“After
the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the
second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are,
and that is the most horrible thing in the world. I mean disassociated. Take a
tophat… That is the effect absinthe has, and that is why it drives men mad.”
Sounds
hella’ rough doesn’t it? Well goods news, it is. Drinking a pure shot of
absinthe will god damn hurt and it probably won’t taste good for you at all,
well that’s how it was for me anyway. I would like to know if Sam has tried
absinthe, I’d have to ask him. But, I’m sure that dumb ‘kent’ had an excessive
amount of it if he has. Absinthe has often been
considered to contain aphrodisiac properties, which heighten sexual desire. Apart from the possibility of it being an
aphrodisiac and getting you drunk really quickly absinthe has other effects.
Absinthe's best
effects are how well it marries, beds down, gets it together with other
ingredients in an amazing range of cocktails. Absinthe may not be an
aphrodisiac but it is highly promiscuous! Or as C.F. Lawlor wrote in 1895 in
The Mixicologist:
"A cocktail is much improved by the addition of two or three drops of Absinthe."
"A cocktail is much improved by the addition of two or three drops of Absinthe."
The alcoholic content of absinthe is about
45% to 74% so you can see why it might get you drunk a little quicker than your
average shot of tequila or vodka. It’s nothing like Bacardi which hits 75%, but
it does the trick, and it does a hell of a fine job at making cocktails taste
better.
Absinthe was one of my very first spirits,
probably a poor choice seeing as I had a straight shot and I almost died (but
not really), I got to say I don’t fancy it straight at all, but when it’s put
in the right cocktail it really makes the difference.
If you are keen enough get out there one
night and try some Absinthe straight. If you aren’t game try it in a cocktail.
But fair warnings to the faint-hearted, if you don’t have the stomach, liver or
heart to handle the burn, just do it. You will most likely regret it, but YOLO
right? You never heard it from me.
Drink the booze and get fabulous!
~~~ Viet
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