tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post9176729706845722328..comments2024-03-17T20:50:21.456-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: It's Green!Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-91400544039517522792017-03-19T08:37:30.272-03:002017-03-19T08:37:30.272-03:00Me neither. I've never even experienced a blac...Me neither. I've never even experienced a black out.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-67666049893587832932017-03-18T21:20:42.291-03:002017-03-18T21:20:42.291-03:00Ha, no ... but if it happened during the 90s, I wa...Ha, no ... but if it happened during the 90s, I was probably too drunk myself to notice. I remember reading a story about the actor Trevor Howard where he said he went to a pub on Fulham Road (in London) with a friend and they ended up on Mikonos for ten days; I've never even been <em>close</em> to being that drunk.<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36215369286423678752017-03-18T16:52:32.906-03:002017-03-18T16:52:32.906-03:00This has allegedly happened to two people I know, ...This has allegedly happened to two people I know, one of them on absinthe. We have an inside joke about the number of glasses I drink equating to the number of provinces away from NB I will wake up in. Once made it all the way to Saskatchewan. You didn't see me?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-62783818290471247432017-03-18T15:58:27.517-03:002017-03-18T15:58:27.517-03:00" ... you've got to pace yourself or you&..." ... you've got to pace yourself or you'll wake up naked in another province!"<br /><br />The voice of experience speaking? :)<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36491180546987343772017-03-18T09:10:46.203-03:002017-03-18T09:10:46.203-03:00It starts out green and as it ages in the bottle, ...It starts out green and as it ages in the bottle, there's like an autumn leaves effect, it turns yellowish, then orange-brownish. You'd drink most bottles at the yellow stage. Mass market makers, especially those catering to tourists looking for the famed green fairy, put a coloring agent so it keeps its glowy green color. Micro-distilleries might not (we have one in province from whom I buy my own bottles and it doesn't).<br /><br />Note that I also don't drink it like some drug addict, with the sugar cube and open flame, like a shot. I drink it like a pastis, 5 measures water to 1 measure absinthe in a cold glass. The stuff is more than 75% alcohol, you've got to pace yourself or you'll wake up naked in another province!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-14262031095629106442017-03-17T21:15:54.111-03:002017-03-17T21:15:54.111-03:00Well, I was just being a smart ass, but I didn'...Well, I was just being a smart ass, but I didn't know absinthe wasn't really green. I thought it used to be called La Fée Verte ... or was that a brand name?<br /><br />As for tasting like whiskey, I always imagined Aldebaran whiskey to taste nothing like Earthican whiskey ... but who knows?<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42384236563010698362017-03-17T15:49:16.556-03:002017-03-17T15:49:16.556-03:00I have absinthe. First, it's not actually gree...I have absinthe. First, it's not actually green unless they put a coloring agent in it or it's just been put in the bottle. Second and most importantly, it doesn't take anything like whiskey and I'm not sure you can combine the two (for taste and safety).Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-65172049334103216912017-03-17T15:29:33.288-03:002017-03-17T15:29:33.288-03:00Wouldn't it be easier to just get some absinth...Wouldn't it be easier to just get some absinthe? :)<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com