does absinthe make you go crazy?

Question

should i spend 100 bucks on a bottle..or should i just get some jager..

Answer 1

Long term use of absinthe causes brain damage. That is why it was banned by most western countries. A few drinks shouldn't harm you. I did it, the feeling was very relaxing and pleasant, but I just wanted to take a nap an hour later. Tylenol PM does the same thing, it is a lot cheaper than $100.00 a bottle, and it doesn't come with the MASSIVE hangover. Plus, absinthe isn't the most pleasant tasting drink - that's why the sugar cubes and strainer are used. Bottom line: I would personally use the $100.00 to buy 2 or 3 very good bottles of liquor that I would actually enjoy drinking, not absinthe.

However, there is a certain wisdom gained by trying something yourself. Maybe you and 2 or 3 friends should get together and order the bottle, and when it arrives, grill some steaks, have a great meal, and then pop open the bottle to relax. You'll have pleasant evening with close friends (which is always a good time). Just plan on everyone staying there for the night, sleeping late, and having a hangover the next day.

Answer 2

Absinthe is made from Wormwood, and yes it can make one go crazy, like Vincent van Gogh. Ouzo, Arak, and Pernod are also in this class of liqueurs, but with less of the extract. Vermouths are wines with the same flavouring. Jaegermeister is something else again, an anise based liqueur with other herbs, it can be an acquired taste but doesn't have the drug effect. Absinthe has been illegal in many countries, but you can still buy some from old stocks from time to time at great expense. If you do , use it judiciously and with great restraint. Poisoning is a real risk, a permanent psychedelic high.

[mcmuffin: You're right the headache was unpleasant! Never got that with other drinks.]

[And yes Cuban cigars and rum are much better! Smooth, sweet, and potent. Not only because they're prohibited, only in the US because of the Cuban Lobby in Florida. If the embargo was ever lifted Castro's government would fall because of the economic realities which spelled an end to Communism elsewhere.]

Answer 3

Jager tastes like Satan's cough syrup. I'd say go with the absinthe, even though a shot of that stuff is holy hell, but the burning makes you feel burly.
Absinthe only makes you go crazy if you're a gullible dingbat who believes the hype about absinthe. It's like alcohol, only it gives a lighter high, and you can...ok, it's hard to explain, but suffice it to say, it doesn't drive you insane. There's not enough wormwood in most of the brands now, and even when there was, it was a mess of hype. There are plenty of far more severe drugs you can put in your system that will disrupt your neurological processes far more adversely. And even those won't render you insane.

Answer 4

OK well if you in the states, not getting real absinthe, and that stuff is not worth 100$ better off with a nice wine and something else to drink, even real real absinthe is hard to come by in Europe, no one knows the original recipe from back in the crazy artists days, and even that stuff wouldn't so much make you crazy as just let you go on a nice trip

Answer 5

Absinthe rules. Really.

You must be looking at the good stuff from the UK or France at $100 a bottle.

These guys are excellent:

http://www.absintheonline.com/

But now, I have to tell you a disquieting fact. Ouzo tastes, and even acts, like Absinthe, in that it clouds up on ice.

But still, my select friends have loved sharing a glass with me. And it may be the history, but the buzz really does seem different.

Answer 6

I've never tried it... however, when thinking about spending a hundred bucks on a bottle of any drink, consider this: You drink it in, you pee it out. So, basically, the hundred bucks is just a rental fee.

Go buy a glass of it at a bar. 'S gotta be cheaper.

Answer 7

It does not make you go crazy, it was banned here because of the rumor but you drink enough of any alcohol and you will go crazy, not just absynthe though.

You can get it here now and it is just strong alcohol, I wouldn't spend 100 unless you know you like it.

If it really made people crazy do you think they would allow it to be sold everywhere else?

We always want what we can't have. Are cuban cigars better????? They are when you are told you can't have them

Answer 8

The original version of absinthe was made with wormwood and did cause mental deterioration.

Answer 9

Jager! It does get you f***ed up fast but none of that green fairy stuff or any hallucinations. Not worth the money.

Answer 10

No, it is the alcohol. Sage has more thujon in it than a drink of absinthe. The crap tastes gross. Don't buy it unless you really think you like drinking filtered piss.