Booze tech: Absinthe, insanity in a bottle

Post by **Patrick** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:10 am

Excellent article from Wired:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.1 ... topic_set=

I've heard so much about this stuff and have never actually tried it. Apparently the craziness is caused by a toxin (thujone) naturally present in one of it's ingredients.

Anyone actually drink this stuff?

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:47 am

Yes. Both commercial and home brew. It's entirely over rated -- take a soma (or whatever) and drink a few shots of vodka and a "rockstar" (or whatever) and you'll be on about the same level. The poisoning takes a long time though, meaning you have to drink lots of the stuff over a long period of time before it's an issue. Personally, I'm surprised it's so notorious while laudanum and/or "jake" are more or less unknown. The latter two certainly fucked a lot more people up.