/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12386665
fag drink

>>12386665
Absinthe tastes like shit

I was just starting college in 2005. I was invited to a Jewish frat party. I pregamed 4 shots of vodka with "the cool kids" in the dorms then walked over.
The word was they had gone to the Netherlands and sourced a bottle of the real stuff, back when real absinthe was illegal.

I had maybe 4 shots of absinthe at the party. I brought over a nice shot glass for the absinthe that I got in Italy.

Needless to say the shot glass was dropped and ruined outside and I started getting alcohol poisoning walking back and just clung to an iron fence and then collapsed. My roommates (apparently?) helped me back and I vomited in the bathroom with their assistance later.

I have no memory of any of that and they all hated me after that because they felt I was ungrateful, and also they just wanted a reason to hate me because I am weird and gay.

I like Fontaine and Jade 1901.

>>12386681
Good Absinthe is tasty.
Cheap macerated Absinthes tend to taste awfull.

>>12386685

I'd soak a sugar cube in your blog post, light it on fire, then drip ice cold water on it until it louched then I'd slowly sip on it while relaxing in a comfy chair while reading Gravity's Rainbow.

>>12386665
i prefer pastis desu

>>12386665
Oh hell yes. Love me some absinthe. Even had some of the 100+ year old good shit from before the ban.

While I love it, it is expensive but these are my favorites. They're all hard to find in the US so you may have to either import them or take a trip to New Orleans where they tend to have great stuff in stock.

Jade Nouvelle Orleans, Jade 1898 (Swiss), Jade 1901, Roquette et Marteau, Kubler (Swiss), Pernod

There's also a bunch hf much cheaper stuff that also tastes really good but I can't remember the names of most of those aside from Absente.

You can try Lucid which I'm pretty sure is also made by Jade but it's not a normal recipe. Was made for the "American palate" and tastes weird... but it is a proper absinthe. I do get it when I see it but I'm not in love with it.

>>12387153
this. Absinthe just seems like a hipster meme at this point.

>>12386665
ABSINTHE
SIPS

What else? I'm trying to make a mixed drink, and these two things really do go fucking great together.. Since I can't really market it as my own I guess it's going to have to have its origins here. All we have to do is add another ingredient to really make it ours'
>inb4 semen
>inb4 anime girl spit

>>12387956
anime girl semen

>ah yes absinthe, one of my favorite spirits

Don’t mind me just the goat sips passing by

>>12386665
I want to try it one day, even if I have a strong hunch it's just memes

>>12389195
>it's just memes
It‘s just a drink, you autistic fag.

>>12386665
doesnt this shit make you halluncinate?

>>12389496
Definitely not these days and probably not even in the 19th century.

>>12388894
it just tastes like any other energy drink at least white sip has some defining taste which is different for other drinks

>>12387283
>You can try Lucid which I'm pretty sure is also made by Jade but it's not a normal recipe.
Lucid is the best way to introduce people to absinthe, though, because of its lighter flavor. Also, it's cheap enough where, when, they don't like it, it doesn't feel like a waste.

I just finished a bottle of Cascade Absinthe Verte. Quite good. Bracingly bitter finish.

>>12389514
t. coping druggie

If you're serious, then worth taking a trip to Prague.

>>12391655
>If you're serious, then worth taking a trip to Prague
.. if you want shitty meme absinthe for dumb tourists, yeah.
Finish the sentence next time.

>>12391655
Just avoid those shops everywhere with signs ABSINTHE DUDE LMAO. There are some absinthe bars or get your hands on this brand, they make pretty great one.

My friend brews his own absinthe and it doesn't taste that bad, we drink it alone with nothing added

>>12392145
What color is it?

Is this the new al/ck/oholics thread?

>>12389514

nah, that stuff probably often made you hallucinate back then. but most likely because of horrible production quality, cutting the product and so on. you know, the good old times, with lots of methanol and all the other good shit, making you go blind and insane.

>>12386665
Dont drink this it makes you hallucinate

>>12392601
There was never a time when absinthe made anyone hallucinate. The wine industry was in the shitter due to insects destroying the crops at the time and was getting crushed by the trendy new absinthe drink. Some dude got drunk and brutally murdered his family and the wine industry started this shit-flinging campain saying that the absinthe caused it because it's absinthe. Nothing in it is phsychoactive though and there was never a point where there was.

>>12386665
O eill say that it's a rather kino looking drink, and is a wonderful object to paint in oil on canvas

>>12389496
The French blamed alcohol withdrawal on absinthe in a wider campaign to get it banned, there is no evidence that it actually causes hallucinations.

Is this supposed to be a /ck/ circa 2002 thread?

>>12386665
Anyone not use the sugar cube or sugar of any kind?

>>12394461
Absinthe is sweet enough as it is. It's nice to use a sugar cube to see what it adds, but I never really felt it benefited the drink.

>>12392601
>nah, that stuff probably often made you hallucinate back then.
No, stop repeating long since debunked bullshit.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf703568f
>Thirteen samples of authentic absinthe dating from the preban era (i.e., prior to 1915) were analyzed for parameters that were hypothesized as contributing to the toxicity of the spirit, including naturally occurring herbal essences (thujone, pinocamphone, fenchone), methanol, higher alcohols, copper, and antimony. The total thujone content of preban absinthe was found to range between 0.5 and 48.3 mg/L, with an average concentration of 25.4 ± 20.3 mg/L and a median concentration of 33.3 mg/L. The authors conclude that the thujone concentration of preban absinthe was generally overestimated in the past. The analysis of postban (1915–1988) and modern commercial absinthes (2003–2006) showed that the encompassed thujone ranges of all absinthes are quite similar, disproving the supposition that a fundamental difference exists between preban and modern absinthes manufactured according to historical recipes. Analyses of pinocamphone, fenchone, base spirits, copper, and antimony were inconspicuous. All things considered, nothing besides ethanol was found in the absinthes that was able to explain the syndrome “absinthism”.

>>12387956
Now that I'm thinking about it, this could be a great idea for fellow co/ck/s to find one another in real life.
We could devise our own drink and have it pop up in bars around the country.
When you see someone else with this drink, you ask them a question or something, like, "You feeling lucky?".

>5h of November
2 parts - Absinthe
1 part - Monster (preferably sips)
1 part Midori(?)
1 mint clover
Cream (whipped works fine)
1 lowball glass

>Pour sips into glass
>Put ice, absinthe, and midori into shaker and shake
>Pour shaker into glass
>Put (whipped) cream on top
>Garnish cream with mint sprig

>>12392275
Dark green, but it depends on the batch

>>12391794
Czech absinthe, aka wormwood infused vodka, has virtually nothing to in common with actual absinthe, brainlet.

>>12394784
>implying I don’t know what real absinthe is
Did you even read my post?
Of course the most common “absinthe” is this macerated and artificially colored meme.
You’ll get a real absinthe only in some higher-end liquor stores, not in a Chinese grocery store on a street corner with neon sign absinthe with cannabis leaf.
There are two or three dedicated absinthe bars in Prague where you’ll get a real absinthe.
Also Žufánek is the only Czech company which makes real distilled absinthe. It’s even on par with French pre-ban era.

>>12394907
So why the fuck would you go to Prague specifically then, you turbotard? You can get proper absonthe in bars in any big city.

>>12395038
This. By his own admission Prague is nothing special in that regard.

>>12393044
>phsychoactive
Everyone look at this faggot and laugh