Tasted like shtein but took me from zero to drunk-enough-to-hold-court-and-regail-my-ladyfriend's-friends-
with-stories-of-debauchery-and-other-assorted-nonsense for four hours.
In other words I drank enough to enjoy it and not enough to conversate with my shoe all night.
Glad to hear you didn't converse with Converse.
damn ive never had that shtein before. i hear its almost like tripping. sounds like BS to me. please let me know how to get it.
i had wine last night, scotch, more wine and drank a few bass last night as well. smoked a nice cigar too.
Quote from: General_Failure on December 17, 2005, 03:03:33 PM
Glad to hear you didn't converse with Converse.
That.
Was.
AWEFUL.
worst joke of the year.
Quote from: mussa on December 17, 2005, 03:06:26 PM
damn ive never had that shtein before. i hear its almost like tripping. sounds like BS to me. please let me know how to get it.
You can order it online. If you drink enough of it (and that's a fairly significant amount) you will trip. It's made with wormwood which is hallucinagenic. The thing it that its usually made with grain alcohol so long before you can ingest enough to trip you're falling over drunk, throwing up, or passed out. Drinking it in moderation, however, feels like being drunk with a nice clear, social high to boot. Good stuff.
hangover much from it?
Quote from: mussa on December 17, 2005, 03:10:26 PM
hangover much from it?
Hangover LOTS from it. I seem to have avoided that cruel fate today, however.
I've had absinthe and it doesn't impress me. It isn't worth the high.
Quote from: Diomedes on December 17, 2005, 03:28:31 PM
I've had absinthe and it doesn't impress me. It isn't worth the high.
Fascinating.
Aw, did I hurt your feelings?
Not at all. I'm genuinely interested in your oppinion.
did you just shoot down rjs bragging about himself even though he did something that nobody else cares about or is even the least bit impressed with? what is the matter with you? have you any sanity. this is rjs. come on.
I am bragging. I feel like I'm that much more awesomer because I drank absinthe. Further, I have lots of feelings about absinthe so please try not to say mean things about it because I will probably cry.
Thanks!
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:34:22 PM
did you just shoot down rjs bragging about himself even though he did that nobody else cares about or is even the least bit impressed with? what is the matter with you? have you any sanity. this is rjs. come on.
translation please?
oh sorry, oh holy sarcastic mean-spirited miserable poster. what ever can i do to make this awful backlashing towards your minor accomplishments go away?
douch bag
now im certain its douchebag.
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:37:15 PM
oh sorry, oh holy sarcastic mean-spirited miserable poster. what ever can i do to make this awful backlashing towards your minor accomplishments go away?
Tell me a story.
one day mds got up at 1040. he went on the computer, and then had a bagel with butter with a glass of orange juice for breakfast while reading the sports page. Then he played Madden 98 for old times sake, and after that, went down to watch some football. At about 230, he took his dogs for a walk and stopped to talk to some random old lady. Then he came back inside to watch more football before going on the computer again.
The end.
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:41:19 PM
one day mds got up at 1040. he went on the computer, and then had a bagel with butter with a glass of orange juice for breakfast while reading the sports page. Then he played Madden 98 for old times sake, and after that, went down to watch some football. At about 230, he took his dogs for a walk and stopped to talk to some random old lady. Then he came back inside to watch more football before going on the computer again.
The end.
I didn't think that it was possible, but you may actually be even more boring than I originally thought.
did anyone else notice. he didn't get laid! oh the misery of hairy palms. oh the misery. tissue after tissue, used just as much for clean up and crying all night long. oh the misery!
Quote from: rjs246 on December 17, 2005, 03:44:07 PM
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:41:19 PM
one day mds got up at 1040. he went on the computer, and then had a bagel with butter with a glass of orange juice for breakfast while reading the sports page. Then he played Madden 98 for old times sake, and after that, went down to watch some football. At about 230, he took his dogs for a walk and stopped to talk to some random old lady. Then he came back inside to watch more football before going on the computer again.
The end.
I didn't think that it was possible, but you may actually be even more boring than I originally thought.
