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M0T · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:38

Mikol said:
p.s. if anyone knows of any particular shops in/around the centre of Nottingham that would be awesome. Don't want to have to travel too far

Tesco sell it, but the stuff we get in the UK has a weaker concentration of the hallucinogenic (Wormwood) than you get elsewhere.

stigggeh · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:38

Mikol said:
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ASDA do it, but its no where near the real stuff (i had czech stuff).

MasterMike · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:39

It's legal in the UK, wormwood et al. Never been illegal, just never been that popular.

I had a shot in Bar Cava in Liverpool, and can remember dancing afterward, something I rarely do.

Van Hellseek · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:40

http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/ - this site will tell you all you need to know, plus you can order it from there.

FAQ - http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/absinthefaq.php

Zogger · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:40

Absinthe itself definitely isn't illegal as you can buy the weak stuff (60%, was actually quite nice) in supermarkets normally. Don't know about the stronger stuff. Had some horrible red 80% absinthe once which came from spain I believe.

Wikipedia says:

The European Union permits a maximum thujone level of 10 mg/kg in alcoholic beverages with more than 25% ABV,

so I guess it's all about thujone

wow I'm slow.

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:45

seek said:
http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/ - this site will tell you all you need to know, plus you can order it from there.

FAQ - http://www.lafeeabsinthe.com/absinthefaq.php

Long been a bookmark of mine. Frequently used when people ask me how to drink it then for some reason want proof as towards the gibberish I spout, ie. sugar/spoon etc.

Though it usually degenerates into everyone saying sod it, lets just neck a few before town. Even when that happens, turn out to be a very cheap and very good night

trojan698 · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:45

Absinthe = Liquid evil

IMO

b.cummins · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:47

M0T said:
Tesco sell it, but the stuff we get in the UK has a weaker concentration of the hallucinogenic (Wormwood) than you get elsewhere.

First of all tesco's sell La Fee. La Fee has the highest possible wormwood concentration that is legal in Europe, of 10mg/litre.

Second of all, Look online for absinth, since the stuff mostly available here just doesn't cut it.. Bar's usually do Sebor, or weak La Fee.

Look for Hapsburg Red (85%)!
and also a czech absinth called Staroplzenecky. AWESOME all round, not aniseed tho, a bitter wormwood.

Other than that Hills, La Fee and most Hapsburgs are fine quality if you can find them. ESPECIALLY Hills

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:48

M0T said:
Tesco sell it, but the stuff we get in the UK has a weaker concentration of the hallucinogenic (Wormwood) than you get elsewhere.

Nice one, cheers buddy.

stigggeh said:
ASDA do it, but its no where near the real stuff (i had czech stuff).

I live about 3 minutes walk from West Bridgfords Asda superstore. I'll take a wander tomorrow morning.

MasterMike said:
It's legal in the UK, wormwood et al. Never been illegal, just never been that popular.

Hmmm, wonder where ym mates got that idea from then?

Zogger said:
Absinthe itself definitely isn't illegal as you can buy the weak stuff (60%, was actually quite nice) in supermarkets normally. Don't know about the stronger stuff. Had some horrible red 80% absinthe once which came from spain I believe..

Cheers bud.

The stuff I just finished off was some Cannabis Absinthe (Dons, it wasn't cannabis), rather, it was Cannabis scented. Pointless. Was only 72% but did the job very well. I had a bottle that was 75%, but that's getting silly. 70~75 would be perfect. 60% just isn't Absinthe to me, but would still work

FrostedNipple · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:48

not too long ago i did a lot of research into wormwood, not for an essay or anything, bu just becasue i saw an internet advert for it, i found that you can buy wormwood oil, which has the hallucigenic concentrated in it, it is completly legal

i was also reading side-affect and if used in enough qauntity it can kill you,

for some reason i remember going to franch when i was about ten, and buying a packet of what appeared to be wood, i can only assume it is wormwood its self

tasted horible though, all well woody

however i have yet to see anything like that in england and absinthe in the uk is less that 1% wormwood or at least very very low

and i also think that the checkes do it with like 5% bear with me and i will find some good links

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:49

b.cummins said:
First of all tesco's sell La Fee. La Fee has the highest possible wormwood concentration that is legal in Europe, of 10mg/litre.

Second of all, Look online for absinth, since the stuff mostly available here just doesn't cut it.. Bar's usually do Sebor, or weak La Fee.

Look for Hapsburg Red (85%)!
and also a czech absinth called Staroplzenecky. AWESOME all round, not aniseed tho, a bitter wormwood.

Other than that Hills, La Fee and most Hapsburgs are fine quality if you can find them. ESPECIALLY Hills

Ahaaa, so might be worth trying La Fee? I'm going to buy some online most definitely, just I need some for tomorrow and I don't think anywhere will be able to do that, unless they offer local collection. Any idea where to purchase Hills from locally? Or is that an online jobbie?

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:51

FrostedNipple said:
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Good work! To be honest, I'd be OK without the wormwood hallucinogenic. Tbh, considering my line of work/studies, that's something I really shouldn't get into, it's purely the taste and alcoholic content that gets me. Though there is no doubting that it is the hallucinogens that probably make our nights somewhat more interesting.

stigggeh · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:51

b.cummins said:
and also a czech absinth called Staroplzenecky. AWESOME all round, not aniseed tho, a bitter wormwood.

Other than that Hills, La Fee and most Hapsburgs are fine quality if you can find them. ESPECIALLY Hills

The best of the 'range' of bottles i got from Prague was King of spirit (it was more like olive oil than other absinthe's) (pic here http://www.goodmood.cz/ ), i did bring some red stuff back but that was only 60% and not very good.

edit ;: look at the thujone content... 100mg/kg... (a post above said max legally for eu was 10mg/kg :eek:

)

FrostedNipple · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:53

nope cant find any links they all seem to go to wiki nowadays, last time i searhced for it it either wasnt as well known or probably not even invented :cool:

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 00:53

stigggeh said:
The best of the 'range' of bottles i got from Prague was King of spirit (it was more like olive oil than other absinthe's) (pic here http://www.goodmood.cz/ ), i did bring some red stuff back but that was only 60% and not very good.

$274USD? A bit much for a student

Mind you, it does complete with spoon. In fact, that ones more of a package - King of Spirits GOLD + King of Spirits + Absinthe Spoon

Van Hellseek · 8 Jan 2007 at 01:00

Mikol said:
Long been a bookmark of mine. Frequently used when people ask me how to drink it then for some reason want proof as towards the gibberish I spout, ie. sugar/spoon etc.

yeah the links were posted mainly for all the noobs that come into these absinthe threads and start asking questions about hallucinations etc :rolleyes:

Kol · 8 Jan 2007 at 01:02

seek said:
yeah the links were posted mainly for all the noobs that come into these absinthe threads and start asking questions about hallucinations etc

ROFL. Very good link sir, you did good

joeyjojo · 8 Jan 2007 at 01:27

Mikol said:
It's generally a drink we save for Monday nights and fancy a bottle for tomorrow.

What the hell?

Wish I could drink absinthe on monday nights... angry mumbling...

thedazman67 · 8 Jan 2007 at 02:53

We have it our tesco shockingly expensive for the size of the bottle 70% abv iirc