A little drink thats been around for centuries...given the nickname "The Green Fairy"...depicted recently in films such as From Hell and Moulin Rouge...First off...Absinthe *with the E* is the original drink...Absinth is the Czech version of absinthe...the Czech's put an assload of wormwood in their potion...what is wormwood? Absinthe in french means wormwood...wormwood is an herb..that when distilled/put in alcohol releases a chemical called thujone...more or less *there is a lot more to the process*...either way..its the thujone that makes absinth(e) what it is...what does it do to you? well...its like being drunk..in fact..it is being drunk...because most absinth's have HIGH amounts of alcohol....the thujone acts as a stimulant..some call its affects a "clear headed drunkeness"....
I bought two bottles of this stuff...both Czech bottles of absinth....both by a company "Bairnsfather" one is Bitter the other is Reality...Bitter contains 33-35mg of thujone and Reality contains 26mg.....most other French absinthe's contain a mere 10mg
its nothing to shout about really...but...i like it...definitely something to put on the christmas wish list if you've never tried it...Remember..its illegal in the U.S...but several online companies will import it here... i got mine from www.eabsinthe.com they are very professional and extremely quick on delivery....it got right past customs without a problem
If you don't like horrible tasting liquors..then don't buy this..its like drinking battery acid...luckily for me...i don't know how to taste..so it goes down easy...with a slight gagging sensation....i nearly vomitted on my first taste of it...but...it keeps me up all night...which is kind of cool...because i usually am in bed by 8:30
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