Is there any decent Absinthe available in the US?

t. fedorist

I've been wanting to try absinthe for years too, but apparently there isn't any "real" absinthe in my area.
Most of the commercial products contain food coloring and near-zero herb extract.

>implying absinthe isn't a Hot Topic tier spirit.

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>implying you're even old enough to drink

oh shit forgot this is a worksafe board mods pls don't wreck by ass too hard

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>@7959210

Are you being an ironic faggot or are you really this new

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It's to deny you those sweet (you)s i know ya want.

Dem granny titties tho... damn

what happened, wasnt Veeky Forums an "alright" board?

It used to be. Now it's either threads like these, "why do americans do x" , or fast food shit. Really i only come here for the occasionally decent alcohol threads.

guess ive been away too long

Every board is becoming like this, my man. Veeky Forums is a perfect example.

>slow board
>some board-related shitposting as expected
>fairly informative

Now
>fast board
>lots of crosspost shitposting
>spam
>resident furryposter that isn't banned
>/v/-tier trolling

St. George and Pernod are pretty good.

Ah, yes, another "epic" oldfag circlejerk in which the autists reminisce on the "good old days"

No need to get butthurt just because you got here in 2015.

true, i wouldn't even classify /diy/ as a quality board anymore

>haha your country has stupid housing codes
>what do with rasberry pi
>how do i make a vape
>can i make a house out of pallet wood
>bad trolling, pointless arguing, not much actual /diy/ projects

the olden days were bad too. you would sift through the shit to find some gold, now there is no gold at all. and the shit and left out too long and it stinks

have you been away for literally at least four years?

did not expect this many assblasted memedrinkers tbqh

absinthe is pretty much only drank by hipster faggy nu-males

whats this shit about housing codes

So is anybody actually gonna answer the OP or just shitpost? I'm curious as well, the only good absinthe I've had was overseas.

Great Lakes Distillery makes a nice one.

There is no such thing as good absinthe, you've been baited into thinking le exotic countries overseas do it good when it is in fact, all shit.

Don't forget calling everyone flyovers.

Veeky Forums is probably the biggest shitposting blue board around.

Ignore the faggots.

Absinthe is a perfectly cromulent spirit if you like the flavors typically associated with it and you know how to prepare it properly (be it on its own or as part of a cocktail).

In my experience, Absinthe produced in North America tends to be overly sweetened and full of green food coloring.

I go to Amsterdam on business a lot, they have this little specialty liquor store tucked away that carries a bunc of very interesting absinthes from many different European countries. My advice is to try to find one that doesn't have a ton of sugar added and is very high in alcohol content.

I tried in the first post, then the assburgers went apeshit.

>cromulent
shibboleth of a retarded millenial who would like this garbage

those are just assblasted calicucks / urbancucks mad not everyone lives in overcrowded shitholes full of poors like they do

>I drink absinthe

Long ago, I used to mix absinthe 1:4 with Wild Turkey 101 and get seriously hammered. I called the drink "The Forest Fire" because the color resembles a tree before you stir it up (brown whiskey on bottom, green absinthe on top) and you can light it on fire to impress your drunken friends.

Now I just drink whiskey on its own because it tastes a lot better that way.

Too low thujone content by law makes US absinthe quite pointless. Absinthe is no fun without the different kind of drunk effect.

this pic is trippin me out

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I have a friend in Amsterdam right now, care to share the name of this shop?

figured this meme / placebo would show up

>Though it is best known as a chemical compound in the spirit absinthe, absinthe contains only small quantities of thujone, so thujone is unlikely to be responsible for absinthe's alleged psychedelic effects.

Absinthe never had thujone in any real quantity you dumb stoner, historical recipes are all well under the legal limit.

Any non-alcoholic effects were entirely the fault of bathtub distilleries dying their swill green with copper salts and other horrendous corner cutting practices.

see:
Also, thujone itself is a baby-level hallucinogen that doesn't really do shit even at proper doses.

well as far as taste there are worse things out there i just do the sugar cube thing sometimes use diluted simple syrup instead of water.
girls like ut when i light it on fire and they just shot the shit anyways. i just lost my spoon too i need to buy a new one...

this thread ... being THIS pleb
go drink your bottom-shelf vodka

I actually don't remember the name, it's something in Dutch, and I tend to forget Dutch names because my Dutch is awful and I can't pronounce half of them.

I know it's on the corner of a side street off Damrak near a big cheese shop. That's about the best I can do for you, I'm afraid.

Hahaha thanks that might be too vague to explain to him but I'll keep an eye out next time I'm over.

