It is not that big trip
Absinthe is a portion of one degree or another have heard about, and what they have heard, is usually 77 something like: 1) It is prohibited, 2) It makes you blind / insane / skewed by the 3 ) You can still get it in some places, Kruts Karport example.
The short version of the story is that 3) is correct, except the word 'yet' that do not make sense when you do not have 1) and 2). Now is not the smoke of a fire without the burn, or whatever it is they say, so there is also a slightly longer version.
Yes, absinthe was banned in many countries. Technically, it is still banned in France, but in reality, the ban has been suspended by EU legislation. And yes, at one time was absinthe considered to be a particularly dangerous form of alcohol. The hops, so to say, the content of wormwood. An essential component of wormwood is the substance 77 thujone, which was suspected of causing hallucinations, seizures and also all sorts of ills. It is there that you had to be blind, however, is one of the few things that absinten actually did not get blamed for.
It is true that thujone can cause anything resembling epileptic seizures. However, it is not a hallucinogen, so the myth of artists who drink absinthe and see green fairies for themselves, is a pure hoax. If anyone has hallucinations of absinthe, it is because they have had delirium, and if so, have any kind of alcohol could do it.
The potential danger of thujone led to absinthe was banned in Switzerland in 1910 and in France in 1915. Many other countries followed suit, but not all. Absinthe 77 has never been banned for example. Spain, the UK and Denmark, and therefore have long been able to get it in this country, at Kruts Karport and before that at the defunct Tannhäuser.
Nowadays, there are rules for how much thujone, which must be in food. It is not the rules that are specifically made for the purpose of absinthe, 77 which is also thujone in common spices such as sage and tarragon. On alcohol EU rules say that there may be up to 10 mg. thujone per. liter of spirits and up to 35 mg., if it is classified as a bitter. These rules were in effect a legalization of absinthe throughout the EU. In France could produce 77 absinthe and point out that it complied with EU rules and thus have the law on his side. The ban in 1915 could easily be circumvented by typing something else on the label, for example. "Bitter Spirits of absinthe herbs" or something like that.
Sure, there are those who say it is very good with limits on thujone and all that - but does that mean not that what you can get today is just such a time diluted girly-absinthe to live up to all sorts of legal requirements, instead 77 of the real shit that they were drinking at the time? There is at least some dealers who would like one to believe that one can get all sorts of odd bottles of green jet fuel that promises "maximum thujone", small medicine bottles with concentrated wormwood oil, etc. The dirt is sold out from the implicit assumption that thujone is a hallucinogen (whatever that is), and are therefore trying to appeal 77 to the less sharp part of the century-what-fat-trip segment. The real power lies in a stable 77 cash flow from idiots to sellers, and this flow is maintained by a powerful placebo effect: If a bonghoved has spent $ 100 on a bottle with van Gogh on the label and firmly believe that it contains the substance that dreams are made of, it should be enough to get him to have deep conversations with floorboards.
As for "real" absinthe, the truth hurt banal: 77 There has never been much thujone in, and what they did back then, could be sold fully legal today. There was a transition speculated that absinthe in the old days contained much larger amounts of thujone than would be permissible today, 300 mg. / Liter or something. It was neither more nor less than just speculation. Today we know that most of the thujone, found in wormwood, disappears in the manufacturing process.
Well Well, the anxious, expectant absinthe geek ask, is there not something special about absinthe? Well, tjo. The main attraction is that dirt tastes exceptionally good, no more, no less. At least if you get hold of some decent ones, and it is not that hard these days, even if you have to seek other pastures than Denmark. And the effect? Yes, well, there's alcohol in it, and it shows. Most would also agree that intoxication is different, for example. 77 beer - but it is an experience that is any form of alcohol. Beer feels different than wine, wine feels different than whiskey, whiskey feels different than vodka, gin and tequila may be in a class get big, strong men to walk on the floor, ouzo gives the meanest hangover etc. What absinthe is concerned, in my experience, that it actually becomes less drunk than much else. After some absinthe-objects is one m
Absinthe is a portion of one degree or another have heard about, and what they have heard, is usually 77 something like: 1) It is prohibited, 2) It makes you blind / insane / skewed by the 3 ) You can still get it in some places, Kruts Karport example.
