Absinthe - France

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[InnannasRainbow]

Wormwood was used to purge intestinal parasites (worms) thus the name wormwood. The drink is powerful because of the alcohol content and it is best enjoyed in moderation.

[InnannasRainbow]

I am enjoying a glass of absinthe as I watch this.

[jomsvikingur]

btw, absinthe is produced in the States. There is at least one absinthe bar i know of in New Orleans

[jomsvikingur]

these videos are good, but there's something funny about them.. why no subtitles?

[Jcolinsol]

Luc Santiago has a great channel here on youtube. His channel is "heureverte".

[crazywanch101]

I AHTE how she said herbs SILENT H YOU IDIOT SILENT H.Now that that is taken care of I want to see the green fairy.

[lydiamusic1992]

@crazywanch101 actually, the narrator is English and so would say Herbs with an 'H'. To me saying 'erbs sounds wrong, so to be fair to her she isn't an idiot its just her accent.

[Azreal93]

Only a lunatic would drink genuine Absinthe Straight!

[retroflow44]

This clip is out of date - Just to bring some of you up to date: Absinthe, complete with Grande Wormwood (w/Thujone) is totally LEGAL in the U.S. now and pretty much all the other countries that once banned it. You can buy some exquisite French, Swiss and now American Absinthe in better Liquor Stores in the U.S. Canada seems to be the only real hold-out.

[Chargers2010champs]

This stuff is nasty taste like black licorice and its way strong my buddy brought some back to the US from europe it had THC but didnt make us hallucinate :( but one bottle got 6 of us wasted

[lordofthepies7]

i love this stuff, i drink it every night when i get home from work. i drink it striaght. i drank a whole bottle on a weekend, truly wonderful stuff it is.

[retroflow44]

If you drink it straight, you're not getting the full effect - just drunk. It's like drinking cold Sake from a Dixie Cup or flat Champagne.

[odoylerules360]

In the good old days, I wonder how much marijuana usually went into Absinthe?

It fits, and it could give you your psychoactive effects.

[a11natura1]

None. The only psychoactive effects it has are that of alcohol. Nowadays some absinthe from the Netherlands (of course) has THC in it, but still very little.

[billymert]

the effects are a bit different than common alcohol, you dream very intense when you drink 2 or 3 shots of it. and if you mix it with nicotine, i used a waterpipe, you feal an intense feeling on your skin, it's hard to explain. you deffinatly don't hallucinate of it .

[retroflow44]

Yes, any addition of THC is a modern recipe and would arguably still be true Absinthe, at most THC Infused Absinthe. Similarly, there's a drink from, I think, Bolivia that I have seen which is infused with Coca extract, sold legally in the U.S.

The Hallucinogen of choice during the Victorian period wasn't Absinthe, it was Opium. Either smoked or drank as Laudanum, the latter of which was sold openly even for Children.

[krycer123]

@retroflow44 actaully they did have sum bad chemicals in the cheaper brands in the 1800's during the grape crop famine, one brewery used copper sulphate to give it the green flavour, and that caused sum ppl to fall ill, and from that one incident, thats how the whole anti-absinth campaign started.

[krycer123]

@krycer123 *green colour not flavour soz

[retroflow44]

They didn't put Marijuana nor THC in Absinthe back-in-the-day. They've done analysis on surviving, vintage bottles and found only the traditional ingredients. Absinthe was not intended to cause hallucinations (it was Medicinal with some anti-Pathogen effects). It was mostly the Temperance groups (Anti-Alcohol) who had it made illegal to begin with - Much like how some groups made Reefer Madness to misrepresent and frighten with the exaggerated/false effects of Cannabis.

[odoylerules360]

If I was an Absinthe brewer back in those days, I would have made a few batches with all kinds of shit in it. And I don't think those bottles would've survived.

[retroflow44]

Absinthe is a specific formulation like Gin or Bourbon. Deviate from the basic recipe and it's no longer Absinthe but something else. They used to make low quality Absinthe but it was still Absinthe. They didn't need to hook people by adding anything more - the Alcohol content was enough. Stuff like Laudanum/Opium, Cocaine, Hashish/Cannibis were generally Legal in most places until the early 20th C. If you wanted that kind of thing, you could get it openly.

[crazywanch101]

If you saw the movie "from Hell" they openly expressed the popularity of opiom and absinthe.

[jmd93743]

even if thc was in it, it wouldnt create any hollucinations.

[grennfairi]

5 cups off absinthe..and you´ re lie. absinthe have 70 alcohol.

