"Yeah, boss, I'm still on Slack, but I'm also full of sangria and tapas. Your call if you want me to handle something serious while I'm on vacation."I'm on workation in Spain. Loads of cocktails, mostly very cheap. My favourite one so far has been a souped-up sangria (I think it had amaretto and triple-sec added in).
"Yeah, boss, I'm still on Slack, but I'm also full of sangria and tapas. Your call if you want me to handle something serious while I'm on vacation."
Absinthe is great. Its legal here now in NYS but I think it's not the real deal as it doesn't contain thujone or wormwood which are the psychotropic ingredients in it iirc. l never bothered trying it here. I'd consider myself CG, I generally don't go out of my way to break the law, but not opposed to it in certain circumstances, one being I used to buy real Absinthe online out of some place in eastern Europe and have it shipped in even though it was illegal at the time in NYS. Its a really fun time if you get the good stuff, but it was $200-$300 a bottle back in 2005. We drank it a few times and a few summers later I started finding ants in my kitchen and couldn't figure out where they were coming from. After about a week I narrowed it down and found that they were devouring sugar cubes out of an open box in a cupboard left over from when we were drinking Absinthe. Wish I could remember the website I used to get it from.
- Absinthe, to rinse
Let me guess, it's a "sipping whiskey", no such thing in my book, bottoms up
I'd be real careful. Some of that bathtub Absinthe can do worse than blind you. Wormwood is indeed the toxic ingredient and it can be mistakenly overdosed.Absinthe is great. Its legal here now in NYS but I think it's not the real deal as it doesn't contain thujone or wormwood which are the psychotropic ingredients in it iirc. l never bothered trying it here. I'd consider myself CG, I generally don't go out of my way to break the law, but not opposed to it in certain circumstances, one being I used to buy real Absinthe online out of some place in eastern Europe and have it shipped in even though it was illegal at the time in NYS. Its a really fun time if you get the good stuff, but it was $200-$300 a bottle back in 2005. We drank it a few times and a few summers later I started finding ants in my kitchen and couldn't figure out where they were coming from. After about a week I narrowed it down and found that they were devouring sugar cubes out of an open box in a cupboard left over from when we were drinking Absinthe. Wish I could remember the website I used to get it from.
You are right buyer beware and you never truly know what you are getting. This was over 18 years ago and we all survived unscathed and truthfully it wasn't extremely strong, more mellow than anything. I recall being selective of where we got it from and someone we knew recommended it, so it was somewhat vetted before we bought it.I'd be real careful. Some of that bathtub Absinthe can do worse than blind you. Wormwood is indeed the toxic ingredient and it can be mistakenly overdosed.