Great job, guys. This is actually one of the most accurate absinthe info videos I've seen, with only a couple of items worth clarifying: At 2:43 Jonathan states that "absinthe can only be sold in the United States if it's thujone-free". This is true, but what most folks don't know is that the FDA defines thujone-free as under 10 parts per million. The EU has a similar restriction, but their definition of thujone-free is 35 ppm. A wide selection of samples of top-shelf pre-ban absinthes (made before 1915) has been analyzed by modern instruments (GC/MS) and the thujone contents were variable. They ranged between 0.5 and 48.3 ppm. The only important error is at 2:48, where Jonathan states that "if it has wormwood in it, the FDA considers it adulterated". In fact, alcoholic drinks approved for import, manufacture and sale in the US may contain wormwood and, beyond the stipulation that they be thujone-free, the amount of wormwood itself isn't regulated. Other handy facts: Wormwood has never been "illegal", in the US, only restricted from food use beginning in 1912. Many other traditional drinks besides absinthe contain wormwood. The Swedish bitter liqueur Malort is loaded with it. Polish piołunówka, and the Croatian pelinkovac are wormwood-infused vodkas. Vermouth is made with it; the word "vermouth" coming from the German word for wormwood: "wermut".
I'm drinking 89.9% (179.8 proof) Absinthe right now. Prepared in the traditional way of 3 parts water to 1 part Absinthe. Ice cold water dripped over a sugar cube into the glass of Absinthe. It tastes wonderful. No hallucinations, just incredibly boozy.
@@timmynator8036 As far as taste goes, it taste kind of minty and not as strong, but the effects of the alcohol or whatever else in it is and it feels smooth. At least that's how I would describe it after having some today after buying absinthe a second time.
10thlevel80 Would be hilarious tho if Link would suddenly get insanely smashed while fighting ganondorf.. ''EY YOU FAT GREEN C*NT, DON'T TOUCH MY WO-*HICK*, WOMAN!''
Torguish , pretty much. Except that weed really is a drug and absinthe was nothing more than tasty green booze that was easier to get during a long wine shortage.
I LOVE Absinthe! I love the history behind it and each plant in it! A good absinthe tastes like a meadow in spring that has just bloomed. Did you know it was first made as a malaria treatment! Also you can easily order absinthe online and get it in the US or anywhere in the world. Jade is the best brand.
I just splurged on a bottle yesterday. I have to say I like it. No hallucination. A little body sensation... similar to Cannabis but a warm fuzzy feeling. Its nice. A tiny glass is all I need to start feeling the effects.
sounds like the concentrate I make from some thujone containing herbs and another one with other alkaloids, I won't spoil the plants since it's my secret recipe/combo, but yeah, even without alcohol it made me feel like in all kinds of ways, felt a sort of warth around me flowing through me, felt like I was one with the world and so on, very wacky and fun, was a better thing then crack or cigarettes for sure.
Makes me wonder why certain liquors like Bacardi 151 were suddenly still okay when absinthe was banned as it is 75.5% alcohol a higher content than rubbing alcohol.
I recently tried the lucid absinthe, I'm not a big drinker and hate black licorice but I love the absinthe. you don't have to drink much to feel great. nice relaxing mellow feeling with no bad side effects
After I took a black absinthe shot with 89% abv, the rest of my night became a blur. I did have a minor hallucination after going to sleep, but that was mostly likely just sleep paralysis.
Weird. I know you made that comment a long time ago, but if it's any closure i can vouch for it being sleep paralysis. I've been watching a bunch of videos about the history of absinthe and i'm noticing alot of comments about sleep paralysis and wondering about some kind of connection.
I love absinthe and have savoured a number of different modern varieties as well as some vintage pre-ban absinthe. I believe however that the thujone has some effect, although most definitely not hallucinogenic - traditional absinthe with wormwood definitely produces a more euphoric buzz than that without.
I only hullnicated after drink a 5th of rum and drinking 2 absinthe drinks...I had the absinthe called grande absinthe to this day my favorite haven’t been that drunk since though
I'm unsure of the current laws, but the US law used to be that you were allowed to purchase up to two bottles for personal consumption only (as in not to sell). So I actually bought a bottle with the Thujone in it years ago. No hallucinations, but I enjoyed the stuff when mixed into the right drinks. I wasn't much for the sugar cube method, though I tried it a few times.
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks No, you won't meet any colored fairies. I got me some Kübler the other day and it is not green. It turns white and is called a blanche absinthe. This stuff is not green but its hard to tell when I was at the store. Now I know. It just tastes like licorice.
AvalonDoce, the two-bottle idea was never a thing. Absinthe of any kind, from anywhere, was restricted from importation, sale, or production by US Customs, the TTB, and the FDA until 2007.
Where I live the local bottle shop sells four different colours of absinthe with varying alcohol content, the last one I had was black which was 80% ABV, such good stuff.
The main characteristic of quality absinthe is the "louche" - which is where it changes colour when water is dripped into it. The best absinthe turns a pearlescent green. Never ever drink it straight, always add iced water, but very gradually. Anyone who's ever lived in Southern Europe will be familiar with the taste - it is predominantly anise, like liquorice and looks and tastes exactly like Pastis, which was introduced by Pernod Ricard after the ban.