[amayagab]

Plus your has many moar much trouble with a grammar.

[Jcolinsol]

My absinth have over 9000 alcohol.

[Jcolinsol]

Sorry, I thought you were heavily into mudkips for some reason.

[halolamer]

WHAT!!!!  9000!!!!

[HaloedG]

I refuse to drink any absinthe except Breaux's...and maybe Marteau's.

[Jcolinsol]

By "Marteau's" do you mean "Stone's"?

[ColonelCuster]

Absinthe is nolonger illeagal in the U.S.

tests were done that proved all the horror tales of waht happens to folks who drink it were false. Tall tales if you will.

So enjoy this fine liqueur.

[HaloedG]

Problem is, this absinthe by T.A. Breaux is not sold on shelves...most Americans are drinking garbage.

[FilthyInsomniac]

Ted Breaux Makes the first legal american Absinthe Lucid it's because of Ted Breaux it's legal in the U.S

[speedls]

Ted's absinthe is called Jade Liqueurs, they make several varieties of excellent absinthe. As for the Angelique, the debate was more about the specific method used to color it, not the fact that it was colored.

[digitallysick]

So what brand did this distillery make? Ive tried Lucid here in the usa , and Angelic suisse verte , which i am told is not 100% true absinthe because of the color added?

[Meatwaggon]

I don't know where you heard that, but it's simply not true. Absinthe verte (vs. blanche or la bleu, aka uncolored absinthe) is naturally colored (at least authentic absinthes) in the post-distillation step by a mixture of herbs. The chlorophyll from the herbs gives the final product a greenish hue. That's the way it's been done since absinthe has been made. Be careful about buying those fake czech-style absinthes that are insanely bitter and 100% un-authentic.

[a68rebel]

Fact: Thujone levels in 1800's absinthe have been lab tested recently and are proven to be at low, & safe levels. Thujone in absinthe is PROVEN by modern science (if you believe in science)to be at very low and unharmful levels to humans.

[NorthernPeach]

Yay...watered down absinthe. :(

[a68rebel]

wormwood is not psychoactive, Thujone in wormwood IS. But thujone levels in absinthe are extremely low, so there is no danger.

[Lokivoid]

i think you need to research that subject again. you will find Thujone does effect effect nerual chemcials but will not give a "high" or "trip balls" all it will do is inhibit GABA receptors giving you muscel spazams allso blocking out some of alcohols mental effects.

[TyrianImperial]

True, but to achieve such an effect one would have to consume such a large amount of absinthe, that they would die from alcohol intoxication before any thujone effect could be observed.

[YieArKungFu]

Aye... there's the rub.

You are absolutely correct.

[chiggevara]

I love Nouvelle-Orléans, but I think that theres better brands.

[RadicalComedy]

wormwood? I wonder why we cant grow it here. Coffee was once forbidden too...I would love to try this. ~Raven

[Lokivoid]

Wormwoods not ilegal to grow posscess or have within the states, Infact you can order it in bulk from most bulk herb whole sellers at about 10USD a pound. As for growing it thats legal to, You would just need a grow room becuse the climates and weather in Oregon would not support it. Dont expect it to give you a buzz and dont expect to make absinthe without a still though.

[RadicalComedy]

wormwood? I wonder why we cant grow it here. Coffee was once forbidden too...I would love to try this. ~Raven

[hec123567]

He is making Jade absinthes. after you have fully done your research you will realize this is as closest as it gets to REAL Absinthe. After 17 bottles, This is the best

[Dooobs]

Whats the name of the Absinthe that is being made in this video?

Asin, the 'Brand' if you will.

Is there a place to buy it?

[YieArKungFu]

Please dude stop trolling these sites. The product you're pushing resembles absinthe in no way, shape, or form, and anybody who buys those kits are throwing away their money. I find what you are doing, taking advantage of the ignorant, to be completely disgusting and unethical.

[ClamLuvr]

absinthkits dot com is a total fraud.

[TyrianImperial]

That's definitely true. You cannot make absinthe without distillation, which is illegal is most countries.

[YieArKungFu]

The word "psychoactive" is so vague. You could also say coffee & tea is psychoactive, because caffine has psychoactive properties. Bottom line... the feeling is nowhere near drug-like. It doesn't remotely resemble tripping or being high contrary to urban legend. Drink enough of it, and you'll simply feel drunk, as you would with any other high proof spirit.

[Jonaz5000]

wormwood is psychoactive...