Food & Fine Dining Hungry? Come on down to Wings - Fun, Food and Drinks.
Top Restaurants in town? Got a good recipe to share? Share culinary info or post up photos of your delicious dish. #revsceneVLS | | |
01-12-2006, 12:47 AM
|
#26 | Need to Seek Professional Help
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: vancouver
Posts: 1,061
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
anyone want to start up another group buy?
|
| |
01-12-2006, 12:49 AM
|
#27 | Need to Seek Professional Help
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: vancouver
Posts: 1,061
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
they are having this special right now for the 3 bottles with the strongest wormwood stuff for 77 bucks usd right now. If you buy now, we may be able to get it by airmail for spring break, or regular mail for the summer. haha
|
| |
01-12-2006, 12:59 AM
|
#28 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
|
"strongest wormwood stuff"
That does NOT make the best absinthe.
Imagine - does 7% alcohol beer like Wildcat and Lucky XXX taste great? Why not? It has more alcohol than other beer...
Don't get hooked into marketing because absinthe became a buzz word in movies and music videos. If you are interested in enjoying really good absinthe, please read my previous replies (and in other threads, do a search... wow I just realized how long I've been drinking the stuff... I guess it has no side effects! )
|
| |
01-13-2006, 12:17 PM
|
#29 | Need to Seek Professional Help
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: .
Posts: 1,042
Thanked 1,051 Times in 265 Posts
|
group buy? im down for 2 bottles.
|
| |
01-13-2006, 12:18 PM
|
#30 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
|
I'm moving next month, so I won't be buying any more for a while.
|
| |
01-13-2006, 02:35 PM
|
#31 | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vansterdam
Posts: 7,965
Thanked 1,762 Times in 904 Posts
|
drink the real shti and chase the green fairy as they call it. dont buy that crap here its like the weak ass canadian version.
__________________
"back at the line to Babych.... LONG SHOT....Potvin had trouble with it....ADAM SHOOTS SCORES!!!!
GREG ADAMS!! GREG ADAMS!!"
|
| |
01-13-2006, 06:08 PM
|
#32 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
|
My favourite Absinthe is now available in a premium edition, 70% alcohol... Woo can't wait to order this http://www.spiritscorner.com/scripts...dProducto=3903 |
| |
01-14-2006, 07:28 AM
|
#33 | I keep RS good
Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cosmos
Posts: 28,661
Thanked 5,539 Times in 1,502 Posts
|
so, have any of you actually gotten a high off this stuff
|
| |
01-14-2006, 02:53 PM
|
#34 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
|
Define "high"
|
| |
03-13-2006, 12:13 AM
|
#35 | I STILL don't get it
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 455
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
i want some
|
| |
03-13-2006, 01:52 AM
|
#36 | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: vancouver
Posts: 1,674
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
What is this stuff exactly? and what do you get out of it?
just drunk? sorta like baca 151?
|
| |
03-28-2009, 02:44 PM
|
#37 | 2010 RS Top Food Critic Winner
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 5,410
Thanked 694 Times in 233 Posts
|
bump. skinny where's the photoshoot of the french ritual?!
|
| |
03-28-2009, 05:00 PM
|
#38 | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: vancity
Posts: 11
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by ExcelPremium What is this stuff exactly? and what do you get out of it?
just drunk? sorta like baca 151? | Not even on the same level of 151, ...i swear this shit....the real shit..w/ wormwood is like doin a new drug,...definately different kind of drunkness...sorta feel like god or sumthin
|
| |
03-28-2009, 08:02 PM
|
#39 | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 36,404
Thanked 14,316 Times in 5,636 Posts
|
so what does it actually feel like when u get the good stuff?
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams
|
| |
03-28-2009, 08:45 PM
|
#40 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Dub bump. skinny where's the photoshoot of the french ritual?! | Sorry, never got around to it! I still don't have very nice authentic glasses, or a nice water pitcher, so I never thought of doing a photo shoot of it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer so what does it actually feel like when u get the good stuff? | It's sort of like being drunk, but the artistic part of your brain is in overdrive. It's not easy to explain.. But it's very subtle, so anyone who says they feel a profound high is probably getting some sort of placebo effect |
| |
03-28-2009, 11:18 PM
|
#41 | In RS I Trust
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mission
Posts: 20,630
Thanked 17,579 Times in 4,296 Posts
|
what stuff do you recammond?
|
| |
03-29-2009, 01:33 AM
|
#42 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by murd0c what stuff do you recammond? | Segarra 45 (Spanish) is my all time favourite, and Duplais (Swiss) is what I am drinking currently. I'm dying to try the Segarra 68, but it's like $380 per bottle! |
| |
03-29-2009, 03:30 PM
|
#43 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: van
Posts: 677
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Sorry, never got around to it! I still don't have very nice authentic glasses, or a nice water pitcher, so I never thought of doing a photo shoot of it.
