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Re: Absinthe in France: Legalising the 'green fairy'
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Originally Posted by DaiNasty
The original Absinthe was made with the 'wormwood' herb. This left the resulting spirit with a slighty hallucinatory effect due to small quantities of a by-product chemical called thujone.
So yes, I guess it was pretty dangerous stuff, being in the region of 100-proof spirit as well.
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Its well stronger than than
200 proof is pure alcohol, I have a bottle of 100 proof vodka which is 50% alcohol.
I would guess Absinithe is around 140-150% proof
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