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Old 04-05-2011, 18:59   #8
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Re: Absinthe in France: Legalising the 'green fairy'

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
Taken properly using sugar on an absinthe spoon it loses a lot of it's alcoholic content... but I prefer Ricard.

The Parisienne form is quite nice, but stay well clear of the Bohemian (Czech) version if you don't like projectile vomitting immediately after drinking... it's foul!!!!!.
20 years ago I tried the Czech stuff, I didn't vomit but I swear for weeks after I could hear colours

Interestingly Pernod was initially exactly the same as absinthe but without the 'additives'.
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