Crap beer

[Pebs]

The absinthe sold in shops is a different kettle of fish to the absinthe that'll bring the pixies ;-)

[Glaucus]

what you want on a hot day is some chilled golden champion by badger. As it says summer n a bottle

http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/beer...enchampion.asp
Available at all supermarkets.

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

ts like the whole absinthe thing that tickles me too, absinthe is just another 40% drink like vodka, you're no more likely to see pixes or whatever than any other drink!

40%? what absinth are you drinking. Absinthe should be at least 85%volume and if you want to spend a couple of hundred pounds on a bottle will be stronger.
Also in some foreign countrys it will have mild hallucinogens in it.

[Stan_Lite]

The lowest ABV Absinthe I found on thedrinkshop.com was 45% with the majority being 60-68% and one at 85%. I don't know about anybody else but I find that any spirit over about 55% ABV is virtually undrinkable unless heavily diluted and if you're going to dilute it, why bother with silly ABV percentages in the first place? Anybody who drinks spirits of 85% ABV and the like is doing it for willy waving purposes IMO.

The hallucigenic version of Absinthe is banned in most countries nowadays but, as AcidHell2 says, it can still apparently be found in some countries if you know where to look.

[Fayshun]

IIRC, Thujone, the supposed hallucinogen in absinthe isn't hallucinogenic....

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Pebs

The absinthe sold in shops is a different kettle of fish to the absinthe that'll bring the pixies ;-)

My trip to Prague on a stag do will confirm that

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

IIRC, Thujone, the supposed hallucinogen in absinthe isn't hallucinogenic....

not in the quantities that it's even possible to put into Absinthe legally in the EU anymore, including prague Desmo I'm afraid.
And the illegal underground shady stuff, is most likely made in bath tubs and vile - they'll stick the ABV up, and by the time you've drunk enough to see the faries you'll be dead from alcohol poisoning


And the method of getting it into the absinthe, via wormwood, makes it physically impossible to get enough into the drink.

[Fayshun]

http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/1/1/14

Absinthe - not psychoactive.

[Jonny69]

It just got me mighty drunk because it was 70%. And it tastes disgusting.

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Jonny69

And it tastes disgusting.

It tastes great. But then I like anything aniseed flavoured.