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    Default Have any of you Aussies / Kiwis tried this stuff yet ?

    It's still illegal for sale in America, but I love Absinthe !



    (snip)"The absinthe minded award winner

    Last Update: Friday, May 4, 2007. 1:51pm AEST

    A small distillery on the Gold Coast has taken on the establishment in Europe and won. And it’s all for a brew shrouded in mystery and intrigue.

    Michael and Alla Ward’s Absinthe won a gold medal at the World Spirits Competition, “we actually got ninety four out of a hundred. A gold”, explains Michael, “and it was in Austria. They’re pretty conservative there. For a feral little lot like us on Tamborine Mountain to go over there and compete in the World Spirit Competition, it’s exciting for Australia, Queensland, and Tamborine Mountain…We’re not recognised as a nation that produces hard liquor. There are just so few legal operating distilleries in the whole country. To achieve what we’ve achieved, for the nation, is exciting.”

    Absinthe is a spirit made famous, some say infamous, in the 1800s, “we play along with it a little bit. It’s always wonderful to have a bit of story, something that’s got a bit of mystique to it”, Alla says.

    “It caused a lot of drama for a hundred years because it was banned!” Michael laughs. “I guess it has been laced with all this mystery”, Alla adds, “In bygone years they did blame the wormwood component, but I guess in the 1800s it was cheap, the artists would buy it, and probably get sloshed by lunchtime! Essentially it’s the Wormwood, that’s what’s kick started the fascination with Absinthe. It’s the high alcohol, I think, that gets everyone a bit potty, it certainly shouldn’t have to do anything with the wormwood. In controlled amounts it creates a lovely bitters. Wormwood has been used in medicines for centuries, initially it was used to purge intestinal worms.”

    For a nation known for its beer drinking, who drinks this drop? “I guess historically speaking it would have been a Bohemian artist, and anyone who might aspire to a historical reference to one”, Alla says, “it’s a personal thing. If you love that aniseed coming through, it’s a nice drink to have before a meal, but there’s no fixed rule how to have it.” She quickly adds, “in moderation!”(snip)

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    Yes! I loved it too!!

    Tho' it isn't widely available as yet even tho' alot of people know it is back!

    Tamborine Mountain is the "green" part of the Gold Coast. It's actually quite nice up that way... interesting that they made it up there...hmmm...

    Do NOT ask me why I liked it...
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    Default Re: Have any of you Aussies / Kiwis tried this stuff yet ?

    I tried it once. I had trouble finishing it- in fact from memory I left my glass barely touched. The taste is horrific.

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    I've had it over sugar cubes...very yummy!

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    I had it in Australia. Tastes like SHIT (I hate licorice) and it made me hallucinate. I know a lot of people love hallucination, but I absolutely do not. I never tried it again and don't intend to.

    I did rather enjoy pouring it through the sugar like Ernest Hemingway though.

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    Great stuff, not so easy to find sometimes.

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    I dont like most alcahol or drug effects so I shall probably not ever try it. I have avoided it in the past when the oppertunity has come up.

    If it tastes like licorice I probably wont go near it anyway.

    On the other hand, famous last words, lol...

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    what are kiwis??

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    ^^^New Zealanders in this case, although a Kiwi is a native New Zealand bird and also the new annoying term for Kiwi Fruit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aussiepunkshocker View Post
    ^^^New Zealanders in this case, although a Kiwi is a native New Zealand bird and also the new annoying term for Kiwi Fruit.
    oic.. thanks for teaching me something!!

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    is this stuff actually available in australia? The first I ever heard of it was on "From Hell" the movie. I bought the dvd and it had a little documentary about the drink. I didnt know u could get it here. I wont be trying it I freak out from mind altering substances.

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    just a personal opinion, but the supposed 'mind altering' effects of the wormwood herb used to make Absinthe are greatly over-hyped. I assume that this is a combination of the 'reefer madness' like claims originally made to get Absinthe banned (which were put forward by the wine industry when they realized they were losing market share to Absinthe 100 years ago), plus some modern day marketing efforts to promote Absinthe now that has again been re-legalized in the EU / UK commonwealth countries.

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    ^^^ Like I said, it DID make me hallucinate. But then again, so does codeine; I'm sensitive to some things.

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    I use to live near tamborine mountain, at loga village! what a great little success story!

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    I didn't hallucinate when I had a shot. It did taste like liquorice and I don't usually go for those sorts of drinks .... yet... I dunno... I enjoyed it.


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    It made me vomit in less than 3 seconds. Of course, my dumb ass had a SHOT.


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    I had 2 shots a few months ago and got plastered, but twas no more intense than the drunk i get after a quarter bottle of vodka..

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