Ok Just an update: as of November 2011 The original recipe for Absinthe has been legal to sell in the United States. I for one drink it sparingly (It has a KICK) You must pour it over a sugar cube into 2 to 3 oz of ice water then it will turn a pearly pale green color. (That is where it gets the name the Green Fairy)
I remember the first time I had absinthe was on my birthday at a Czech restaurant about ten years ago and since then it has become one of my favourite drinks, even though I rarely drink any alcohol these days apart from special occasions.
Absinthe is the only alcohol aside from red wine that I like. I've tried around 20 or so brands now and it's amazing how different each one tastes from the other. It's fun to discover new ones. The thujone has little or no flavor, nor does it make you high, so you aren't missing out on much if you buy it in the US or abroad. I've had both. If you're new to absinthe, look for La Clandestine or Vieux Carré - they're both great introductions to whet your appetite for the more complex ones and they're still both go-to brands for me even today.
I used to work for a private equity that had all you can drink nights every night FREE. (Owner came from Wall Street) Sometimes I would party till 2am and be at work in a couple hours. One day I had Absinthe and yeah I went from a huge social drinker to rarely drinking. Absinthe is not to be taken lightly. Try to make a couple drinks from a 130 proof bottle and make its perfectly and finish the bottle in three days. You will learn in the power the drink has and like anything dangerous when consuming it I take it lightly now but I am more nervous to have at it again. I still have the entire setup. The slow drip, spoon, and absinthe glass
Me and my friends on a stag do in Prague and went to an absinthe bar over there, and drank absinthe that was banned in all but three countries. There where ten of us, and we all had it served in the traditional way with the sugar cube and everything. We all took our drink at the same time. Three instantly threw up, another two threw up later outside, me and two others coughed and sputtered for a bit bit where ok, and two took it like a boss! No hallucinations but it was a fun experience non the less!
I don't have a lot of alternative drink experimentation to compare (except the standard US liquors), but I certainly got a warm, fuzzy, and even Jolly feeling by drinking it. I had it in Dubai, and the mix it was in was jet black- which didn't make sense to me but I was a fishbowl margarita in anyway so I didn't object. I had asked for a "Kamikaze" which is a popular US mixed drink or shot, and that's what he gave me. The bartender made a couple classy comments about "we require our absinthe drinkers to tab out or pay by the glass because they always leave their cards". I played along, but the absinthe wasn't prepared via either popular method (flaming sugar cube or icewater drip). It was a good experience, and I can attest that I had the attention span of a 6 year old on the long walk back to the subway, and then ride to the hotel.
Im drinking the “Taboo” brand absinthe as I watch this. Distilled in BC Canada and absolutely delicious. I prepare it 1 part absinthe with 5 parts cold filtered water over the sugar cube and then stir it all together. This is good quality wormwood absinthe that CAN actually be drank and enjoyed
The absinthe we have in Canada is pretty good, usually 55%. I've bought one brand that was 70%. I always found that getting drunk on it made my vision more vivid and also didn't cloud my mind as much as other alcohols. Maybe it's just placebo.... maybe not, the bottles always say there's a full serving of wormwood in the recipe so who knows, maybe there's a little somethin goin on with it
As you correctly said, Absinthe should be diluted. Sugar is commonly added according to taste to reduce bitterness. Absinthe is OK and goes to the spot - but on taste alone, while I can find one glass enjoyable I would not care for a session of it.
Hey everyone. I've lived in Romania for quiet a long time where its legal. We had green and turquoise colored absinthe there which wasn't so strong (needed more than 3 shots to get you drunk). Ive moved to Turkey recently and I cant find it here so I recently started homebrewing absinthe and there is a glitch about the halkucination thing.in some of the recepies ive come across besides wormwood,anise,fennel,coriander etc... also nutmeg is noted as an ingredient. Now ive done some research and found out that nutmeg can cause some reallt strange hallucinations and give you an interesting high (although they say the high is not worth its terrible low). Could you please do a video about nutmeg poisoning next? :D
interesting, can't argue about romanian absynthe, a friend of mine went back home after a shot of strong absynthe, he thought he was given regular romanian light absynthe but he didn't and he said the had the impression he was seeing someone following him in the corner of the eye, I did make a concentrate from herbs without alcohol, it did prove to befective but I didn't see anything, just felt in all sorts of ways, it was wacky as shit tbh.
Thujone likely does not cause hallucinations, but it may reverse the sedative effects of ethanol. Because Ethanol is a strong GABA agonist as well as a weak NMDA antagonist, and Thujone is a strong GABA antagonist, it is plausible that more ethanol can be consumed allowing higher NMDA antagonism to exist.
I had some absinthe in Paris once at a bar. Maybe two or three shots. It seemed like there was a slightly different effect than beer, wine, spirits, but that could be placebo. It wasn't different enough to definitively say that the wormwood made a difference.
I'm on my third glass of absinthe right now and my girlfriend is still alive. I bought it from a small town in Bosnia, says nothing about "thijone" but contains a recipe on the back for a drink called "death in the agternoon" basically its champagne and absinthe
Dude, Tunel brand goes up to 85% we dont delude shit up here in the Netherlands. Tbh we can even purchase wormwood ect. legally and just ad extra which i did multiple times. Yet i do have to sat you wont trip balls like on strong shrooms like Ecuadorians, also i still have both ears.
