what was 1890s absinthe like? what were these people actually drinking? >historical recipes called for large amounts of wormwood>analysis of unopened 19th-century absinthes has confirmed thujone levels of 100–260mg/L sometimes up to 350mg/Lmodern EU/UK regulations cap thujone content at 35mg/L. I dont accept >they were just drunkI think there has to be more to it than that
>>18128677>whatwhy don't you tards do internet searching FIRST and THEN post something interesting??http://www.google.com/search?q=absinthe
There is more to it than being drunk.But they were drunk.A relatively mild deliriant and ketone, toxic in high dose, only really hallucinogenic if you prepare it right.There's a whole rig involving an ice chiller for cool water, and plate for sugar cubes to pour over you need to utilize to make the best drink.If you do it right that kind of filters some impurities IIRC.You're going to want to avoid most commercially available options, unless you can do the research into finding authentic varieties.They are not common or regularly available. Meaning find someone who knows how to make it. The whole set is going to be expensive and time consuming. It's like finding medieval beer.Before the HRE passed laws regulating the brewing of beer, all sorts of herbs were used in the brewing process. Not just hops, some recipes excluded them entirely. Hops are good for preservation and safety, which is why the law was written and had a royal stamp, since certain microbes or fungal blooms can proliferate in their absence.
Why do I feel insane amounts of lust when looking at that poster.
>>18128951The absinth is calling
I remember when Bush lifted a ban on absinthe imports that dated to the Wilson Administration because it was widely seen as dangerous LSD-like stuff back then.
>>18128677Absinthe was mainly a late XIX century fad that got popular because the French vinyards were blighted by a disease epidemic in the 1880s that made wine scarce and expensive for a while.
>>18129239yes there was no regulation on its content in those days and it also had an unseemly image of being consumed by decadent artist and poet types
>>18129252Modern distilling/brewing allows a lot more control over the content of any alcoholic drink than was possible back then.
>>18128677production of the historical absinthe is banned throughout Europe. if you want to approximate the old time flavor, don't go for what's sold as absinthe today but instead try pastis. it's the liquor invented to sidestep the absinthe ban. no fun head effects though.
>>18129355Czechs still make the real thing and sell it under the counter
>>18128677>>18128951TUMMY
>>18129521do they? i thought all their absinthe was fake tourist slop they light on fire
>>18128677It was mostly a propaganda campaign by teetotalers to scare people out of drinking.
>>18129239it was in 2006 they removed it from the Federal controlled substances list where it had been since 1913. however as he said the modern stuff you can buy is mostly ersatz absinthe imported from EU which is probably why they did un-ban it, the real stuff wasn't actually produced anymore.
but what about Absinthe laws in the USA?
>>18128677>>18129562But wait, why does she have a tummy like that? I thought the 1800s were the age of corsets and inhumanly skinny waists.
It's just alcohol. Anyone who claims it's magical crazy juice is trying to sell you something.
>>18128677People were experiencing alcohol withdrawal and psychosis for the first time by drinking distilled spirits as if it were wine. Same with the London gin craze.
>>18128883>>18128677You people are fucking retarded.>historical absinthe contained way more thujoneEven the highest thujone concentrations ever discovered in pre-ban bottles were well below the effective limit for an average adult.>Thujone is a hallucinogenNo, it's not. It can cause epilepsy-like symptoms in high doses, but that's it.>Modern EU/UK regulations cap thujone content at 35mg/l, therefore it's not real absintheMost historical absinthes contained less than 35mg/l.>You can only get it under the table/if you know a guy/if you make it yourself (lol)There are plenty of brands who make absinthe according to historical pre-ban recipes such as Absinthe Soixante Cinq, Absinthe Authentique from the Distillerie les Fils d'Emile Pernot or Absinthe Abel Bresson.>There's a whole rig involving an ice chiller for cool water, and plate for sugar cubes to pour over you need to utilize to make the best drink. If you do it right that kind of filters some impurities IIRC.The point of mixing it with ice water is to dilute it down to 9-12%, so you can drink it without getting smashed out of your mind. Absinthe was a refreshing, social drink similar to wine. The sugar is just for flavor and was really only used because a lot of people were drinking shitty bathtub absinthe. None of this has anything to do with impurieties, you brainless nigger.Absinthe was and is a completely harmless alcoholic drink. It has no magic powers and other secondary effects. It was only banned because the French wine industry ran a very succesful smear campaign against it, the long term effects of which can still be felt in the absolutely idiotic urban legends that surround the drink to this day.
I've always wondered why western cultures never really utilised Entheogens all that much for recreation, where Ephedra, Marijuana, Psilocybin, Kratom etc and other entheogens were used pretty regularly in non asian cultures for spiritual, recreational and "medicinal" reasons.St Anthony's Fire wine (ergot) is the only real entheogen you really hear about during at least the middle ages-early modern era.
>>18130322Brian Murareskus immortality key stipulates that the Eucharist was originally a psychadelic akin to the Elusian mysteries.
>>18130275Whats soft-r retard
>>18130438Jospeh Smith was said to have spiked the sacrament given to early Mormons with datura, which is why all the crazy visions people were having stopped after he died.
>>18130275in other news weed got banned in USA because William Randolph Hearst ran a smear campaign about it to get rid of hemp growers who competed with the paper mills he owned
>>18130484I have datura growing outside my house, they're very attractive plants in season but the shit is not to be fucked around with. Even just smelling the flowers makes you woozy.
>>18130112idiot
>>18130275Wrong about everything
>>18131101Then please list what ingredients in absinthe make it magic crazy juice?
>>18131104NTA but it never, ever had hallucinogenic properties, it was a myth. Wormwood is not psychoactive.
>>18130103Because she's not wearing one, duh. Same effect as bacless dresses and exposed shoulders (no bra).Peak female performance.
>>18131104It had hundreds if mg of thujone, the effects of which are to this very day still not well understood>ackshully um they like, tested the old bottles, and wowzers you just wouldnt believe it, they had the SAME amount of wormwood as todays regulations, dam thats crazyyoure an idiot and a tool of the modern absinthe industry