Oh its possible. This is what happens when everyone you know is still at school, or people from school are all back home too far away. I'm also too cheap to spend money on gas, which limits my transportation options.
Jesus christ dude. Have you no shame?
Not really. I'm just trying to go through life the easiet way possible. I figure you only live so long, so why work and not have fun for so much of it?
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:52:50 PM
Not really. I'm just trying to go through life the easiet way possible. I figure you only live so long, so why work and not have fun for so much of it?
Yeah, it sounds like you're really having a blast right now.
Well everyone description of fun is different. To me, I do enjoy sitting on my ass and watching football. It's actually one of my favorite things to do.
Quote from: MDS on December 17, 2005, 03:58:40 PM
Well everyone description of fun is different. To me, I do enjoy sitting on my ass and watching football. It's actually one of my favorite things to do.
Uh, not me. I hate that. Football? What's that?!
Basically you're saying that you have fun two days a week doing something by yourself. People wish they were you.
oh man i drank waaay to many red bull and vodkas last night.
I can't belive you guys drink. That's crazy.
I'm very curious about Absinthe. It sounds like it will make a fun night. Will check back in if I get a hold of it.
Quote from: Diomedes on December 17, 2005, 03:28:31 PM
I've had absinthe and it doesn't impress me. It isn't worth the high.
Why not a mesc tab and a dozen shots of vodka?
Has anyone ever made their own?
I've been obsessed with trying absinthe for the past month & stopped by my home brew store today to see if there were available kits to make it at home. I found that you can order a kit, where you steep the wormwood & other herbs in a base neutral alcohol (grain or vodka), then filter it. I opted to try the extract they had in stock, that needs to be mixed with vodka & sugar. If it produces any effects beyond those alcohol-induced, I'll post again.
Quote from: Beermonkey on February 02, 2007, 03:56:10 PM
Has anyone ever made their own?
I've been obsessed with trying absinthe for the past month & stopped by my home brew store today to see if there were available kits to make it at home. I found that you can order a kit, where you steep the wormwood & other herbs in a base neutral alcohol (grain or vodka), then filter it. I opted to try the extract they had in stock, that needs to be mixed with vodka & sugar. If it produces any effects beyond those alcohol-induced, I'll post again.
Or maybe not... O:)
I had absinthe once. I burned going up and down.
I tried it since then and its good if its served correctly, with sugar caramelized and ice. I had only a small quantity, but I did notice an almost immediate sensation from it. I can see if you drank a lot you could get pretty toasty. the other thing was i had some horrifying realistic dreams that night.
We're finishing my basement, my brother in law and I are going to order 3 bottles of absinthe to celebrate. Probably only need 1 and a half but it should be fun (http://www.flyersphans.com/forums/images/smilies/pimp.gif)
Quote from: Beermonkey on February 02, 2007, 03:56:10 PM
Has anyone ever made their own?
I've been obsessed with trying absinthe for the past month & stopped by my home brew store today to see if there were available kits to make it at home. I found that you can order a kit, where you steep the wormwood & other herbs in a base neutral alcohol (grain or vodka), then filter it. I opted to try the extract they had in stock, that needs to be mixed with vodka & sugar. If it produces any effects beyond those alcohol-induced, I'll post again.
Ha, I made absinthe about 2 or 3 years ago. you order this kit of all kinds of herbs from overseas somewhere. has anywhere from 6-10 bags of different shtein in it, i can't remember exactly how many. anyway, you take half of them, they tell one which ones, and soak them in a bottle of grain alcohol in a warm sunny place for about a week or so. then you drain it and soak the other half in the bottle in a cool dark place for about a week or so. so it takes several weeks, i can;t remember exactly how long. at least two.
anyway, when it was all done it got us all really farged up, but it is grain alcohol after all. it just tasted like rubbing alcohol mixed with dirt. pretty nasty. but it will definitely get you trashed.
i have a bottle of the real shtein from czechoslovakia in my freezer right now. it tastes a little better but still like butt.
Jagermeister also takes like butt, but in as delicious a way as possible.
And it's legal.
i think jager is delicious. but now as i get older, whenever i drink a lot of it i get the punchies.
