Looking for Absinthe

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?

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

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. :puff:

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

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! :puff:

Stuart said:

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! :puff:

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

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

GV Jack said:

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

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

:rofl::rofl:

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

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

What does it taste like?

Licorice.... Gack!

mis2810 said:

What does it taste like?

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

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

mis2810 said:

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.

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

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%2bmatchall&Nty=1&D=absinthe&Ntk=All&Dx=mode%2bmatchall

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

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.

Mexico Joe said:

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.

mondone said:

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 !!

Roberto said:

Wow, so maybe GV remembers that ritual !!

That may explain a lot!

mondone said:

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

Thank you, yes here it is. I couldn't really remember it was a while ago.

Roberto said:

Wow, so maybe GV remembers that ritual !!

Ah yes, I remember it well.

Abe the Absinthe synthasizer and I were sitting on the deck of the Titantic enjoying our little snort
when I heard a really loud noise. I don't remember anything after that except for some idiot standing
on the bow yelling that he lost his poodle, or was it his schnauzer. I have no idea where she went.

This thread is getting almost as many miles out of the subject as the taco thread did. Hey, it's about time we had a third party in this race. Tequila..http://www.tequila.net/

Kenny said:

This thread is getting almost as many miles out of the subject as the taco thread did. Hey, it's about time we had a third party in this race. Tequila..http://www.tequila.net/

Best new tequilla on the market hands down! OUT OF PHX

Luna Malvada 100% de Agave Azul Tequila - Coming Soon.

I thought tequilla had to be distilled in tequilla to be called tequilla, So its like you high grade "MOTA"?

playaperro said:

I thought tequilla had to be distilled in tequilla to be called tequilla, So its like you high grade "MOTA"?

The company is out of Phoenix, obviously the TEQUILLA comes from TEQUILLA!

playaperro said:

I thought tequilla had to be distilled in tequilla to be called tequilla, So its like you high grade "MOTA"?

If you're asking if it's like my high grade mota, a 10/10, yes, the answer is yes!

So its there a place in Rocky Point where I can find Absinthe? I don't really don't think so, but if someone know please Post it.

And I also don't think you can take Absinthe back to the US.

I too remember the place on the Mirador I think it was called "Around the Corner"

Mexico Joe said:

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.

What's a bong?