Any absinthe drinkers here? Can anyone recommend a good one? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I should try it to celabrate the "Non-apacolypse"...but everyone has told me it is way powerful. I usually just go with Powers Whiskey. But I will keep checking this thread for recommendations.

I've had Lucid.... Not bad if you like absinthe... It has extract of wormwood.... Very high proof.... There is another brand I have been wanting to try... Little less proof... I cannot recall the brand

Doc

I thought the stuff that was for sale here in the US did not have the "cool" factor stuff included? I have never tried it, kinda partial to bourbon, whiskey, and beer.

They made some changes to the laws and now Absinthe in the US can contain a certain amount of Thujone.

Based on the updated policy, absinthe is considered "thujone-free" if it contains 10 ppm or less thujone.

So, you can party with the green fairy here in the US now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Really. The wife and I are going to take a few days and get away at the end of the week as we will be out of school on Thursday. I will have to check that out, and see what happens LOL.

Let us know. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

K <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

If you're not into pouring cold water over a sugar cube on a slotted spoon over the absinthe, you can just drink some in root beer...I've heard it mixes well with root beer and tastes good that way also. I've never tried it so I don't know.

I've tried it a time or two, don't really remember any particular brands. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Absinthe's alright I guess, not really my thing though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I have had some. I don't recall the brand tho. Stuff is strong. My friend is a pretty big guy 6'4 and about 300 lbs. Two shots of the stuff and he was passed out LOL no joke.

If we would of drank it the traditional way i'm sure it would of tasted a lot better.

I don't use the sugar... Makes it taste worse to me... It tastes like licorice (from the anise) ...the thujone is from the grande wormwood which is a requirement of true absinthe. It is made from the three herbs: anise, fennel, and grande wormwood. very high proof... I think lucid, the first allowed back in the US after the ban (2007) is 62 or 65 % alcohol.... All it did to me is make me fall asleep from the high proof.... It's not that great but worth a shot just to say you have had it

Doc