It's sort of like being drunk, but the artistic part of your brain is in overdrive. It's not easy to explain.. But it's very subtle, so anyone who says they feel a profound high is probably getting some sort of placebo effect | Thujone doesn't have psychoactive properties so the content is irrelevant. Its just very strong booze which causes intense drunkness. I've drank it a few times, and cannot discern anything more than the regular subtle differences of drunkness which result from drinking different liquors.
|
| |
03-29-2009, 07:54 PM
|
#44 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by brokentelephone Thujone doesn't have psychoactive properties so the content is irrelevant. Its just very strong booze which causes intense drunkness. I've drank it a few times, and cannot discern anything more than the regular subtle differences of drunkness which result from drinking different liquors. | What did you drink
|
| |
03-30-2009, 12:58 AM
|
#45 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: van
Posts: 677
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp What did you drink | No idea! But I drank it in the UK with friends that love the stuff, and pretty sure it was the real deal.
|
| |
03-30-2009, 01:35 AM
|
#46 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by brokentelephone No idea! But I drank it in the UK with friends that love the stuff, and pretty sure it was the real deal. | OK let's see if I am clear on this then:
1) I have been drinking absinthe for over 6 years, I have tried dozens of brands of varying qualities from all over Europe
2) You drank it "a few times" in UK, and have "no idea" what brand you tried
3) UK is famous for serving terrible quality "absinthe" - the same cheap fake crap that gets sold in BC
4) You are saying that you didn't experience a secondary effect
5) Somehow, this means you are an expert on absinthe, and telling everyone who knows better that they are wrong.
Is that about it?
|
| |
03-30-2009, 01:48 AM
|
#47 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: van
Posts: 677
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp OK let's see if I am clear on this then:
1) I have been drinking absinthe for over 6 years, I have tried dozens of brands of varying qualities from all over Europe
2) You drank it "a few times" in UK, and have "no idea" what brand you tried
3) UK is famous for serving terrible quality "absinthe" - the same cheap fake crap that gets sold in BC
4) You are saying that you didn't experience a secondary effect
5) Somehow, this means you are an expert on absinthe, and telling everyone who knows better that they are wrong.
Is that about it? | First things first, using the term "secondary effect" sounds ridiculous.
You're correct, though. While I doubt this effect is anything other than a different form of drunkness, it isn't my place to tell you what you experience.
|
| |
03-30-2009, 01:50 AM
|
#48 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by brokentelephone First things first, using the term "secondary effect" sounds ridiculous.
You're correct, though. While I doubt this effect is anything other than a different form of drunkness, it isn't my place to tell you what you experience. | Exactly. Some day you should try some real absinthe. You will experience a secondary effect (whether you like the term or not, that's the term used).
|
| |
03-30-2009, 01:53 AM
|
#49 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: van
Posts: 677
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Exactly. Some day you should try some real absinthe. You will experience a secondary effect (whether you like the term or not, that's the term used). | Dude, as I said, I'm sure I've had 'real' absinthe. The group of buddies I've drank it with are all major whiskey drinkers, so I would imagine that their passion for booze would translate when purchasing absinthe. Buying alcohol is very different in London than in Vancouver -- if you go to a great store, they simply wouldn't sell crap.
But yah, will try again.
|
| |
03-30-2009, 02:04 AM
|
#50 | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 52,297
Thanked 23,809 Times in 8,186 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by brokentelephone Dude, as I said, I'm sure I've had 'real' absinthe. The group of buddies I've drank it with are all major whiskey drinkers, so I would imagine that their passion for booze would translate when purchasing absinthe. Buying alcohol is very different in London than in Vancouver -- if you go to a great store, they simply wouldn't sell crap.
But yah, will try again. | I can almost guarantee you that it wasn't legit. UK was the first country where the whole 'absinthe craze' started in the early 2000's. Back then, the big brand was Hill's from Czech Rep. Nobody knew better, and didn't know that they were basically drinking scope in a fancy bottle.
Trust me, I know my absinthe history. I am 99% sure that you either had Hill's or some other brand with very little similarity to real absinthe. Those are the only brands sold in UK (and therefore BC, which based its absinthe regulations on UK).
Your friends can be the biggest whisky enthusiasts in the world; the fact is that you can't buy good absinthe in any store in UK if you tried.
And the fact that you didn't experience a secondary effect, and that you felt "intense drunkness" further proves my theory (the stuff they bought is most likely 150 proof)
|
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:17 AM. |