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Originally Posted by Insane Matt
Might want to google it a bit befor you make that decision.. Alot of people dont know what their talking about, Not saying I do.. But look it up on google a bit, I have had my fun with the drink.. You just have to go to the right source, and Yes Worm Wood does have alot to do with it.
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Right. Because if it's on the internet, it must be true.
Seriously, though - I might not always know what I'm talking about (and try to make allowances when I might not) , but I do here.
Personally, I dig on absinthe. It provides you with a very lucid buzz so that your mind's alert while you're exeriencing the effects. but thujone (do feel free to google it - just be sure you're reading legit pages) which is the 'active ingredient' in wormwood, doesn't provide hallucinations.
I've, quasi-legally, brewed/conditioned with the stuff several times myself - and drank lots and lots of wormwood-laced beverage, before I bothered researching the matter to truly realize that wormwood is not a hallucinogen... sure, this is the same sutff that, reportedly, Oscar Wilde, and Picasso, and Van Gogh got wrecked on before they were inspired or chopped their ear off - but high levels of alchohol can do that to a man, just as well - especially when it's mixed with a lot of the mind-stabilizing botanicals (such as wormwood) that absinthe contains.
Aico - lots of different varieties of absinthe out there... some sweet, some strong, some very botanical. What you prefer depends on your personal taste. The Czech stuff is generally regarded as the original stuff, but the French make some decent stuff, too, as they came into making it soon after the Czech's did.
Never tried the Swiss stuff, but if it's like anything else they put their minds to, i'm sure it's great.
You'll want the higher alchohol stuff, in any case. Thujone levels will cost you - maybe they're worth it for you, maybe they're not... just don't expect to see green fairies, no matter how high the levels get.