Absinthe Is Back

Time ^ | Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 | CAROLYN SAYRE

[uglybiker]

Want to party like it's 1899? Well, now you can--sort of. After nearly a century-long ban on absinthe in the U.S., a federal agency has begrudgingly allowed two European distillers to sell the mysterious liquor Stateside. Renowned for its supposedly hallucinogenic effects, the anise-flavored alcohol was rumored to have caused an epidemic of psychosis in France in the late 1800s--most infamously, leading Vincent van Gogh to cut off his ear.

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Regardless of exactly how potent absinthe is or isn't, Lehrman says one thing is certain: "If you drink three bottles, you are going to do something stupid."

[NewJerseyJoe]

"That's where I saw the leprechaun. He told me to burn things!"

[Ann Archy]

Grappa......lighter fluid is better tasting!

[uglybiker]

Tht’s only ‘cause you’ve never had good grappa!

[windcliff]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

After 80 years the real absinthe is back in France
Source: Electronic Telegraph
Published: July 21, 2001
Posted on 07/20/2001 17:58:39 PDT by sarcasm
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b58d3bf2ee0.htm

The Green Fairy Returns (absinthe)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | 9/07/01 | Julia Nolte
Posted on 09/09/2001 4:03:12 PM EDT by LarryLied
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/519403/posts

Absinthe (WormWood) Making a comeback in US and Europe -
linked to convulsions, madness, and death.
California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Posted on 08/02/2002 2:50:58 AM EDT by chance33_98
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/726358/posts

[RightWhale]

Supposedly the nasty component is absent from this new absinthe. Maybe, maybe not.

[ShadowDancer]

If you drink thre bottles of Jim Beam you're going to do somehting stupid.

Working on number four?

[William Terrell]

Five.

[ShadowDancer]

That’s my boy.

[uglybiker]

More like the nasty component was never there to begin with. Odds are, if it's from the Czech Republic, or if it hypes the thujone content anywhere on the bottle, it's crap. Stay away from it.

I ordered a bottle of the Kübler 53 and it's darn near gone. It's good stuff.

If you're looking into it, check the reviews at The Absinthe Buyer's Guide at www.feeverte.net or the nice folks at The American Wormwood Society.

Several French/Swiss brands are in the process of gov't approval, one American distillary unveils its absinthe tomorrow and, I understand, three or four U.S. makers will be bringing their own brands to market in the coming months.

[William Terrell]

Six.

[Vision]

for its supposedly hallucinogenic effects

Watch Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" Paris episode where they get a hold of some older Absinthe. He starts to hallucinate like crazy.

[uglybiker]

See post #51.

[uglybiker]

Anything can happen in TV Land. ;-)

[William Terrell]

And this is different from Jim Beam how?

[William Terrell]

And this is different from Jim Beam how?

[Vision]

I’ve swallowed a lot of Jim Beam Black and I’ve never seen what Bourdain did; in that capacity.

[uglybiker]

It’s different in that you’ll probably never see it on sale at Safeway.

[BreezyDog]

It only takes half a bottle of jagermeister to arrive at the same result.

I've always said that Jagermeister is a drug mixed with alcohol...same with Sambuca. Stay away from that licorice stuff...

But knowing me I'll try anything once.