AOL says Absinth is back!

Just saw this on an AOL headline. Now, does anyone have thereal story about this. I%26#39;m curious about the stuff and would like to try it if offered in NO

AOL says Absinth is back!

It back in name only..the formula has been changed. Check out this with a forum search as its been discussed very recently.

AOL says Absinth is back!

Read up on the topic. The pychactive ingredient is left out or is in such a small amt. Still, for the sake of saying I%26#39;ve tried it, I would try the new version.

The original absinthe liquor contained a drug, outlawed many decades ago. An ';absinthe cocktail'; may be ordered many places - usually some concoction, most likely including pernod, if I remember the name, a sweet licorice-tasting liquor. But then, I usually avoid mixed drinks. I like my booze pure ;-Q

Absinthe never caused hallucinations, and at no time did it ever contain a drug. Get up to date on the latest research at any or all of the following sites:

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

The Wormwood Society (FAQs)

http://wormwoodsociety.org/ABSfaq.html

Fee Verte (FAQs)

http://www.feeverte.net/faq.html

Oxyg茅n茅e%26#39;s (FAQs)

http://www.oxygenee.com/absinthe-faq.html

Last month, Lucid absinthe ( http://drinklucid.com/ ) appeared in liquor stores in NYC and Long Island. It will probably be available in Los Angeles and New Orleans later in the year. In the meantime, you can buy Lucid online at a number of sites. This place offers free shipping, although they may be out of stock until the end of July:

http://www.drinkupny.com/product_p/s0390.htm

Absinthe is legal in the entire European Union, and excellent European absinthes can be ordered online. One site that stocks only high quality absinthes is Liqueur de France:

www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/Absinthe.html

LdF delivers by courier, and delivery is backed by a guarantee. Try the wonderful Jade absinthes, by New Orleanian Ted Breaux. (Recommended: Edouard and Nouvelle-Orl茅ans.)

Do not waste your money on Czech absinthes! They taste like paint thinner, and bear no resemblance to the absinthes of the French Belle Epoque.

You can, if you wish to sample absinthe in a workshop setting, come to Ted Breaux%26#39;s absinthe seminar at this year%26#39;s Tales Of The Cocktail:

talesofthecocktail.com/2007/events_info.php鈥?/a>

Cheers!

I found that Absinthe is very costly. The history is very interesting.I did check out a few of the recommended sites. From what I understand Absinthe did not contain a drug and was made with wormwood%26lt; which supposively caused it to have some hallucinagenic property

It%26#39;s an interesting(confusing) item

That absinthe had psychoactive properties was THE long-standing myth connected with the drink. That myth has been unanimously debunked by serious people who have studied modern and pre-ban vintage absinthes for years. Sadly, the myth of ';absinthe-as-hallucinogen'; lives on as a marketing gimmick, and young people (no surprise there) are prime targets for this sort of hype.

None of the sources I linked to in my previous post disagree on this fact, so you may have misinterpreted something you read.

Absinthe averages 55%-72% alcohol (110 to 144 proof). When one considers that most hard spirits fall in the 85-100-proof range, absinthe administers an alcoholic kick rivaled by few other drinks (some rums are also very high proof). An irresponsible drinker can abuse high-proof spirits very easily.

Some, but not all people describe absinthe intoxication as subtly more ';alert'; than the buzz which accompanies other drinks. This effect is connected to absinthe%26#39;s herbal profile. However, there%26#39;s nothing hallucinogenic about this slight alertness, which generally lasts 15-20 minutes. If alertness is what you%26#39;re after, a small mocha-latte from Starbucks does an infinitely better job, and the effects are longer lasting.

Any drinker can confirm that a gin buzz is different from a vodka buzz which is, in turn, different from a bourbon or scotch buzz. Every drinks produces its own buzz. Absinthe is no different.

Absinthe IS expensive, and poorly-made, sensationalized products are being hawked all over the web. That%26#39;s why it%26#39;s important to do your homework before purchasing. You can pay $100 for a fine, authentic, artisinal product, or you can pay $100 for something that tastes like mouthwash.

The New Yorker magazine did a long and fascinating interview with Ted Breaux, of Jade Liqueurs. If you missed it, here%26#39;s a link to a PDF file:

www.absintheonline.com/acatalog/news.html

(Scroll halfway down the page and look for the March 2006 issue of the New Yorker. The article is entitled ';Green Gold, the return of absinthe.';)

thanks for the clarification, i will agree w/ nycstate. have tried the real thing plenty of times, most recently in spain.... it is fun to prepare. ifyou like anise , awesome. i%26#39;m not a huge fan. it gave me a big headache,just %26#39;cause it is so strong... i can say that at least for me, i drank enough of it to have had some effect, if any was to be had, and i didn%26#39;t feel a darned thing as far as hallucinogenic properties. I haven%26#39;t had time to check out the wikipedia article but i have always wondered, if there are no psychoactive properties, then why the ban in the first place?

I read several articles, some of which suggested by a fellow poster.Evidently, Absinthe is still as contraversial topic. It%26#39;s hard to arrive at which articles contain the ';truth';. I have enjoyed reading these post ,as I was not aware of what Absinthe was a short time ago. Thanks

Go to the website of Jean Lafitte%26#39;s Original Absinthe Bar, and read their article under ';hisory.';

Hate to blow the whistle on the Old Absinthe House, but its info is in dire need of an update!

';As it turns out, Absinthe was indeed a dangerous substance, as the wormwood used for making it had narcotic properties. The consumption of Absinthe was associated with hallucinations, delirium, madness and even death. It is further rumored that Jack the Ripper, an unknown killer of a number of prostitutes in 1888, went mad through his addiction of Absinthe. Consequently, it was outlawed in the United States in 1912.';

http://www.oldabsinthehouse.com/

Love the ';Jack the Ripper'; reference.

The ban came about for reasons that were less sensational, but no less interesting. Briefly.....

Two forces united to shut absinthe production down in the early years of the twentieth century: the European temperance movement, and the French wine industry.

In the 1880s, the vineyards of France had been devastated not once, but twice by phyloxera blights -- a catastrophe that would cripple the industry for decades. It was during that period (when grapes were in short supply) that wine became more expensive than absinthe.

Absinthe%26#39;s sales skyrocketed. It was cheaper than wine, and certainly delivered more bang for the buck. By 1910, when it was the most popular drink in France, the French were consuming 36 million liters of absinthe per year.

A temperance movement had formed in the 1860s in response to Europe%26#39;s growing awareness of the dangers of alcohol. By the turn of the twentieth century, the movement had grown large and powerful, and its campaign against alcohol had grown increasingly shrill.

NOT targeted by the campaign was wine, regarded in those days as ';blameless'; and ';healthy.'; Seeing an opportunity to regain commercial supremacy by killing the competition, the wine industry threw its full backing and support behind the temperance crusaders.

A highly sensationalized ';absinthe-fueled'; murder in Switzerland in 1905 proved to be the nail in absinthe%26#39;s coffin. Across Europe and in the US anti-absinthe sentiments grew, and eventually the drink was banned.

There%26#39;s more to the story, but those are the bones of it!