absinths,

vespahead

anybody know an off-license were they sell it in dublin

Thomas_S_Hunterson

The Celtic Whiskey Shop does it.

kieranmcg1

yea celtic whiskey shop does it ya can check it out on their website . but its like €50 a litre which is really dear .

http://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/asp/product.asp?ObjectID=1083&Mode=0&RecordID=1302&t=804045180&results=true&keys=absinthe

vespahead

thats pricey werabouts are they,at that price i mayaswell wait until my mate goes to spian

Creamy Goodness

vespahead wrote:

thats pricey werabouts are they,at that price i mayaswell wait until my mate goes to spian

they are on dawson street. closer to stephen's green end.

basically you turn left at elvery's rugby store and it's down there on the left about 20 metres.

JC 2K3

I got a litre for like €15 in Majorca. Wait til your mate goes to Spain.

It's nothing special beyond the initial novelty anyways.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

I got a bottle (700ml) for €3.40 in Andorra. Horrid stuff, but it packs quite a punch

vespahead

i pure love the stuff no hangover and the buzz is great off it,is there any truth in the rumour theres a type of weed in it

Max_Damage

http://feinschmecker.listings.ebay.de/Bar-Spirituosen_Absinth_W0QQfromZR4QQsacatZ22546QQsocmdZListingItemList

Cheap too.

JC 2K3

vespahead wrote:

i pure love the stuff no hangover and the buzz is great off it,is there any truth in the rumour theres a type of weed in it

Weed? No...

There is thurjone in it, which is supposed to alter alcohol's effects somewhat, I haven't ever noticed this though.

kieranmcg1

vespahead wrote:

i pure love the stuff no hangover and the buzz is great off it,is there any truth in the rumour theres a type of weed in it

hey i have heard that there is some sort of absinthe that u can buy that is called cannabis absinthe i dont know if there is actually absinthe in it but i her it is sipposed to be rotten stuf . yes it is one of my favs i love the stuf with coke its a real pitty ya cant get it over here well for a decent price anyway

Thomas_S_Hunterson

kieranmcg1 wrote:

hey i have heard that there is some sort of absinthe that u can buy that is called cannabis absinthe i dont know if there is actually absinthe in it but i her it is sipposed to be rotten stuf . yes it is one of my favs i love the stuf with coke its a real pitty ya cant get it over here well for a decent price anyway

Yea that cannabis absinthe is mingin, i think it's supposed to taste like cannabis, but it doesn't at all.

Peanut

Do some research before buying any - there are a huge number of varieties and the cheapo stuff you get in Andorra is a world apart from some of the better stuff you could get across the border in Spain.

There's also a lot of over-priced rubbish, so just do a bit of googling first before buying.
If you are just looking for something with 70% alcohol well then I suppose it doesn't matter that much.

happy_acid_face

come on now people... they hardly put weed in it. The use of Wormwood and the subsequent high amounts of the chemical Thujone caused Absinthe to have hallucinogenic properties... I'm pretty sure this thread came up not too long ago

bonkey

The use of Wormwood and the subsequent high amounts of the chemical Thujone caused Absinthe to have hallucinogenic properties...

Not true.

For a start, Thujone isn't hallucinogenic. Not only that, but there is no evidence that there were high concentrations of it in historical distillations of absinthe. There certainly aren't nowadays (you're more likely to find higher levels of thujone in processed food containing sage).

In fact, there's no evidence at all beyond hearsay that there was anything unusual about absinthe compared to other alcoholic distillates.

rubadub

happy_acid_face wrote:

come on now people... they hardly put weed in it. The use of Wormwood and the subsequent high amounts of the chemical Thujone caused Absinthe to have hallucinogenic properties... I'm pretty sure this thread came up not too long ago

The absinth in shops now has token amounts of wormwood in it. Wormwood can be smoked and is used by some as a filler in joints, rather than addictive tobacco.

Many writers took it, but many were already mad before drinking absinth!, also back then laudanum (opium) was popular but sort of overlooked. So many of these writers were messed up on the opium and 70-80% alcohol, not the trace amounts of thujone. Like the way people today might not consider tobacco or alcohol "real drugs", even though they are very powerful and dangerous relative to a lot of other recreational drugs.

Get a decent bottle of vodka instead. Or make your own absinth, wormwood is extremely easy to grow.

Dord

Anyone know where I can find an Absinth spoon in Dublin?

kieranmcg1

joe robot wrote:

Anyone know where I can find an Absinth spoon in Dublin?

I doubt ull get one in dublin man iv never seen them anywhere to b honest never mind dublin there a re a few on ebay.co.uk thou http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=absinthe+spoon

Was just looking at the myself the eye one is cool . to be honest i dunno if you will get one in dublin i say that is ur best bet .