Yes, but that is unfortunately not a widely-held opinion.
Jager by itself tastes like recycled iceholes and bellybuttons. But Jagerbombs are decent.
That is incredibly not accurate.
But Jager Bombs are excellent also.
i don't know why so many people hate jager. it's pretty sweet and easy to drink compared to a lot of liquor. at least for me it is. and i don't even like black licorice.
soak a sugar cube in absinthe, light it, let it caramalize and stir it into the absinthe with some water and ice. bangin. you can find recipe's for it on internet. im not exactly sure of the mesaurements. don't drink it straight you idiots. :-D
mixers are for Hoydas.
Quote from: phattymatty on February 02, 2007, 06:10:55 PM
i don't even like black licorice.
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I don't like the black licorice either. But I luv me sum of that ingin colored stuff.
In HS the word was Jager had Deer Blood in it. :-D Jager does make me black out and not remember tons of shtein in a night so i'm relegated to JagerBombs
Quote from: phattymatty on February 02, 2007, 05:11:22 PM
Ha, I made absinthe about 2 or 3 years ago. you order this kit of all kinds of herbs from overseas somewhere. has anywhere from 6-10 bags of different shtein in it, i can't remember exactly how many. anyway, you take half of them, they tell one which ones, and soak them in a bottle of grain alcohol in a warm sunny place for about a week or so. then you drain it and soak the other half in the bottle in a cool dark place for about a week or so. so it takes several weeks, i can;t remember exactly how long. at least two.
anyway, when it was all done it got us all really farged up, but it is grain alcohol after all. it just tasted like rubbing alcohol mixed with dirt. pretty nasty. but it will definitely get you trashed.
i have a bottle of the real shtein from czechoslovakia in my freezer right now. it tastes a little better but still like butt.
I stopped by the liquor store after I bought the extract & they tell me you can't buy grain alcohol in PA anymore. I haven't even tried since college, so that was news to me. The best I could mix it with was 100 proof Absolut Vodka.
Anyway, I made the mixture about 20 minutes ago & just had my first shot. It reminded me a lot of Sambuca with a very bitter, herbal aftertaste. As of right now, I'm not seeing any fairies. I'll check back later.
BM the wormwood needs to settle and marinate before it becomes a hallucinogen
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 02, 2007, 09:17:30 PM
BM the wormwood needs to settle and marinate before it becomes a hallucinogen
Thanks SB. It's an extract I'm using this time & am not steeping the herbs. If I like it, I'll try out the process you're thinking of.
I understand that I'm not probably getting the full effect using the extract.
THat shtein that Phatty made was awful. And yet awesome.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 02, 2007, 09:31:06 PM
THat shtein that Phatty made was awful. And yet awesome.
I had 3 so far & am probably done for tonight. My eyes are squinty & my stomach burns.
Its my favorite drunk ever. Energetic like mad dog, but lucid like a few beers. Too bad about the taste. And definitely don't drink 'too much'.
Quote from: Beermonkey on February 02, 2007, 09:15:10 PM
I stopped by the liquor store after I bought the extract & they tell me you can't buy grain alcohol in PA anymore. I haven't even tried since college, so that was news to me. The best I could mix it with was 100 proof Absolut Vodka.
Anyway, I made the mixture about 20 minutes ago & just had my first shot. It reminded me a lot of Sambuca with a very bitter, herbal aftertaste. As of right now, I'm not seeing any fairies. I'll check back later.
yeah a lot of states don't sell it anymore. i had my buddy who lived in MD pick me up a bottle one day.
Wow, I just got a shipment of my favorite absinthe in from Germany and had a good sampling a couple of nights ago (and am having some now), so my eyes bugged out when I 'stumbled' across this thread. I was posting a couple of nights ago and thought of talking about the absinthe I was drinking, oblivious about this thread.
Speaking of oblivious, here is what actually happened. I do shift work and sometimes have to change my nights and days around. I find a glass or two of absinthe, more than any other alcohol, helps me fall asleep. But, this time I had to change my going to bed time from around 6am to a more normal 1am. So on rare occasions like this, I'll take a Lunesta.
