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Absinthe 101 Tasting
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7PM
$30
Prohibition is finally over- Absinthe is back!
After being banned for almost 100 years,
the green fairy flies again!
So what's all the buzz about?! Does it really make you hallucinate?
Get answers to these questions and more at the
Absinthe 101 class
at The Tasting Room at Irving led by a Lucid brand representative. Join us for a brief history about the liquor, learn how to properly serve it, and taste it if you dare!
The absinthe will be paired with a mini anise & vanilla scented strawberry napolean.
And, best of all everyone will receive a gift bag from Lucid.
You may never be the same again!
For tickets please log on to http://www.going.com/absinthetasting
The Tasting Room at Irving
118A E. 15th St.
New York, NY 10003

I've been enjoying Absente for a while. It's made with a different type of wormwood. great taste and none of this:

I used to make herbal suplements, and we made a batch of absinthe one time, was pretty good, tho I really have nothing to compare it with.

Absinthe is made from Artemisia absinthium, the more common form of wormwood is Artemisia annua; it is not recomended making Ansinthe from artemisia annua.

But really Tom, what's wrong with the green woman? Seriously what other kind of woman does a crazy man with only one ear stand a chance of getting?

Cheers,
Rick

well, just in time to bring this one back

belladonna opaline
� 2003 John Voorpostel

walking streets of paris, night smells on the breeze
tired for days of what the camera sees
met a denizen parisian, he offered much more
at the end of a dead end place on a short street with three doors
follow the green fairy, she�s got something to please
guaranteed satisfaction looking up from your knees
pointed off somewhere vaguely behind the boulevard st germain
I finally found it at the end of an alleyway

travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it�s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher�s paradise it will open your eyes

there was a grey green doorway, outside hung a sign
sugar cube on a perforated spoon weathered by time
I walked in and saw candles, light a collective binge
self indulgent lovers of the green fairy absinthe
everywhere there was ritual, a favourite way
for bohemian abandon, there was even nightshade
I poured it in, drop by drop, my fairy turned opaline
in one shot I swallowed the float in my dream

travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it�s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher�s paradise it will open your eyes

I got talking to the painters, of many years ago
even spoke into the severed ear of vincent van gogh
a poet interjected �bout his misunderstood muse
said its not about the wormwood but the 160 proof booze
even while he cursed the drink, he tightly embraced his absinthe
went to lie upon his death bed to repent all his sins
he looked into my eyes and said this much I know
the places belladonna takes you, you were never meant to go

travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it�s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher�s paradise it will open your eyes

early morning paris, night smells on the breeze
been walking all night searching to set my mind free
its never been like that first time behind those three doors
that touch of belladonna makes the green fairy soar
grant me some her potion, absinthe and nightshade
some will tell you its the devil�s drink, but to the green goddess I pray
for belladonna opaline, its my only relief
I strain to hear its whispers on the paris night breeze