle. Of course, the camera cut away, so we didn’t get to see him clutch his chest and fall to the floor from the internal burn.
Thanks!
>Took a shot of it, wow strong. Caught me by surprise and had me coughing. Has a licorice taste.
Yeah, probably don’t want to do shots of Absinthe
*OUCH*
more like heavy metal..skulls and such
since I was in there early I have no idea of the clientele..I just knew I would not be using the bathroom.
I can’t really remember much about the experience. I did the whole shebang. It didn’t lay me out. I think I might have only had one drink. I was still able to make it back to the bus or train.
It’s best poured over sugar cubes on an absinthe spoon.
Bkmk
Have a few bottles. Fun for conversation. Take it easy with the strong ones!
One of the worst, payday drunk Marine incidents I ever experienced was an Officer of the Day while stationed on Okinawa. It involved a big, corn-fed midwestern Lance Corporal, anibuse (anti-drinking drug), and absinthe. I won’t detail it here as the log book entry - when all was finally said and done - took hours to complete and ran 2 1/2 pages.
If it had been a movie, no one would have believed it.
The kicker was that we only saw/dealt with the on-base portion of the incident. That occurred when his buddies, wanting to keep him out of trouble, decided to send him back to base in a taxi after he had just finished wrecking a bar on Gate 2 Street.
It would have been better if they had let the Japanese police arrest him. The JP at least had experience dealing with absinthe and misbehaving Marines on liberty. And not very gently, I might add.
Saigon by Martha and the Muffins
Limping in the hotel Hilton
Spending days in old Saigon
Walking in pagoda gardens
Drinking absinthe till dawn
City of obscure paternity
Paris of the Orient
Tumbling off into eternity
Bastard of the East and West
Endless nights filled with haunting shadows
Slowly fade into morning mist
Faces seen, but not remembered
A place where time does not exist
Oddly enough, American made Absinthe is far more enjoyable to the American palate, as it has far less anise in it, the licorice-like flavor not overpowering the other herbs as it can in the European blend.
When it became legal internationally some years ago, American makers hit the ground running. One expert, whose home was described as filled with chromatographs and spectrometers, to fine tune his beverages, produced some amazingly good tasting Absinthe.
But as with American made wines years ago, they had to enter their product anonymously to avoid anti-American prejudice in the competitions. Only after the awards were presented did they expose their product as American.
By the way, Amazon sells many different kinds of Absinthe louching spoons and glasses. Reasonably priced.
As always the author glosses over a technical subject. The thujone in absinthe is highly regulated in Europe and not allowed to be added to food in USA. It has a know convulsant effect at larger doses. It has been shown to be fatal in rats at high doses.
Ethanol can protect against it’s convulsant effects.
The author doesn’t seem to realize that the low amount of thujone in absinthe is what makes the chemical appear safe in average use. Take a lot of thujone,,,you could be in trouble. Of course the same is true of ethanol.
....like pufferfish is safe...unless you eat just a smidgen of toxin.(tetrodotoxin)
Jade Oxygenée, I always keep a few bottles on hand. If you like traditional Absinthe it is a treasure, you will thank me later.
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been looking for a good brand of Absinthe to buy ever since I had my first taste in Italy back in ‘01.
I don’t care for the sugar cube thing. Too sweet.
I sip it (not shoot it) on the rocks when I drink it.
Never felt really drunk but the conversation picked up a couple of notches.
I liked it cause you could drink without getting falling down drunk
Also I used to cut it with vodka so I could sip it straight.
Just sayin
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