How To Prepare A Lucid Absinthe Drip Cocktail

Ted Breaux, Lucid absinthe distiller, demonstrates how to louch absinthe using a traditional fountain. All you need is cold water, sugar cubes and an absinthe spoon, and you can enjoy absinthe like the great artists did back in the 1800s.

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[gothicgrowler]

I miss Absynth =(

[sethbargo]

Lol I've drank half if my bottle of lucid straight because I thought the directions for diluting it on the back were just an optional thing...I guess I'm a lunatic

[zionfeather7]

@jps9901 i agree with u on that, my boyfriend told me it just gets u really drunk

[jps9901]

"Despite what some media outlets have incorrectly reported, Lucid contains a full measure - that is a historically accurate amount - of real, high quality Grande Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). The resulting amount of thujone in Lucid ia also comparable to many pre-ban absinthes. Lucid is completely authentic in every detail." -From the Lucid website.

[jps9901]

@rawrberrys Also you are a tard if you think wormwood has hallucinogenic or psychedelic properties. That was proven scientifically false a long time ago. To get any of the effects from thujone, which is a convulsant, you would die from alcohol poisoning before you drank enough absinthe.

[jps9901]

@rawrberrys Don't try to school me when you haven't a clue what you are talking about. The bottle says no such thing about an "american regulation dose" which doesn't surprise me because you obviously haven't read it or you would know this is French absinthe. There is no U.S. regulation on wormwood content, only thujone content, just like in many countries in Europe. I guess you think all the champagne made for sale in America is American as well.

[rawrberrys]

@jps9901 Relax dude, its still American because of the regulations of wormwood the thing that MAKES it absinthe. Artemisia absinthium, or absinthe wormwood Is where absinthe gets its name. If you read the back of the Lucid bottle it says its brewed with the american regulation dose of (one full measure) since it has hallucinogenic properties in large doses, that is much smaller then the original absinthes . Product of france, but made for America. They still have a ban on high wormwood.

[jps9901]

@rawrberrys You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. You said it's "OK, for American" but have no idea that T. A. Breaux makes the Jade absinthes considered the best in France. It's French. Doesn't matter who makes it, it's made in the French style in France. Of course, no one would compare this to Jade, but they should get the opinion of someone who hasn't a clue what they're talking about.

[rawrberrys]

@jps9901 Well if its made by an American then its American right :P

I agree on the German shit, eww. Lucid is my choice for here in America, the trinity can be tasted in lucid but it still lacks something in my opinion, not sure what, probably a healthy dose of grande wormwood, but I never said it was nasty by any means.

[jps9901]

@rawrberrys Technically it's French, but still made by an American. This guy really knows his stuff, but there are definitely better. Stay away from German or Czech absinthes. Straight garbage. I wouldn't dog American absinthe or put quotes around it. There are some greats made in the U.S. now.