The short version of the story is that 3) is correct, except the word 'yet' that do not make sense when you do not have 1) and 2). Now is not the smoke of a fire without the burn, or whatever it is they say, so there is also a slightly longer version.
Yes, absinthe was banned in many countries. Technically, it is still banned in France, but in reality, the ban has been suspended by EU legislation. And yes, at one time was absinthe considered to be a particularly dangerous form of alcohol. The hops, so to say, the content of wormwood. An essential component of wormwood is the substance 77 thujone, which was suspected of causing hallucinations, seizures and also all sorts of ills. It is there that you had to be blind, however, is one of the few things that absinten actually did not get blamed for.
It is true that thujone can cause anything resembling epileptic seizures. However, it is not a hallucinogen, so the myth of artists who drink absinthe and see green fairies for themselves, is a pure hoax. If anyone has hallucinations of absinthe, it is because they have had delirium, and if so, have any kind of alcohol could do it.
The potential danger of thujone led to absinthe was banned in Switzerland in 1910 and in France in 1915. Many other countries followed suit, but not all. Absinthe 77 has never been banned for example. Spain, the UK and Denmark, and therefore have long been able to get it in this country, at Kruts Karport and before that at the defunct Tannhäuser.
Nowadays, there are rules for how much thujone, which must be in food. It is not the rules that are specifically made for the purpose of absinthe, 77 which is also thujone in common spices such as sage and tarragon. On alcohol EU rules say that there may be up to 10 mg. thujone per. liter of spirits and up to 35 mg., if it is classified as a bitter. These rules were in effect a legalization of absinthe throughout the EU. In France could produce 77 absinthe and point out that it complied with EU rules and thus have the law on his side. The ban in 1915 could easily be circumvented by typing something else on the label, for example. "Bitter Spirits of absinthe herbs" or something like that.
Sure, there are those who say it is very good with limits on thujone and all that - but does that mean not that what you can get today is just such a time diluted girly-absinthe to live up to all sorts of legal requirements, instead 77 of the real shit that they were drinking at the time? There is at least some dealers who would like one to believe that one can get all sorts of odd bottles of green jet fuel that promises "maximum thujone", small medicine bottles with concentrated wormwood oil, etc. The dirt is sold out from the implicit assumption that thujone is a hallucinogen (whatever that is), and are therefore trying to appeal 77 to the less sharp part of the century-what-fat-trip segment. The real power lies in a stable 77 cash flow from idiots to sellers, and this flow is maintained by a powerful placebo effect: If a bonghoved has spent $ 100 on a bottle with van Gogh on the label and firmly believe that it contains the substance that dreams are made of, it should be enough to get him to have deep conversations with floorboards.
As for "real" absinthe, the truth hurt banal: 77 There has never been much thujone in, and what they did back then, could be sold fully legal today. There was a transition speculated that absinthe in the old days contained much larger amounts of thujone than would be permissible today, 300 mg. / Liter or something. It was neither more nor less than just speculation. Today we know that most of the thujone, found in wormwood, disappears in the manufacturing process.
Well Well, the anxious, expectant absinthe geek ask, is there not something special about absinthe? Well, tjo. The main attraction is that dirt tastes exceptionally good, no more, no less. At least if you get hold of some decent ones, and it is not that hard these days, even if you have to seek other pastures than Denmark. And the effect? Yes, well, there's alcohol in it, and it shows. Most would also agree that intoxication is different, for example. 77 beer - but it is an experience that is any form of alcohol. Beer feels different than wine, wine feels different than whiskey, whiskey feels different than vodka, gin and tequila may be in a class get big, strong men to walk on the floor, ouzo gives the meanest hangover etc. What absinthe is concerned, in my experience, that it actually becomes less drunk than much else. After some absinthe-objects is one m
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