Not sure but I think it was candy coated anise seeds I was offered before after an Indian meal. Suposed to help with digestion.. So I can see making a tea
In Macedonia we have rakija (it's pronounced as rahkeeyah) it has 50-65% of alcohol it's mainly produced from fermenting grapes, thou there are types by other fruits too. I reckon it's not that far off from absinthe and it's legal you can buy it in most stores. Probably one of the most alcoholic drink easily available and cheap as well.
I drank gallons of absinthe. With high doses of thujone. I even had pure extract. It's definately a differnt feeling then regular alcohol I only hallucinated off it once when me and another split an entire bottle.
Drinking it for the first time tonight. I went with the 1 part absenthe to three parts ice water dripped over a sugar cube. I’m not a licorice fan and that’s the taste I am getting.
You can buy 40% alcohol absinthe online which contains 35mg/kg thujone (if legal in your country) - lovely stuff - very herbally and bitter if you don't add sugar. It gives you a nice relaxed and laid back feeling :)
I've tried it and so far, no Green Fairies or Pink Elephants for that matter Wicked strong tho at 70% alcohol/volume so I'd suggest you'd better dilute it some
Had absinthe in the Czech Republic 14 years ago. That stuff had nothing left out at all, and max thujone content. 5 minutes later, words started coming out of me that were not my own, it was freaking horrible. I didn't hallucinate but I was not in a good place. Not even that drunk, just a total personality shift I have no desire to revisit.
I've had St. George's absinthe- it was a very strong taste with many subtle layers to it. Probably the closest thing to a hallucination I experienced was the way it so deeply aroused memories associate with taste and smell.
Best way to experience the visual effects of artemisia absinthium ala wormwood is to prepare the absinthe yourself and smoke a bit of the wormwood along with the drink. Also helps to do this during nighttime. Wormwood much like its relative mugwort can induce a dream like state somewhere in between consciousness and subconsciousness. That’s why they have such a long rich history with dreamwork and things of this nature with the Celtic druids and a multitude of other cultures. Tons of misinformation out there on this 🙏❤️🙏
I tried Absinthe once... Can't remember a thing, but the next morning the bottle was half empty, my friend woke up without his beard and things were seriously moved around in the apartment.
Have I ever drank that much? Does a bear do the 2 in the woods? I have a ridiculously high tolerence for alcohol. I don't drink much anymore but I could easily drink 18- 24 beer and still walk to bed, oh and that's Canadian beer by the way. I wish now that I had half the money I've spent on alcohol in the past back in my pocket. Absinthe is on my bucket list. I do wish to try it, and I'm sure the day will come.
I drove two cases from Maine to California in 1969 to sell and trade. It was smuggled into Somerset County from Quebec City. I only drank what was offered from my customers. Very very tactile top of head pins and needles but no true hallucinations that I remember.
Knew it, it's weird this is still such a common belief, I think it's cuz whenever nothing happens ppl blame it on the absinthe not being genuine. The buzz off such high proof alc is different enough from getting drunk on weaker alc that the placebo effect is enough to convince some ppl they're feeling the effects of a different substance. If u want a trip like the absinthe trip they show in movies get salvia or dmt
Back when the Euro first became a currency, and was doing poorly so you could buy stuff SUPER cheap, I found a website based in Spain that would ship absinthe to the US. I must have ordered dozens of different bottles over the years, sourced from all over Europe. Never once did I hallucinate from it. I may have felt mild effects, but it was mild enough that it's unclear if it was because I expected to, or if it was actually happening. Even with the most potent stuff I ever bought, nothing. Tasty though, now I don't hate that black licorice flavor anymore. INSANE hangovers though, do not overdo it with that shit, you have been warned.
Some fast facts from a regular absinthe drinker (me) with tujon: -Absinthe in Czech and Slovak Republic is legal, you can buy it in Tesco and other supermarkets and bars -its very popular because of the relatively high level of alcohol concentration (not even the highest you can buy, the highest is the Tartatea: Outlaw Tea (82% of alcohol, absinthe is usually 70%) what is a sweet distilled herb drink) -one shot (50ml) of absinthe makes you horny (but still sober); 2 shots makes you party; 3 drunk and the 4th in short time... lets say to drunk to be in public. Usually 4 is enough -there are two major types of absinthe: French and bohemian. French has a higher wormwood and tujon content (~3.6%) but much lower amount alcohol (40-50%); and the bohemian, ranging from 55% to 85%. the preparation methods are different: -the french absinthe is poured into the glass. you put a cube of sugar over the glass, using an absinthe spoon, and you slowly pour ice cold water, drop by drop on the cubed sugar so it melts into the absinthe -if you have a bohemian one, you put the sugar over the empty glass, you pour absinthe over it, and if the sugarcube gets absorbed with the absinthe you light it up with fire and let it caramelise to the glass. -or if you are a barbarian as me, you just drink the absinthe as it is. -also, there are more colors of absinthe: classic green, black and red (maybe i seen blue, not sure) --the black is heavier and sweeter --the red is lemony --the green is traditionally bitter if you get any questions, feel free to ask.
I've always wanted to try it, but finding that one of its core ingredients is banned makes me think that it won't be as good in the US. But then what do I know. Has anyone had Absinthe out side of the US and then compared it to its US counterpart?