Well, I had felt a bad head cold coming on a couple days before and really needed to sleep. I took a Lunesta and about 3 glasses of absinthe (one or two more than I originally intended). What I didn't realize was, an antibiotic I had started on, interacts with Lunesta to substantially increase its effects. And also prolongs it quite a bit. Like through the next day. It felt like my mind got farged by a neighboring galaxy (but in a good way). I got seriously blitzed then had some strange and extremely vivid dreams:
I can still clearly remember the all the details of how my sister, a Miami police officer who had just graduated from some vetinary program, wiped a small amount of blood from the abdomen of a lady in a hospital bed, where the scalpel made the incision to go in and deliver a dog from inside the patient....and the really good part was when my sister's beautiful brunette asistant Christina came in and smiled at me like she wanted me, then made a comment about why don't I go with her to China. There was alot more to the dream, like when we were helping the patient onto a chair and dropped her on the floor, but this is probably more than enough detail - you get the point. That was the actual dream and, like Mussa said of his dreams, it seemed disturbingly lucid yet really interesting.
The next morning I got up for work. I was still buzzing, but I felt fantastic, really energized. I remember looking at the sky. My head was totally clear but the sky seemed so ...alive. I couldn't stop staring at the rich color in the clouds while I was driving (don't try this at home).
Well, enough of this narrative. What I wanted to share was a few thoughts on absinthe.
- if you get it shipped in from europe pay the extra to insure it. The shipping costs alot but a friend of mine and I went in on an $450 order and it was seized in the US. It wasn't even returned to the shipper. It took a good 3-4 weeks, but we eventually got a replacement at no extra cost. Without the insurance we would have been screwed.
- My favorite absinthe, and I've tried several so far, is 'La Clandestine' - a clear to slightly blue Swiss absinthe. It is smooth, light and tastes pretty good. You can get it courrier delivered and insured for about $90 and is a wothwhile splurge. But, be sure to get the "Charlotte" version.
- check out http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html (http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html) for who to order from, interesting history, info etc.
- I like the lower alcohol versions. To much alcohol ruins the absinthe effect, but some people don't notice anything but the alcohol anyway.
- Watch out for the Czech versions like Phatty got. They are cheaper and can get you majorly farged up but you can make an equivalent by simply dropping a Ricola into some paint thinner. I also think it caused me liver damage. Seriously.
- not real big on Jager, but I do have a great memory of it. At the official NFL tailgate party at SB 39 in Jax, they had these awesome ice sculptures, each about the size of 3 large refrigerators side by side. And inside there ran a meandering maze from one top corner to the opposite bottom. In one sculpture, they would pour in a bottle of Jager at the top. It would run all the way through the ice maze to a faucet at the bottom. You could have the bartender serve you or simply help yourselt to as much as you wanted. We carried those red 16 oz plastic cups. The other sculpture had Corazon repasado, that top shelf tequila with the real long thin neck. That party was unbelievable and everyone was cool. My drunk friend Jon said he ran into Jamaal Anderson and almost knocked him over.
Wow.
That's a lot of information in that post.
Quote from: Eagaholic on February 10, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
- if you get it shipped in from europe pay the extra to insure it. The shipping costs alot but a friend of mine and I went in on an $450 order and it was seized in the US. It wasn't even returned to the shipper. It took a good 3-4 weeks, but we eventually got a replacement at no extra cost. Without the insurance we would have been screwed.
You weren't contacted by customs? And how did you file a claim with the USPS? Did you just say it never arrived?
yeah
Quote from: SD_Eagle on February 10, 2007, 02:36:19 PM
Quote from: Eagaholic on February 10, 2007, 03:23:49 AM
- if you get it shipped in from europe pay the extra to insure it. The shipping costs alot but a friend of mine and I went in on an $450 order and it was seized in the US. It wasn't even returned to the shipper. It took a good 3-4 weeks, but we eventually got a replacement at no extra cost. Without the insurance we would have been screwed.
You weren't contacted by customs? And how did you file a claim with the USPS? Did you just say it never arrived?
Actually we only had to contact the shipper. They track it so they knew what happened and since it was insured they replaced it.