Comments on: Absinthe and blogging a killer combination

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:35:49 +0000

This article is a little old but after reading it I'm falling in love with whoever wrote it.

By: Jonathan Meager

Jonathan Meager — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:01:40 +0000

I badly want that contraption in the picture on the top left!!!

By: Real Life

Real Life — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:31:19 +0000

Very cool comparison! Well written and entertaining.

Thanks Josh

By: Morrisah

Morrisah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:54:51 +0000

favorited this one, bro

By: Spears

Spears — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:40:40 +0000

To my knowledge, there are only two absinthes in existence that contain anywhere near pre-ban levels of thujone (100+ mg): King of Spirits Gold and Century Absinthe. Neither of the two, nor any other genuine absinthe, will make it to the States anytime soon. For the real deal, you have to travel to Europe or have it shipped over. Yes, possession and importation for personal use is legal. They're both available to buy from Absinthe. I've been a regular customer since the first time I stumbled it on the internet.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:51:23 +0000

I guess in that case one would have to import it in Listerine bottles.

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:25:42 +0000

Very interesting. Selling absinthe is more complex than you think. In the USA thujone is banned and the product must test "thujone free"

How to get around that? Call yourself a scientist and "discover" that absinthe didn't contain thujone after all by testing a few antique bottles. Wow!

Very convenient until the real scientists start asnwering back:

"But the biggest controversy surrounding the liquor–once dubbed "one of the worst enemies of man"–is about not its resurgence but rather its authenticity. Enthusiasts claim the thujone-free brands, which contain less than 10 parts per million (p.p.m.) of the chemical, are made with the same relatively small amounts of thujone as the old brews. But scientists wrote in the British Medical Journal that absinthe bottled before 1900 packed up to 260 p.p.m. of thujone–which may not sound like much, but consider that only 15 parts per billion of lead in drinking water is enough to scare regulators. "They are playing pretend," study co-author Wilfred Arnold says of the liquor's new cheerleaders. "It is nothing like the old stuff."

Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 Time Magazine

What do you do then?

By: issa

issa — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:53:05 +0000

great post! absolutely love the blogging - absinthe comparison =) here's a short video about making absinthe: http://www.bannedstuff.net/banned-foods/banned-us... issa's last blog post..partner/hubby/relationship questions

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:45:17 +0000

Thanks I through it was pretty original, I also read your article comparing it to sex, pretty funny.

By: Gary R. Hess

Gary R. Hess — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:59:37 +0000

Hah! Nice comparison. Recently I related internet marketing to sex…

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