I have nothing against alcohol coz I drank a couple Margaritas last night. But aldhohol is such a part of our lives but I never learned how to drink. What I mean is, it was never explained how alcohol is metabolized and how much you should drink of any kind of particular spirit in a certain amount of time. Taking in account the body mass index and tolerance by habit. I believe the industry owes us that information one way or another. Like by putting some guidelines in the packaging/bottle. I've had my share of problems caused by excessive drinking because I drank spirits like wine but spirits are about 3 times stronger... Be carefull is my advice! If you want to enjoy spirits, think: "less is more" and give it time to be metabolized by the liver so you don't overload your system, including your brain! Yes, I've had black outs and did crazy, dangerous things while being alcohol intoxicated.
Drank about a bottle of some really old stuff in an upstairs bar in the mikasa mall in yokosuka japan. Did not halucinate but got incredibly wasted. Ate macdonalds after then passed out in an internet cafe. Best three day weekend ever.
Made bootleg Absinthe in college using Bacardi 151. It was drinking poison ivy, but once i figured out to wash it down with lemon juice it was bearable. It was definitely a different drunk, pleasant, made you feel lighter. I know it's not the alcohol content alone. How? Put it this way: I was in one of the most popular frats at Penn State, I knew my way around a bottle.
I once drank some absinthe in France at a party, it came from an unopened bottle that was more than a hundred years old. Nice taste, definitely was mildly hallucinogenic.
"Aniseed" is an alternative name for anise. They use star anise to make the drink. Star anise (or star aniseed), believe it or not, is actually an entirely separate species from anise despite the name, although the two have a similar flavor.
What will ants do when you accidentally expose their whole underground anthill, along with the eggs? Do they organise themselves or they die? I've seen ants moving their eggs though, maybe they move elsewhere with the anthill and the eggs?
I'm pretty sure we have an episode in the can where Ben explains some cool things about ants. I don't know if he covers this or not... if he doesn't I'll keep it in our topics list so we can come back to it!
The original recipe from this wonderfull drink we have here in switzerland. And yes thujone is one of the dozen important incredients ! The others i will for sure not tell. And belive me whit the original recipe the sky is full of wonderfull green fairy!!
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when you have an absinthe video to make at 3 and a bowling team meeting at 4
JD Felder **Yeah I knoW righT iT looKs liKe he boWLs in the saMe leaGuE as RaLph CRaMdeN.!!** 😒
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i’m laughing my ass off🤣🤣
@@TheAGODAMI “Am I the only one here who cares about absinthe?!”
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Great job, guys. This is actually one of the most accurate absinthe info videos I've seen, with only a couple of items worth clarifying:
At 2:43 Jonathan states that "absinthe can only be sold in the United States if it's thujone-free". This is true, but what most folks don't know is that the FDA defines thujone-free as under 10 parts per million. The EU has a similar restriction, but their definition of thujone-free is 35 ppm. A wide selection of samples of top-shelf pre-ban absinthes (made before 1915) has been analyzed by modern instruments (GC/MS) and the thujone contents were variable. They ranged between 0.5 and 48.3 ppm.
The only important error is at 2:48, where Jonathan states that "if it has wormwood in it, the FDA considers it adulterated". In fact, alcoholic drinks approved for import, manufacture and sale in the US may contain wormwood and, beyond the stipulation that they be thujone-free, the amount of wormwood itself isn't regulated.
Other handy facts:
Wormwood has never been "illegal", in the US, only restricted from food use beginning in 1912.
Many other traditional drinks besides absinthe contain wormwood. The Swedish bitter liqueur Malort is loaded with it. Polish piołunówka, and the Croatian pelinkovac are wormwood-infused vodkas. Vermouth is made with it; the word "vermouth" coming from the German word for wormwood: "wermut".
Here in England it's only 50% proof 😭
@@gemmalarsen2752 50 percent is 100 proof
That shirt is more treacherous than the crime described in the beginning of the video.
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That shirt is lame
I'm drinking 89.9% (179.8 proof) Absinthe right now. Prepared in the traditional way of 3 parts water to 1 part Absinthe. Ice cold water dripped over a sugar cube into the glass of Absinthe. It tastes wonderful. No hallucinations, just incredibly boozy.
Isnt the taste extremely strong? Even with water im curious to know if one could enjoy such a dry and tough alcohol level
@@timmynator8036 As far as taste goes, it taste kind of minty and not as strong, but the effects of the alcohol or whatever else in it is and it feels smooth. At least that's how I would describe it after having some today after buying absinthe a second time.
@@RaithCA thank you !
So you've basically taken the proof down to 22.4% (45 proof)
Meanwhile, we sit here in Trondheim, Norway in the forest, drinking our 96% mixed with coffee.
Shot absinthe, had a psychosis, almost killed myself.
10/10 would do again.
leepailong123 just remove thujone
So basically
Absinthe went through the same ordeal as cannabis is going through.
seems like all the good green stuff is bad for you :P
10thlevel80 i thought they give you HP. :(
they do dude :D every time i go to fight a boss i have some magic "potion" with me
10thlevel80 Would be hilarious tho if Link would suddenly get insanely smashed while fighting ganondorf..
''EY YOU FAT GREEN C*NT, DON'T TOUCH MY WO-*HICK*, WOMAN!''
Torguish , pretty much. Except that weed really is a drug and absinthe was nothing more than tasty green booze that was easier to get during a long wine shortage.
