Strongest drink youve ever had?

[Acebot44]

Done everclear, done 151.

Hot damn 100 made me grimace a bit, but I'm not a big fan of cinnamon so maybe thats why.

Want to try Absinthe sooner or later though

[Typhoid]

North American Absinthe is shit.
It's just liquor.

German/European(wherever) Absinthe is the kind you want.
That's the kind made with wormwood, which causes the effects.
I'm not sure if you can get it imported, since it's technically a hallucinogen.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Acebot44

Done everclear, done 151.

Hot damn 100 made me grimace a bit, but I'm not a big fan of cinnamon so maybe thats why.

Want to try Absinthe sooner or later though

I thought you quit drinking?

[Acebot44]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

I thought you quit drinking?

My desire to try new things outweighs the restrictions on consumption I placed on myself. I'll never turn down a new beer, drink, or type of food.

Had vegemite last night, that was not delicious.

Originally Posted by Typhoid

That's the kind made with wormwood, which causes the effects.
I'm not sure if you can get it imported, since it's technically a hallucinogen.

I watched a Discovery Channel episode on Absinthe not long ago of a man trying to brew his own brand of what he determined was the original 19th century recipe for Absinthe. Along the way, it shot out facts about the stigmatized drink, and essentially killed the notion that there is a more toxic or hallucinogenic affect from drinking Absinthe than there is from any other drink.

Its regained its popularity in Europe in recent years, so I don't know what the US is all hung up about

[KillerGremlin]

I thought it was proved that Absinthe doesn't really cause hallucinations. Even the stuff with Wormwood. I thought they did some neurological studies and found that the drink doesn't effect the brain at all like real Hallucinogens. I'll do some research later this weekend when I have time.

Anyway.....Everclear has some purposes (and is legal in Illinois, wooo!).
That purpose? Jungle Juice! Jungle juice is one of the most delicious things out there, and it fucks you up like nothing else.

I'm surprised you could even get a shot of everclear down. We've played that game before.


Also, 151 has purposes and that is for making cocktails and stuff.
You could make a Caribou Lou....151, pineapple juice and malibou rum

[Fox 6]

I really had no idea what it was when i was asked if i would take a shot.

THere was also a tad of vodka in the shot, but i really didnt notice it.

[The Germanator]

Absinthe has been frequently and incorrectly described in modern times as being hallucinogenic. In the 1970s, a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC, the active chemical in cannabis.[58] Martin Paul Smith incorrectly argued that absinthe had narcotic effects due to the fermentation process in early 2008.[59]

Ten years after his 19th century experiments with wormwood oil, the French Dr. Magnan studied 250 cases of alcoholism and claimed that those who drank absinthe were worse off than those drinking ordinary alcohol, and that they experienced rapid-onset hallucinations.[60] Such accounts by absinthe opponents were embraced by its most famous users, many of whom were bohemian artists or writers.[61]

Two famous painters who helped popularize the notion that absinthe had powerful psychoactive properties were Toulouse Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh, the latter having suffered from mental instability throughout his life. In one of the best known accounts of absinthe drinking, Oscar Wilde described the feeling of having tulips on his legs after leaving a bar.[62]

Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations.[63] Thujone, the active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist; and while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses, there is no evidence that it causes hallucinations.[63] It has been speculated that reports of hallucinogenic effects of absinthe may have been due to poisonous chemicals being added to cheaper versions of the drink in the 19th century, to give it a more vivid color.[64]

However, the debate over whether absinthe produces effects on the human mind additional to those of alcohol has not been conclusively resolved. The effects of absinthe have been described by some as mind opening.[63] The most commonly reported experience is a 'clear-headed' feeling of inebriation — a form of 'lucid drunkenness'.[65] Chemist, historian and absinthe distiller Ted Breaux has claimed that the alleged secondary effects of absinthe may be caused by the fact that some of the herbal compounds in the drink act as stimulants, while others act as sedatives, creating an overall lucid effect of awakening.[66]

Long term effects of low absinthe consumption in humans remain unknown, although the herbs in absinthe have both painkilling[67] and antiparasitic[68] properties.

That's what wikipedia has to say...

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

That's what wikipedia has to say...

Thinks of all the idiots who smoke weed and say they "saw hallucinations" or "tripped balls." THC may enhance/distort basic sensations like taste, touch, smell and vision...and at the most extreme it will distort passages of time. But you don't see purple unicorns.

Having said that, THC is still a psychoactive drug but Caffeine is too....