Who has tried it, and how was the experience?
How does it taste?
Im just curious. I bought a bottle for someone for their birthday and I just wanted to know what the fuss was all about. I dont drink (i hate the feeling of being 'tipsy' or drunk... yuck)... but is it just like any other alcohol?
2007-11-26 14:48:15 · 6 answers · asked by ஐ♥ Br0wnEyez ♥ஐ 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
It does have a different effect than other alcohols. Some describe it as a more "clear-headed drunkenness." I've found that I don't feel drunk when I'm drinking absinthe, but I still have a headache the next day.
It's mainly flavored with anise, which is also used to flavor a lot of licorice candies so to many people it tastes like black licorice. It's also got wormwood (of course!) and fennel as prominent herbs, and most absinthes use many other herbs too.
If you're interested in the drink, I recommend checking out the wormwood society (http://www.wormwoodsociety.org ) for more information about absinthe.
2007-11-26 16:07:29 · answer #1 · answered by Amarantha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does have an Anise flavor and it turns opaque when you mix it. It's a beautiful green color, and people usually pour it over a sugar cube and sometimes even light the cube. It's a time consuming drink and only worth it if you get the real stuff from Holland with the Wormswood in it. That type I believe is still illegal, or at least it was until recently, in the U.S. What's the difference? The Herbs or Wormswood (or both) combine to give the drinker a NASTY headache. It's been said that it will give you a different type of "buzz" but no one I know has experienced anything different other than an unusually bad headache the next day!
2007-11-26 15:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by krys k 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i incredibly propose no longer attempting to make absinthe... its fantastic to brew your guy or woman beer and wine which will probably on no account be as reliable as commercial manufacturers or maybe smaller breweries or distilleries yet once you reside interior the U. S. absinthe is illegitimate there and that's a liquor made from many herbs i doubt you need to even hit upon a recipe thats like asking a thank you to make jagermeister which as we are instructed has fifty six herbs whos to assert it doesnt have extra or goldschlager to call different conventional herb liquors i dont think of you could injury out with distilling your guy or woman vodka whiskey rye or gin at abode no longer to point out a sort of lots extra time eating and precise recipes for a complicated liquor
2016-12-16 19:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unlike ouzo, Pernod, Pastisse, and Sambucca, absinthe has a fairly distinct licorice flavor. If you procured absinthe made in the U.S., it will lack the wormwood extract that distinguishes it from other aperitifs. The versions from eastern Europe contain the wormwood. It is said that Ernest Hemingway went mad from over consumption of this liquor
2007-11-26 15:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen C 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dont think you should drink absinthe if your not really a drinker.
I drink every weekend and I find Absinthe pretty rough. If you have absinthe with wormwood in it you can have hallucinations the other kind (without) i find simmilar to tequila in strength.
2007-11-26 16:43:11 · answer #5 · answered by hannahxmay 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it tastes like gasoline and peppermint
2007-11-26 14:56:56 · answer #6 · answered by Crystal 1 · 1⤊ 5⤋