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User:absinthe_snobs (12529875)
L'Heure Verte Est Arrive!
Name:Lovers of L'Heure Verte
About:What We're About
As the name suggests, this is a place for absinthe snobs. Members have a solid understanding of what absinthe is and isn't. If you're a newcomer to absinthe, or laboring under the misapprehension that absinthe will make you hallucinate/drive you insane/should involve fire somewhere in the consumption process, I suggest you visit The Wormwood Society and read their excellent FAQ.

This is a place to share reviews of absinthe (positive or negative), thoughts about absinthania, absinthe-inspired tirades and wails about how you had to choose between rent and that bottle of pre-ban and now you're living in a box under an overpass, but are so very happy, otherwise.

In general, the only rules are:
  • Be polite
  • Be very polite to newcomers, as everyone started somewhere and how else is snobbery going to survive if we don't bring people out of the the wilderness that is Czechsinthe and the like?

Actions that will get you banned as quickly as the mod can find the buttons to do so:
  • Propagating false information - such as the idea that absinthe is a hallucinogen, or that a person may 'make' absinthe by soaking herbs in vodka/everclear
  • Inquiring as to which absinthes have the highest thujone content, because you want to trip balzTM, yo (or defending the notion of same).
  • Defending the "Czech ritual" of flambé-ing the sugar on one's spoon
  • Asking where to buy HG absinthe. Those makers are a very clannish lot, and if they want to talk, they'll find you. In the meantime, leave them alone.
  • Lousy grammar. This includes use of netspeak. It's one thing to use a bit of vernacular - the occasional ain't or 'cos - but dood ur pwned, or whatever the kids are saying these days will get you booted. Plain English is not that difficult.


Defending Czech absinthe, in general, will make you fair game for ridicule. Yes, the mod is being a snob. Need I remind you of the community's name? We're trying to be a little exclusive here. If you're a fratboy looking for some flaming green Windex because you saw it in From Hell, this is not the community for you.

Posting To This Community Is Moderated
Until this community is on its feet, posting is moderated as the maintainer expects that initial posts will almost certainly be made by folks who didn't bother to read the community rules, and there'll be a frightful amount of exactly the sort of material she doesn't want to see here...

Once you've made an approved post, should I (the maintainer) think you've got a sensible head on your shoulders, I'll add you to the 'pre-approved' posting list, so your contributions won't be queued, in future. If you want to be added to that list before you make your first post, join the community, drop me a line (via my profile) sharing with me your Absinthe Snob credentials, and I'll let you know. Honestly, I'm not that nasty, so your luck might well be in.
Interests:17: absinthania, absinthe, art nouveau, beauty truth and love, blanche, bohemia, clandestine, emile, fountains, francois guy, jade, l'heure verte, la belle epoque, pernod, pernod fils, pontarlier, verte
Maintainers:1: britgeekgrrl
Moderators:1: britgeekgrrl
Members:13: alanmoss, bovil, britgeekgrrl, brithistorian, desu, genetikayos, highglider, hkoneko, humidcityloki, jacflash, nwcat, painted_bird_7, spandaumann
Watched by:13: alanmoss, astrobeej, bovil, brithistorian, desu, genetikayos, highglider, hkoneko, humidcityloki, jacflash, nwcat, psybelle, spandaumann
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