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Absinthe - Dancing With The Green Fairy

Posted by Quintal on June 7, 2007, at 23:06:02

The Absinthe I ordered arrived on Tuesday so I decided to indulge myself a bit. Smells and tastes like aniseed balls (I hate aniseed) but somehow it's bearable, not syrupy and cloying like I imagined it might be. It's a lighter intoxication than with regular alcohol - the so called 'clarity high' produced by the thujone in wormwood, a GABA-A receptor antagonist which can block some of the effects of alcohol. Most sources seem to claim Absinthe doesn't cause hallucinations and that's probably true for occasional drinkers. I think some of the party-poopers go a bit to far in debunking the myth though because in small amounts Absinthe can produce a state of mellow introspection not too dissimilar to marijuana.

How to louche absinthe properly using a fountain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tWyDxiOz70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax11vjdzC78&mode=related&search=

The history of Absinthe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wqW1IgSKmI

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

Q


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