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[ian]

FYI - I confirmed this with a friend who works at a liquor store.   

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-08/st_15absinthe#

In the 20,000 years or so that humans have been getting piss-drunk, no spirit has earned a worse rap than absinthe. Said to turn mild-mannered imbibers into raving maniacs, it was banned in the US and much of Europe in the early 1900s. (Remember Van Gogh's ear incident? Some scholars blame the green fairy.) The chemical culprit was thujone, a toxic compound found in the crushed flowers and leaves of absinthe's key ingredient, wormwood. Or so we thought.

[studlete.com]

Had my first tast of Absinthe last weekend. First shot wasn't bad the 2nd tasted horrific!

They say you don't want to get drunk off it, you will lose the effects of the drink. 1-3 shot spread out is efficient. Good stuff though. I was very much awake aware and alive compared to being a bit clouded with regular alcohol. It could have been all mental too, who knows.