I LOVE Absinthe! I love the history behind it and each plant in it! A good absinthe tastes like a meadow in spring that has just bloomed. Did you know it was first made as a malaria treatment! Also you can easily order absinthe online and get it in the US or anywhere in the world. Jade is the best brand.
I just splurged on a bottle yesterday. I have to say I like it. No hallucination. A little body sensation... similar to Cannabis but a warm fuzzy feeling. Its nice. A tiny glass is all I need to start feeling the effects.
sounds like the concentrate I make from some thujone containing herbs and another one with other alkaloids, I won't spoil the plants since it's my secret recipe/combo, but yeah, even without alcohol it made me feel like in all kinds of ways, felt a sort of warth around me flowing through me, felt like I was one with the world and so on, very wacky and fun, was a better thing then crack or cigarettes for sure.
After consulting with the my friends Pink mini Hippo and Green Flying Puppy, we have concluded absinthe definitely does not cause hallucinations.
This comment made me laugh 😂😂👌
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Makes me wonder why certain liquors like Bacardi 151 were suddenly still okay when absinthe was banned as it is 75.5% alcohol a higher content than rubbing alcohol.
bacardi 151 is 151% proof so the percentage per volume is less than 151 (its supposed to be like half of it)
I recently tried the lucid absinthe, I'm not a big drinker and hate black licorice but I love the absinthe. you don't have to drink much to feel great. nice relaxing mellow feeling with no bad side effects
After I took a black absinthe shot with 89% abv, the rest of my night became a blur. I did have a minor hallucination after going to sleep, but that was mostly likely just sleep paralysis.
Weird. I know you made that comment a long time ago, but if it's any closure i can vouch for it being sleep paralysis. I've been watching a bunch of videos about the history of absinthe and i'm noticing alot of comments about sleep paralysis and wondering about some kind of connection.
10 years ago I had good absynth from Czech Republic. I had small effects on it: grass was moving little bit. Was fun but it wore out quickly.
Przemyslaw Szulc I had the same from Czech stuff. They called it dirty absinthe. It was reminiscent of mild mild lsd
I love absinthe and have savoured a number of different modern varieties as well as some vintage pre-ban absinthe. I believe however that the thujone has some effect, although most definitely not hallucinogenic - traditional absinthe with wormwood definitely produces a more euphoric buzz than that without.
I only hullnicated after drink a 5th of rum and drinking 2 absinthe drinks...I had the absinthe called grande absinthe to this day my favorite haven’t been that drunk since though
I had it you don't hallucinate but its definitely psychoactive.
No shit it's psychoactive it's alcohol
Absinthe has a dangerous reputation. But will you really meet The Green Fairy if you drink it?
nope, i am just drinking absinthe and no fairy. never seen her...
I'm unsure of the current laws, but the US law used to be that you were allowed to purchase up to two bottles for personal consumption only (as in not to sell). So I actually bought a bottle with the Thujone in it years ago. No hallucinations, but I enjoyed the stuff when mixed into the right drinks. I wasn't much for the sugar cube method, though I tried it a few times.
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks No, you will just become an alcoholic and see pink elephants.
BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks No, you won't meet any colored fairies. I got me some Kübler the other day and it is not green. It turns white and is called a blanche absinthe. This stuff is not green but its hard to tell when I was at the store. Now I know. It just tastes like licorice.
AvalonDoce, the two-bottle idea was never a thing. Absinthe of any kind, from anywhere, was restricted from importation, sale, or production by US Customs, the TTB, and the FDA until 2007.
Ive had absinthe with Thujone in Germany. It was just like a very strong alcoholic licorice flavored green drink
The green fairy that lives in the absinthe wants your soul
Great fucking quote; from a great fucking movie.
75% ethyl alcohol! Holy fuck, you could run an engine on that kind of strength
try google Spirytus Lubelski ;)
Would your eyes pop out if you sneezed while holding your eyes open? If not what would it take?
My 9th grade Biology teacher told me this one. I'll add it to our list of topics to investigate, because 20+ years later I still don't trust her...
Haven`t you seen that chick on guiness records that can do it when she wants?
Where I live the local bottle shop sells four different colours of absinthe with varying alcohol content, the last one I had was black which was 80% ABV, such good stuff.
The main characteristic of quality absinthe is the "louche" - which is where it changes colour when water is dripped into it. The best absinthe turns a pearlescent green. Never ever drink it straight, always add iced water, but very gradually. Anyone who's ever lived in Southern Europe will be familiar with the taste - it is predominantly anise, like liquorice and looks and tastes exactly like Pastis, which was introduced by Pernod Ricard after the ban.
Ok Just an update: as of November 2011 The original recipe for Absinthe has been legal to sell in the United States. I for one drink it sparingly (It has a KICK)
You must pour it over a sugar cube into 2 to 3 oz of ice water then it will turn a pearly pale green color. (That is where it gets the name the Green Fairy)
I remember the first time I had absinthe was on my birthday at a Czech restaurant about ten years ago and since then it has become one of my favourite drinks, even though I rarely drink any alcohol these days apart from special occasions.
I just bought a bottle from the Czech republic and had it imported. My first time drinking it 😎.
It tastes pretty good, especially good for how high proof it is
Absinthe is the only alcohol aside from red wine that I like. I've tried around 20 or so brands now and it's amazing how different each one tastes from the other. It's fun to discover new ones. The thujone has little or no flavor, nor does it make you high, so you aren't missing out on much if you buy it in the US or abroad. I've had both. If you're new to absinthe, look for La Clandestine or Vieux Carré - they're both great introductions to whet your appetite for the more complex ones and they're still both go-to brands for me even today.
