Looking for Absinthe

[tequilatodd]

A friend of mine asked me to pick him up a bottle of Absinthe while I'm in RP next weekend.Does anyone know where I can pick up a bottle and about how much it costs?

 

[mondone]

I would try the The Crucero Liquor store on Benito Juarez at the RR crossing.

 

[Stuart]

They USED TO have it at the UETA Store when you cross at Lukeville, but their inventory changes, so no guarantees. I'm willing to bet Vasquez in Sonoita has it. I recall it not being terribly expensive at all - $25 to $40 range??

Wormwood dreaming.... go figure. uff:

 

[BIG MAC]

Last time I saw it at Vasquez in Sonoyta it was over $ 50

 

[Stuart]

That's probably due to the great wormwood shortage!

Everything is always more expensive than you remember it being. If you remember anything at all after drinking absinthe! uff:

 

[GV Jack]

That's probably due to the great wormwood shortage!

Everything is always more expensive than you remember it being. If you remember anything at all after drinking absinthe! uff:

Don't forget: Absinthe makes the fart go Honda.

I'm betting only a couple of you get it. :rofl:

 

[tequilatodd]

Don't forget: Absinthe makes the fart go Honda.

I'm betting only a couple of you get it. :rofl:

:rofl::rofl:

 

[Encanto]

UETA had one variety on January 28th. I believe it was $45 a bottle. Some college kids were buying a bottle.

 

[jerry]

Lucid Absinthe. Interesting......drank some in Prague this summer.....hated it

 

[mis2810]

What does it taste like?

 

[Ladyjeeper]

Licorice.... Gack!

 

[mondone]

What does it taste like?

Similar to Ouzo or Sambuca without the added sugar and more alcohol.

 

[mis2810]

Sounds kinda yummy actually. My Italian family always drank Anisette with their espresso with a twist of lemon rind after dinner. Absinthe sounds similar to that. Anisette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mondone]

Sounds kinda yummy actually. My Italian family always drank Anisette with their espresso with a twist of lemon rind after dinner. Absinthe sounds similar to that. Anisette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes, family and I still drink it like that to this day. Also drink the anisette or Sambuca straight up with 3 floated coffee beans. It HAS to be 3! Represents the Trinity.

 

[playaperro]

I don't think you can come back to the USA with that stuff.

 

[Stuart]

You can buy it in the US. At one time, that was true, but is commonly available - several brands.

http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductList.aspx?Ntt=absinthe&N=0&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&D=absinthe&Ntk=All&Dx=mode+matchall

 

[tequilatodd]

WOW!!!!!! lots of good info on Absinthe. Thanks.

 

[Mexico Joe]

Back the last time the town was booming in the Mirador near Pink Caddy on the south side of the street was a hole in the wall bar that served Absinthe the "proper" way. They had this crazy looking contraption, kind of looked like a bong, first they would pour the absinthe over a sugar cube and then light it on fire. The absinthe traveled through this bong looking thing and finally into the glass that you would drink it out of. I think they were selling it for $6 a glass. This would have been 2006 or 2007. The stigma attached is much better than the actual product.

 

[mondone]

Back the last time the town was booming in the Mirador near Pink Caddy on the south side of the street was a hole in the wall bar that served Absinthe the "proper" way. They had this crazy looking contraption, kind of looked like a bong, first they would pour the absinthe over a sugar cube and then light it on fire. The absinthe traveled through this bong looking thing and finally into the glass that you would drink it out of. I think they were selling it for $6 a glass. This would have been 2006 or 2007. The stigma attached is much better than the actual product.

That was an Absinthe Fountain, used for the drip preparation known as the "Absinthe Ritual", a process popular in the late 19th century.

 

[Roberto]

That was an Absinthe Fountain, used for the drip preparation known as the "Absinthe Ritual", a process popular in the late 19th century.

Wow, so maybe GV remembers that ritual !!