High Speed Low Drag ([info]bombardiette) wrote in [info]absinthelovers,
@ 2004-09-08 13:53:00
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Hello, hello. I am brand new here and looking for fellow Absinthe lovers in Boston. Anyone?

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The green fairy is good to me
[info]volksjager
2004-09-08 11:33 am UTC (link)
hat would be me. I like Hampsburg best .

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Re: The green fairy is good to me
[info]volksjager
2004-09-08 12:10 pm UTC (link)
I'm in Cambridge.

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[info]dissidentdiva
2004-09-08 11:40 am UTC (link)
cambridge here:)

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[info]bombardiette
2004-09-08 11:55 am UTC (link)
Lovely! i'm in Medford on the Somerville line. : ) I have hardly found anyone in the area who knows what Absinthe is, never mind actually likes it!

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[info]bombardiette
2004-09-08 12:18 pm UTC (link)
I brought several back with me from Germany and haven't done much more than a glass here and there. I love the stuff, but can only handle it small doses, which is pathetic. ; )

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[info]bombardiette
2004-09-08 12:31 pm UTC (link)
Tabu and La Fee are absolute rotgut. I have a few high-content thujone brands at home, one with a large plant actually steeping in it. I'm still learning, but it seems to be the thujone that doesn't rest well with me which is why I enjoy it slowly.
It is great stuff.

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[info]volksjager
2004-09-08 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Check out my Lj a bout a wek back we had a little absinth gathering...

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[info]bombardiette
2004-09-08 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Just did and it looks like it was a grand time! Love the pictures.

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-08 10:33 pm UTC (link)
You guys do know you're supposed to dilute it with water, don't you? And that the thujone thing is a myth?

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 09:38 am UTC (link)
Well duh, if you take it pure. What is hyped up is the amount that's in absinthe and how much of absinthe's effect is due to the thujone (ignoring fenchone, anethol and severel other active ingredients).

I believe the story you refer to is here.

It is the manufacturers themselmes who are promoting the myth by excitedly hawking "strong" high-thujone as the best.

Read the science. There's very little thujone in properly made absinthe.

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 10:31 am UTC (link)
First of all, burning sugar is for dumbasses. Second, I've never paid $200 for absinthe and never would. I doubt you've ever "produced so-called "classic" absinthe with all the spices and whatnot." You steeped a bunch of herbs in Everclear along with the rest of the proles.

I'm not going to argue with you. You don't know what your talking about.

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:00 pm UTC (link)
Yep. You're a fool.

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Klopman the Fool
[info]enghpoelzig
2004-09-09 11:23 am UTC (link)
So tell us all about your encyclopedic knowledge of Thujone Klopman.

Better yet, tell us how much Thujone survives the distillation process, and how you have accurately tested absinthe for thujone content.

Anyone that steeps wormwood in alcohol and then drinks the result, knows nothing of making absinthe.

Klopman you are fool, and anyone that would listen to you would be an even bigger fool.




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Klopman God Of Idiots
[info]enghpoelzig
2004-09-09 11:48 am UTC (link)
That you don't understand why Absinthe is distilled, speaks volumns about your idiocy.

Read copies of Bedel, Fritsch, Brevans, & Duplais on the fabrication of Liqueurs, and perhaps you will not make an even bigger ass of yourself.

Your ignorance is staggering Klopman, go do your homework little boy.

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Klopman the ignorant
[info]enghpoelzig
2004-09-09 12:00 pm UTC (link)
Distilling alcohol is a federal offence, were I to admit to commiting a federal offence, would be as foolish as your posts.



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[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:03 pm UTC (link)
Stop while you're ahead dumbass. You have no idea what you're talking about. Not everyone is as much of an amateur as you and you can't keep bluffing your way through it without looking like a complete imbecile.

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(no subject) - [info]abraxas, 2004-09-09 12:25 pm UTC
More Klopman idiocy
[info]enghpoelzig
2004-09-09 12:03 pm UTC (link)
Klopman Quote:"Absinthe is a distilled spirit, Brainiac. How would there be thujone in it at all if it did "not survive" the distillation process?"


