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Absinthe
This is a most pathetic report. Sorry, I have been drinking absinthe for some 30 plus years, and this was the most dismaying of video treatments I have ever seen, for shame! So much mis-information, cloying nasty nasty forbidden fruit BS... It extends to the poor serving methods, the misunderstanding of the ceremony (Samantha happily reverses ...
Posted to Slate V by Gwyllm on July 13, 2008
Sorry kiddo, that's still not real Absinthe
As others have pointed out here in the Frey, the stuff the hipster are swilling up NYC still isn't real Absinthe, if by real one means the stuff the tortured poets and wannabe tortured poets drank in past centuries. Without the active ingredients, it's exactly what you describe - high proof mouthwash. The real stuff was never outlawed in the Czech ...
Posted to Slate V by Figsinzen on July 11, 2008