Shot of La Boheme Absynthe and a spot of Sugar...ask me anything!

[absyntheNsugar]

and feeling alright :-D

Got the Snog playing in the background....

[pruner]

1. where do you live?

Portugal? Spain?

[absyntheNsugar]

3. Live in California, land of the weird!

Long live the strange!

[pruner]

5. where does one get absynthe in Cali?

inquiring minds want to know.

[absyntheNsugar]

6. Well I order mine over the internet

but its getting to be an expensive hobby :(

Google Absynthe - you'll find tons of places that sell it from the UK, Canada and elsewhere

[latebloomer]

2. Absynthe??

Whereja get it?

What's the Snog?

Is sugar what I think it is?

[absyntheNsugar]

4. well...

got my bottle at La Boheme in the UK (they ship anywhere in the world - and it is Legal in the US to imbibe and purchase - just not to sell)

Snog is a 90's goth band that goes well with Absynthe

And the sugar is just that, sugar.

[shamanstar]

7. do you do the whole fire thing with it?

putting the sugar on a spoon and then the absynthe in the spoon and light it on fire? im not sure if i am remembering correctly- absynthe has a way of doing that i guess. i hated it bcz it burned and tasted so bad!

[absyntheNsugar]

8. Nah - I do mine "La Belle Epoch" style

where you drip ice water on top of a sugarcube, melting the two into the drink.

I have tried the fire thing and it's ok - but I end up getting ash in the drink and that tastes nasty.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Why is it illegal to sell it in the US? n/t

[absyntheNsugar]

10. Well that goes back to the early 1900's...

Before prohibition, Absynthe was as popular as wine. You can find a lot of posters from that era alongside wine posters. The wine industry lobbied congress to get the stuff banned, saying the wormwood drove people crazy (it is, after all, a neurotoxin. But then again, so is alchohol)

The ban stayed, but it is not a controlled substance. Someday, I'm hoping they can overturn the ban so that the stuff doesn't take forever to arrive.

[NNN0LHI]

11. Thank you. I have always wondered about that n/t

[supernova]

12. Fave Absynthe images

[CanuckAmok]

13. Woo, I'll have what she's having!

We have some in the cabinet: Hill's Absinthe. Regular stock at out local Gov't-owned Liquor Store, $88 per 40 oz bottle.

Mrs. Amok is out of town--should I have an Absinthe in her 'absinthe', after I get back from the gym?

[supernova]

14. Your local gov't liquor store

has Absynthe? Wow! But you're in Canada, right? I doubt I'd find it at the local ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control Board) Store here.

I would like to try it. What does Absynthe taste like? Yes, by all means have some!

Note to self: Must watch From Hell again. That bathtub scene is HOT! OMG!!

[CanuckAmok]

15. It's very, alcohol-y.

Straight up, it has an almost medicinal flavour. Hence the sugar ritual.

Yes, Canada here. Absinthe is available in BC and Ontario. I'm not sure about other provinces, but I'm sure other Canadian DUers can fill us in.

[CanuckAmok]

16. PS---MMM...Snog. Machinery Records' greatest export!

n/t

[Nlighten1]

17. What is the deal with the spoons?