I had absinthe mixed with lemonade and it was lush! I tried it straight as well but it wasn't so good...
sounds tasty!!
I used to work for a private equity that had all you can drink nights every night FREE. (Owner came from Wall Street) Sometimes I would party till 2am and be at work in a couple hours.
One day I had Absinthe and yeah I went from a huge social drinker to rarely drinking. Absinthe is not to be taken lightly. Try to make a couple drinks from a 130 proof bottle and make its perfectly and finish the bottle in three days.
You will learn in the power the drink has and like anything dangerous when consuming it I take it lightly now but I am more nervous to have at it again. I still have the entire setup. The slow drip, spoon, and absinthe glass
I’ve seen green fairies on mushrooms a few times, so if that’s what you’re looking for maybe try that.
Me and my friends on a stag do in Prague and went to an absinthe bar over there, and drank absinthe that was banned in all but three countries. There where ten of us, and we all had it served in the traditional way with the sugar cube and everything. We all took our drink at the same time. Three instantly threw up, another two threw up later outside, me and two others coughed and sputtered for a bit bit where ok, and two took it like a boss! No hallucinations but it was a fun experience non the less!
I don't have a lot of alternative drink experimentation to compare (except the standard US liquors), but I certainly got a warm, fuzzy, and even Jolly feeling by drinking it.
I had it in Dubai, and the mix it was in was jet black- which didn't make sense to me but I was a fishbowl margarita in anyway so I didn't object. I had asked for a "Kamikaze" which is a popular US mixed drink or shot, and that's what he gave me.
The bartender made a couple classy comments about "we require our absinthe drinkers to tab out or pay by the glass because they always leave their cards". I played along, but the absinthe wasn't prepared via either popular method (flaming sugar cube or icewater drip). It was a good experience, and I can attest that I had the attention span of a 6 year old on the long walk back to the subway, and then ride to the hotel.
Im drinking the “Taboo” brand absinthe as I watch this. Distilled in BC Canada and absolutely delicious. I prepare it 1 part absinthe with 5 parts cold filtered water over the sugar cube and then stir it all together. This is good quality wormwood absinthe that CAN actually be drank and enjoyed
The absinthe we have in Canada is pretty good, usually 55%. I've bought one brand that was 70%. I always found that getting drunk on it made my vision more vivid and also didn't cloud my mind as much as other alcohols. Maybe it's just placebo.... maybe not, the bottles always say there's a full serving of wormwood in the recipe so who knows, maybe there's a little somethin goin on with it
ME also - a clear headed ,sharp, effect -euphoria, rather than drunkenness
As you correctly said, Absinthe should be diluted. Sugar is commonly added according to taste to reduce bitterness.
Absinthe is OK and goes to the spot - but on taste alone, while I can find one glass enjoyable I would not care for a session of it.
Hey everyone. I've lived in Romania for quiet a long time where its legal. We had green and turquoise colored absinthe there which wasn't so strong (needed more than 3 shots to get you drunk). Ive moved to Turkey recently and I cant find it here so I recently started homebrewing absinthe and there is a glitch about the halkucination thing.in some of the recepies ive come across besides wormwood,anise,fennel,coriander etc... also nutmeg is noted as an ingredient. Now ive done some research and found out that nutmeg can cause some reallt strange hallucinations and give you an interesting high (although they say the high is not worth its terrible low). Could you please do a video about nutmeg poisoning next? :D
interesting, can't argue about romanian absynthe, a friend of mine went back home after a shot of strong absynthe, he thought he was given regular romanian light absynthe but he didn't and he said the had the impression he was seeing someone following him in the corner of the eye, I did make a concentrate from herbs without alcohol, it did prove to befective but I didn't see anything, just felt in all sorts of ways, it was wacky as shit tbh.
wait, did he just start this vid with ''hi there kids''???
Thujone likely does not cause hallucinations, but it may reverse the sedative effects of ethanol. Because Ethanol is a strong GABA agonist as well as a weak NMDA antagonist, and Thujone is a strong GABA antagonist, it is plausible that more ethanol can be consumed allowing higher NMDA antagonism to exist.
Absent was given to me as my first 21 birthday drink and I love it! 🤩
yeah, drank about a half bottle and didn't experience anything outside of the normal pink elephants.
I had some absinthe in Paris once at a bar. Maybe two or three shots. It seemed like there was a slightly different effect than beer, wine, spirits, but that could be placebo. It wasn't different enough to definitively say that the wormwood made a difference.
This is the best most relaxing video. Alcohol and psychedelics are like experimental and feel good combined.
I'm on my third glass of absinthe right now and my girlfriend is still alive. I bought it from a small town in Bosnia, says nothing about "thijone" but contains a recipe on the back for a drink called "death in the agternoon" basically its champagne and absinthe
I thought the title said "Abstinence" LMAO
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Dude, Tunel brand goes up to 85% we dont delude shit up here in the Netherlands.
Tbh we can even purchase wormwood ect. legally and just ad extra which i did multiple times.
Yet i do have to sat you wont trip balls like on strong shrooms like Ecuadorians, also i still have both ears.