Cheese shop off Damrak did tickle me though, there must be at least 40.

Yeah, there sure are.

I looked at a map and I'm pretty sure it's on Haringpakkerssteeg. It's a cool place, you'll know it when you see it. It's a little touristy, but they make a lot of their own stuff in-house, good selection of liqueurs and jenevers, mostly. They do carry a lot of different absinthes, the best absinthe I've ever had was a French (I think) absinthe that's 92%. You have to mix it with something, but it's not too sweet and the herbal flavors are really prominent, and it doesn't have that atrocious neon green color.

I hope that helps a little more. I often don't remember too many details about places in Amsterdam, given that I've usually just had my dick sucked, am drunk, and am probably high, (at least if I'm in Centrum).

My nigga.

That's more than helpful. I'll make sure to keep an eye out on the walk back from Love Club 21.

Ohh and btw don't shy away from the veal croquettes in the febo vending machines, potency.

The research everybody is basing this meme opinion on is outdated and wrong. It's literally like in medieval times when everybody thought the world was flat. It's IMO not thujone alone that causes the effect but probably a combination of thujone interacting with something else. Much in the same way the so called 'tea drunk effect' (in certain Chinese teas, not in your local Supermarket teas) is caused from caffeine interacting with L-theanine and a few other molecules. The effect is real and when you notice it you know it's not bullshit. But you need a bit of luck, it's not turning up every time even in brands that sometimes works.

Second it's not a hallucinogen and it never was. It's more of a downer. The effect is subtle. You won't literally 'see the green fairy'. It's a different kind of drunk, not some massive LSD trip.

I fucking love Febo. It's not even "good" food, but I love it so goddamn much. I like the satekroketten best, I think. A few of those and some fries are my go-to late night De Wallen meal. Febo is God-tier drunk food.

Haven't been to Love Club 21, that's the Asian "massage" place in De Wallen, isn't it? I usually stick to escorts or my regular window girls.

Ohh no the cheeseburger was one of the worst I've had in my life. It's half hit and miss but the good shit is next level muchie food.
Have you been to Resteraunt RED on your travels as well? Surf and turf is the only thing on the menu but it's like that for a reason.

Yup, that's the one. Honestly the massages from the, erm, "madame" was one of the best I've ever had. For a 40+ woman her hands can work some magic on a traveled back.

Haven't been to RED, I'll add that to my list. Headed back in October, and I'm staying for an extra week after my business is done, so I'll give it a look.

I never eat the burgers at Febo, I only ever eat their "snack", various kroketten, frikandellen, etc. Pretty much anything that comes out of their deep fryer is pretty fantastic.

Gotta check out Love Club 21 some day. I'm not a huge massage guy, but there's a pretty severe lack of Asians in the windows these days.

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Why would you bother drinking this meme? Stop trying to be cool and just get a regular vodka just like everyone else, you pathetic poser

Fuck, are you my spirit animal?

I'm planning a trip in October myself, I'll post some absinthe related nonsense thread while I'm there, see about lobotomising a prostitute Veeky Forums style.

Yes. Yes I am.

I'm lucky because one of our biggest clients is in Amsterdam so I get sent there a few times a year. I always take the opportunity to indulge in a bit of the ol' debauchery. Not many places on the planet where you can be more hedonistic than Amsterdam.

Plus, my airfare is paid for and I can claim my trips as a business expense. It's pretty great.

I don't get the hate for anise liqueur in this thread. Is it because people treat absinthe as a meme drink?

Pretty much. They're assuming that the only people who drink absinthe are fedoralords who are drinking it to look cool.

This is because they're idiots and have never actually had absinthe and, therefore, don't know that it can be a very complex and delicious spirit if it's treated properly. They also probably have very juvenile palettes and can't appreciate the bitter anise flavor.

Dude i like absinthe but you sound like a huge fucking faggot

>Thinking California isn't part of Flyovervania

Yup. Cali and NY are flyover too. If you ain't in the ocean, you ain't getting the good stuff.

I actually agree with you on this. I've taken thujone and the effect isn't really much like an absinthe drunk, which is definitely a bit different from regular drunk. I haven't drank absinthe in a long time but I remember feeling much more focused and alert drinking it than most other alcohol.

>drinking alcohol
What's it like ingesting a meme in liquid form?

I was actually looking up absinthes a few months ago because I've never had any and I was curious.

Turns out it really is a meme drink for idiots and degenerates who don't know any better and it's not in any way at all psychoactive or hallucinogenic.

Grind up some shrooms and put them in a decent drink instead.