That statement shows how little you really know.

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Re: More Klopman idiocy
[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:28 pm UTC (link)
He didn't say that, dumbass.

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Re: More Klopman idiocy - [info]enghpoelzig, 2004-09-09 01:00 pm UTC

[info]cat_in_black
2004-09-10 09:32 am UTC (link)
Somerville

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[info]cat_in_black
2004-09-11 08:44 pm UTC (link)
I'm still in Somerville,
drinking some Verte de Fougerolles tonight,
and some excellent "unlabeled" stuff.
Boston people need to get together.

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[info]sqertz
2004-09-13 02:58 pm UTC (link)
Is your name Justin Klopman, per chance?

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[info]cat_in_black
2004-09-14 06:03 am UTC (link)
Nope,
Just Justin,
and Dinky on occasions when riding in elevators.

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[info]hestiakane
2004-09-08 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Just wondering about something. Is absinthe still illegal in the states? and if so are you guys having to get it shipped from abroad at an astronmical cost? Or am I just really behind the times...?

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[info]bombardiette
2004-09-08 12:46 pm UTC (link)
Good Absinthe is not cheap no matter where it's gotten. It's not legal for liquor stores to sell it here, but as I understand, it is for personal consumption.

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[info]hestiakane
2004-09-08 01:04 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, but there's not cheap and there's $150 a bottle.

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-08 10:34 pm UTC (link)
Try The Frenchman.

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[info]entheos93
2004-09-09 11:49 am UTC (link)
thanks so much for that site- I'm a kid in a candy store.
i've only tried a couple of those brands. Do you have any recommendations?

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:21 pm UTC (link)
Why yes I do.

Offered for substantially less than $200 is the François Guy at $85 including shipping. It's among my current favorites. When it was released a couple years ago, the Un Emile was considered the best absinthe available. The Lemercier "Abisinthe" Amer 72 isn't bad either (don't bother with the other Lemercier's). The Pernod is shite.

These are all beginner absinthes, though. They're inexpensive enough to try a few bottles and get a taste for how different absinthes can be. When you're ready to spend some money, head over to http://www.absintheonline.com/ and pick up a bottle of Jade Nouvelle-Orleans or Jade Suisse Verte 65. They're the best absinthes commercially available (still ony around $100 a bottle). If that's too steep for you, try the Verte de Fougerolles. Good luck, and

Cheers!

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[info]myrrhdusa
2004-09-11 12:49 am UTC (link)
Thanks so much for the links and info!

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[info]abraxas
2004-09-08 10:36 pm UTC (link)
Mostly true. Technically, the feds can come in your house and seize it if they want to. I have a page on my site devoted to US absinthe law here

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Klopman is a noroM
(Anonymous)
2004-09-09 11:34 am UTC (link)
Stop deleting my posts, Klopman. Friggin' noroM.

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:09 pm UTC (link)
He's just deleting proof of his ignorance.

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]bombardiette
2004-09-09 12:19 pm UTC (link)
I deleted it as I posted this entry and would really rather that you take your arguments elsewhere. Is this what I have to look forward to in this community?

If you and Klopman wish to argue, feel free - just not in my post.

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:30 pm UTC (link)
As you wish. It's just that a lot of us are really tired of know-it-alls spreading ignorance.
My apologies.

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]bombardiette
2004-09-09 12:34 pm UTC (link)
I can certainly sympathize. I have absolutely nothing productive to add to this controversy since I have marginal knowledge of absinthe in general. The most I've learned thus far was from the proprieter in an absinthe store in Germany.

I could paste all of these comments in a new post if you like and let you all have at it. >: )

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]abraxas
2004-09-09 12:45 pm UTC (link)
Don't bother. I'm done with him.

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Re: Klopman is a noroM
[info]sqertz
2004-09-09 01:41 pm UTC (link)
I'd like to discuss it further with him. I'd like to see him post some of his recipes.

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