In Argentina I have seen Absinthe with 90% alcohol levels that's why it was banned
"I still have both ears" hahaha I love people from the Netherlands you are all awesome
Sophia Trillini awh thank you teehee.
Sophia Trillini ive also drank it in spain with 90, shit aint good for the throat.
I have a readily available absinthe with 80% ABV and no, it never made me, or anyone else hallucinate
in iraq, anise tea is used as a medication for stomach pain during winter
Not sure but I think it was candy coated anise seeds I was offered before after an Indian meal.
Suposed to help with digestion..
So I can see making a tea
In Macedonia we have rakija (it's pronounced as rahkeeyah) it has 50-65% of alcohol it's mainly produced from fermenting grapes, thou there are types by other fruits too. I reckon it's not that far off from absinthe and it's legal you can buy it in most stores. Probably one of the most alcoholic drink easily available and cheap as well.
I drank gallons of absinthe. With high doses of thujone. I even had pure extract. It's definately a differnt feeling then regular alcohol I only hallucinated off it once when me and another split an entire bottle.
I always knew it! Drunkest I've ever been was trying to hallucinate on that crap. To this day, I can't smell licorice without wanting to vomit
Drinking it for the first time tonight. I went with the 1 part absenthe to three parts ice water dripped over a sugar cube. I’m not a licorice fan and that’s the taste I am getting.
absinthe in the US does contain wormwood and therefore thujone in it but is limited to no more than 10%
if I may correct myself I said 10% of thujone when I ment 10mg/L which is equal to that of preband absinthe
Yeah 10% thujon and you are dead
me and my dad got drunk before a guar on that he talked to a guy he did not know for a half hour thinking it was me
I had a shot of green fairy once. It has a very strong chemical flavour, reminiscent of minty mouth wash. I believe the one I had was about 65%.
That's Czech absinthe. Not really the same thing.
god I love videos like this, so interesting!
i've ordered several from europe if u like jager black licorice and green niquil you'll like absinthe it's really just a novelty
You can buy 40% alcohol absinthe online which contains 35mg/kg thujone (if legal in your country) - lovely stuff - very herbally and bitter if you don't add sugar. It gives you a nice relaxed and laid back feeling :)
I've tried it and so far, no Green Fairies or Pink Elephants for that matter
Wicked strong tho at 70% alcohol/volume so I'd suggest you'd better dilute it some
Had absinthe in the Czech Republic 14 years ago. That stuff had nothing left out at all, and max thujone content. 5 minutes later, words started coming out of me that were not my own, it was freaking horrible. I didn't hallucinate but I was not in a good place. Not even that drunk, just a total personality shift I have no desire to revisit.
I've had St. George's absinthe- it was a very strong taste with many subtle layers to it. Probably the closest thing to a hallucination I experienced was the way it so deeply aroused memories associate with taste and smell.
Best way to experience the visual effects of artemisia absinthium ala wormwood is to prepare the absinthe yourself and smoke a bit of the wormwood along with the drink. Also helps to do this during nighttime. Wormwood much like its relative mugwort can induce a dream like state somewhere in between consciousness and subconsciousness. That’s why they have such a long rich history with dreamwork and things of this nature with the Celtic druids and a multitude of other cultures. Tons of misinformation out there on this 🙏❤️🙏
I've had absinthe before. No problems. I didn't care for the licorice taste, though.
I tried Absinthe once... Can't remember a thing, but the next morning the bottle was half empty, my friend woke up without his beard and things were seriously moved around in the apartment.
Have I ever drank that much? Does a bear do the 2 in the woods? I have a ridiculously high tolerence for alcohol. I don't drink much anymore but I could easily drink 18- 24 beer and still walk to bed, oh and that's Canadian beer by the way. I wish now that I had half the money I've spent on alcohol in the past back in my pocket. Absinthe is on my bucket list. I do wish to try it, and I'm sure the day will come.
Does a bear take a shit in the woods and wipes his ass with a rabbit?
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Do you have a problem with shit sticking to your fur?
Add 2ml of liquid psilocybin extract to some absinthe
I believe Absinthe was never officially banned in he US.
hey doesn't this sound quite familiar? ahhhh yes the bann on marijuana
I'm a regular absinthe drinker. I've never had a hallucination.
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How do u get it or make it ??
@@amoney31aplus28 Supermarket and amazon, I live in Europe
I drove two cases from Maine to California in 1969 to sell and trade. It was smuggled into Somerset County from Quebec City. I only drank what was offered from my customers. Very very tactile top of head pins and needles but no true hallucinations that I remember.
If anyone ever hallucinated of of this it was either a placebo effect or someone laced your drinks with lsd or other drugs
Knew it, it's weird this is still such a common belief, I think it's cuz whenever nothing happens ppl blame it on the absinthe not being genuine. The buzz off such high proof alc is different enough from getting drunk on weaker alc that the placebo effect is enough to convince some ppl they're feeling the effects of a different substance. If u want a trip like the absinthe trip they show in movies get salvia or dmt
"hey there kids, let's talk about absinthe"
This reminds me of Eurotrip.
I’m still 100% interested in trying absinthe
I had a shot of straight everclear once when i was already really drunk and it still burned like crazy
Back when the Euro first became a currency, and was doing poorly so you could buy stuff SUPER cheap, I found a website based in Spain that would ship absinthe to the US. I must have ordered dozens of different bottles over the years, sourced from all over Europe.
