On Absinthe Returning to the United States

[weaktwos]

There be Absinthe in New York. (hat tip to syreene for the link)

Supposedly, it is thujone free. Sadly, even the modern day thujone content in today's bottles of Absinthe did not appear potent. Apparently they are selling out, though, so I won't be sampling it any time soon.

Comments

Re: You're right, that is very cool!

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I have, but it did not have that effect on me, sadly. I ordered it from France, though, and as I understand it, it's weaker than the Czech goodness. I plan on acquiring some good Czech stuff soon and doing a "Pepsi challenge" test with Lucid.

Re: You're right, that is very cool!

[big-ragu.livejournal.com]

good luck! :)

Do you know the trick with sugar and fire? It really makes that evil tasting stuff easier to drink. There is a special kind of spoon they like to use, I stole a couple. Every bar we went to had a dish of sugar packets and those spoons on every table.

I just remembered one of the oddest experiences ever. We were walking around in Prague (awesome city, btw) and there was a small stage set up seemingly at random on a sidewalk and a really, really good ABBA tribute band was performing. There wasn't any kind of festival or party or suitible atmosphere, just a random city street with a stage and an ABBA tribute band. Odd.

Re: You're right, that is very cool!

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried the fire routine, but I have the spoon, and I've done the sugar cube and trickle of water routine.

However, I do plan on trying that next time. :-)