Absinthe legalized in Switzerland, March 1st 2005

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by sNyx™

;) lol

"Did Doogie Howser just steal my fucking car?"

[PokemonMasta]

so whats that stuff thats sitting on the shelves in bc liquer stores? ive wanted to drink the stuff see what the hype is about but if the stuff they sell isnt even the real stuff then i guess it aint worth it?

[dabbler]

it's still %75, really good shit. i love it. no it's not "real", but it still fucks you up!

[wum]

^ but do you wanna hallucinate, or just get drunk? i wanna see the green faery :)

[dabbler]

dude!, it's nothing like "just getting drunk"

i didn't hallucinate or anything, but then again, i don't even on acid, so who knows. half a bottle fucks you up tho!!! :D

[wum]

^ i think it's only the Czech variety that has the wormwood

[dabbler]

the stuff here, if you read the fine print on the label says

"FLAVOURED with wormwood extract"

as apposed to "MADE with wormwood extract"

[MC Hammered]

Originally Posted by dabbler

yeah my comment was about the "i've seen it on the shelves in europe"
from the looks of the article it seems the swiss are making the real stuff.
i gotta visit that site, and see if i can ship some here...

It was on the shelves in Europe.

In fact in Zermatt is where I bought 2 bottles of it... but that is in Switzerland :p

[QuanNeur]

there are people in Vancouver, too, that brew their own absinthe moonshine.. semi-popular DJs, some of them.

most countries in europe legally restrict the amount of thujone in absinthe to 10mg/kg, which isn't enough really to hallucinate. King of Spirits Gold has the highest thujone content of any absinthe in the world (100mg/kg) and it can be bought from various eastern european countries via the internet. unfortunately it's also the most expensive, around $200 US a bottle:

http://www.absintshop.com/products/absinth/kinggold/