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To drink absinthe first get a glass and an absinthe spoon. Lay the spoon over the rim of the glass and put a sugar cube on top. Pour in a measure of absinthe over the sugar cube. Now top up with water until the suger cube is almost dissolved, then stir. Given that absinthe can be 85% ABV this is still a pretty strong drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RnJ6PeDW4 About 20 years ago Absinthe was legalized to sell in most of the EU. The hallucinogenic - wormwood - is no longer used. People here were drinking it neat as shots. A local nightclub made you sign a waiver if you drank more than two. I hated selling it to customers in our bar. It was mostly young eejits drinking it on a dare. We weren't using the 25ml measures they used in the nightclub either - 35ml. Seen so many people ruin a night early after not realizing they've downed the equivalent of a half bottle of spirits in less than 20 mins.
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Valko posted:To drink absinthe first get a glass and an absinthe spoon. Lay the spoon over the rim of the glass and put a sugar cube on top. Pour in a measure of absinthe over the sugar cube. Now top up with water until the suger cube is almost dissolved, then stir. i thought you were supposed to light the sugar cube on fire? or is that some newfangled variation?
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Feb 13, 2023 18:37
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You're supposed to heat absinthe at pressure and blast the absinthe steam through a fine lattice of sugar
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Feb 13, 2023 18:52
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thehoodie posted:i thought you were supposed to light the sugar cube on fire? or is that some newfangled variation? Some people do but I think it's recent, yes. Probably got the idea from sambuca and coffee beans.
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Feb 13, 2023 18:52
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You shouldn't light any liquor on fire that you don't want to later be on your crotch, on fire.
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Feb 13, 2023 18:54
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Valko posted:The hallucinogenic - wormwood - is no longer used. Wrong, and again, wormwood is not hallucinogenic in absinthe.
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Feb 13, 2023 18:58
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All this talk of fire and spirits... We had this bottle of stuff in our bar - Polish Pure Spirit. It was as close to pure alcohol as it was possible to get - 98% ABV or something. Yeah, young daredevils were drinking it as shots. Two of my friends had stayed late after closing time. One of them decided to chance it. He got it down okay but 10 minutes later he was drooling drunk, after being on pints all night. (there is a reason I don't like super strength spirits). My other friend picked up the glass. He lit his lighter in the other hand. He slowly tipped the glass, pouring out the last little drop. I think he was expecting a little blue flame. The resulting FWOOSH almost took his eyelashes off.
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Feb 13, 2023 18:59
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absinthe does have some cardiovasculsr effects. It makes the heart grow fonder.
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Feb 13, 2023 18:59
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Tunicate posted:absinthe does have some cardiovasculsr effects.  
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Feb 13, 2023 19:04
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Tunicate posted:absinthe does have some cardiovasculsr effects. 
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Feb 13, 2023 19:56
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Valko posted:We had this bottle of stuff in our bar - Polish Pure Spirit. It was as close to pure alcohol as it was possible to get - 98% ABV or something. Yeah, young daredevils were drinking it as shots. Two of my friends had stayed late after closing time. One of them decided to chance it. He got it down okay but 10 minutes later he was drooling drunk, after being on pints all night. (there is a reason I don't like super strength spirits). I had some 85%~ rum at one point. I did one shot, and could feel it start to kick in before I could even put the shotglass down. Powerful stuff, and honestly it shouldn't be sold at bars outside of mixed drinks.
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Feb 13, 2023 20:25
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thehoodie posted:i thought you were supposed to light the sugar cube on fire? or is that some newfangled variation? Afaik that's something that spread with the cheap absinthe imitations that have nothing to do with absinthe, particularly of Czech provenance. They do not produce louche, so there's little point in doing the traditional pouring .
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Feb 14, 2023 00:08
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I went through an absinthe phase in college. I'm pretty sure it isn't quite legal here and the only bar that carried it was a the grimy goth/metal/punk/rockabilly place where the DJs stood in a podium shaped like a coffin and where the floors were sticky enough that you could lose a shoe in the pit/dance floo r if they weren't securely laced. It would burn as it went down and honestly a lot of that time is in a haze. When we were broke from buying extremely expensive absinthe shots we'd make ends meet by making hobo cocktails from vanilla extract and coke that we'd smuggle into the place. The absinthe hit hard but the hangover from the vanilla extract was by far worse.