Never once did I hallucinate from it. I may have felt mild effects, but it was mild enough that it's unclear if it was because I expected to, or if it was actually happening. Even with the most potent stuff I ever bought, nothing. Tasty though, now I don't hate that black licorice flavor anymore. INSANE hangovers though, do not overdo it with that shit, you have been warned.
Some fast facts from a regular absinthe drinker (me) with tujon:
-Absinthe in Czech and Slovak Republic is legal, you can buy it in Tesco and other supermarkets and bars
-its very popular because of the relatively high level of alcohol concentration (not even the highest you can buy, the highest is the Tartatea: Outlaw Tea (82% of alcohol, absinthe is usually 70%) what is a sweet distilled herb drink)
-one shot (50ml) of absinthe makes you horny (but still sober); 2 shots makes you party; 3 drunk and the 4th in short time... lets say to drunk to be in public. Usually 4 is enough
-there are two major types of absinthe: French and bohemian. French has a higher wormwood and tujon content (~3.6%) but much lower amount alcohol (40-50%); and the bohemian, ranging from 55% to 85%.
the preparation methods are different:
-the french absinthe is poured into the glass. you put a cube of sugar over the glass, using an absinthe spoon, and you slowly pour ice cold water, drop by drop on the cubed sugar so it melts into the absinthe
-if you have a bohemian one, you put the sugar over the empty glass, you pour absinthe over it, and if the sugarcube gets absorbed with the absinthe you light it up with fire and let it caramelise to the glass.
-or if you are a barbarian as me, you just drink the absinthe as it is.
-also, there are more colors of absinthe: classic green, black and red (maybe i seen blue, not sure)
--the black is heavier and sweeter
--the red is lemony
--the green is traditionally bitter
if you get any questions, feel free to ask.
I've had blue French absinthe, so I can confirm what you might have seen. :)
I've always wanted to try it, but finding that one of its core ingredients is banned makes me think that it won't be as good in the US. But then what do I know. Has anyone had Absinthe out side of the US and then compared it to its US counterpart?
I have nothing against alcohol coz I drank a couple Margaritas last night. But aldhohol is such a part of our lives but I never learned how to drink. What I mean is, it was never explained how alcohol is metabolized and how much you should drink of any kind of particular spirit in a certain amount of time. Taking in account the body mass index and tolerance by habit. I believe the industry owes us that information one way or another. Like by putting some guidelines in the packaging/bottle. I've had my share of problems caused by excessive drinking because I drank spirits like wine but spirits are about 3 times stronger... Be carefull is my advice! If you want to enjoy spirits, think: "less is more" and give it time to be metabolized by the liver so you don't overload your system, including your brain!
Yes, I've had black outs and did crazy, dangerous things while being alcohol intoxicated.
Drank about a bottle of some really old stuff in an upstairs bar in the mikasa mall in yokosuka japan. Did not halucinate but got incredibly wasted. Ate macdonalds after then passed out in an internet cafe. Best three day weekend ever.
im trying absinthe for the first time tonight, its new years eve!
+Donna Mumma-Cooper How was it?
She died...
terrible
Made bootleg Absinthe in college using Bacardi 151. It was drinking poison ivy, but once i figured out to wash it down with lemon juice it was bearable. It was definitely a different drunk, pleasant, made you feel lighter. I know it's not the alcohol content alone. How? Put it this way: I was in one of the most popular frats at Penn State, I knew my way around a bottle.
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My friend was in Prague and said they put a drop of acid in the sugar cube.
Just took a shot of Absinthe, honestly it tastes better then everclear
1:03 Haha "Anus".
God i feel like I'm 12.
I once drank some absinthe in France at a party, it came from an unopened bottle that was more than a hundred years old. Nice taste, definitely was mildly hallucinogenic.
Lies. You were drunk
I had real absinthe with wormwood and I didn't fully resonate. It was definitely a different drunk, sort of lighter and more enjoyable
It all matters where you get your bottle an who brewed it
you have to drink it with warm water because people never had refrigerators in those days.
It was not made with star anise as in the picture, it as made with anise seed!
The seeds come from the star-shaped capsule.
"Aniseed" is an alternative name for anise. They use star anise to make the drink. Star anise (or star aniseed), believe it or not, is actually an entirely separate species from anise despite the name, although the two have a similar flavor.
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Oh cool, I just found out about that! :)
What will ants do when you accidentally expose their whole underground anthill, along with the eggs?
Do they organise themselves or they die? I've seen ants moving their eggs though, maybe they move elsewhere with the anthill and the eggs?
I'm pretty sure we have an episode in the can where Ben explains some cool things about ants. I don't know if he covers this or not... if he doesn't I'll keep it in our topics list so we can come back to it!
I've had absinthe (with the sugar). It was nasty.
But then, I rarely drink *any* alcohol.
That is the longest shirt I have ever seen.
The original recipe from this wonderfull drink we have here in switzerland. And yes thujone is one of the dozen important incredients !
The others i will for sure not tell.
And belive me whit the original recipe the sky is full of wonderfull green fairy!!
paint and you will understand why its so good, its a tool.
Wormwood has great medicinal properties I have heard. Wow this absinthe I purchased is 92 proof.
Thujon free in the u.s. is less then 10% so basically same as europe. I find it keeps you from getting to drunk. But drink enough and your toast.