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Feb 14, 2023 01:30
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FreudianSlippers posted:I went through an absinthe phase in college. In high school I knew a guy who would shoplift vanilla/orange/lemon/peppermint extract and get drunk on it. His nickname was Ericaholic
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https://twitter.com/mollygos/status/1624847572182642689 https://twitter.com/mollygos/status/1624868598870347776
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https://twitter.com/70s_party/status/1625501657902764035
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Feb 14, 2023 16:20
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Those fish deserved better.
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Feb 14, 2023 16:31
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SlothfulCobra posted:https://twitter.com/mollygos/status/1624847572182642689 https://twitter.com/mollygos/status/1624868598870347776 I'm fairly sure that guy is a member of parliament.
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Feb 14, 2023 16:40
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What a grand and intoxicating flavor
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Feb 14, 2023 16:55
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https://twitter.com/jestingtime/status/1625260424470880262
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Feb 14, 2023 16:56
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The best sandwiches are ones you squeeze like a paste from warm foil
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Feb 14, 2023 17:06
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Brawnfire posted:The best sandwiches are ones you squeeze like a paste from warm foil  
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Feb 14, 2023 17:48
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Brawnfire posted:The best sandwiches are ones you squeeze like a paste from warm foil why bother with bread? tube of nduja, slurp that poo poo.
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You may think that Kirby plating sucks, but I think it's inspired
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Feb 15, 2023 01:34
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Spotted this in a local Fish and Chip shop in rural N. Ireland. That looks like grated cheddar cheese on top of some minced meat - the sauce is something people here call 'taco sauce'. It tastes like mayonaise with a dollop of chilli ketchup thrown in. 
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Feb 15, 2023 01:43
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Sure, it’s taco sauce, in that it’s pronounced “tacko”
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Feb 15, 2023 03:05
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So, is she baby-birding Kirby or Lady-and-the-Tramping him?
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Feb 15, 2023 03:43
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KHLAV KALASHNIKOV posted:Sure, it’s taco sauce, in that it’s pronounced “tacko”
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Feb 15, 2023 05:32
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 Anyone tried this? (Does the Japanese translate to anything different to Fermented Squid Guts?)
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Piss Creep posted:
The kanji literally means salty-spicy but it's used as an abbreviation for "salty spicy squid guts" because everyone who can read it knows what it means. Like how in English you'd use the word "latte" for a caffe latte despite the word literally meaning milk in Italian.
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Feb 16, 2023 11:59
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What's this coffee bullshit, I obviously meant to order milk squid guts dammit!
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I got to taste the new Monster Energy with alcohol tonight. As predicted, it was disgusting, and they removed the caffeine, which kinda defeats the purpose of marketing it as "Alcoholic Monster" According to the rep it should be available across the US in a few days? Weeks?
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Feb 16, 2023 12:43
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Zipperelli. posted:I got to taste the new Monster Energy with alcohol tonight. I like how it’s pretty obvious that we just kinda want a less garbage tasting Four Loko back. Like we can have caffeinated alcoholic beverages, kids are still getting drunk without it.
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Feb 16, 2023 12:52
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Piss Creep posted:
Yeah. Gross as hell.
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Zipperelli. posted:I got to taste the new Monster Energy with alcohol tonight. Worse four loko, seems bad
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Feb 16, 2023 13:06
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Are jagerbombs not a thing in the US
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Butterfly Valley posted:Are jagerbombs not a thing in the US they're a thing, unfortunately (I say as a person who got blackout drunk on them twice in my life).
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Am I weird for treating Jaeger as a sipping drink? People always act like I'm some sort of creep for not drinking it as shots.
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Brawnfire posted:Am I weird for treating Jaeger as a sipping drink? People always act like I'm some sort of creep for not drinking it as shots. I like to sip it, but I also like to sip Underberg
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