National Absinthe Day today

[Marc Chevalier]

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Well, why not? There are national days for everything else. (Truth is, every day is absinthe day.) Suck it up, kiddies!

FRIDAY, MARCH 5th: NATIONAL ABSINTHE DAY​

Viridian Spirits has declared March 5th National Absinthe Day in honor of the U.S. repeal of the ban of absinthe, which occurred exactly three years ago on this day when the U.S. government officially granted Viridian the right to import Lucid Absinthe Supérieure into the United States. Viridian Spirits obtained this approval through lengthy negotiations with the government, thus making its flagship product, Lucid Absinthe Supérieure, the first genuine absinthe to be legally available in the U.S. in over 95 years.



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[zetwal]

Sounds good to me. Bottoms up ~

 

[Dixon Cannon]

I think I'll abstain from Absinthe, thank you very much.

-dixon 'C & S' cannon

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I think I'll abstain from Absinthe, thank you very much.

But why? Don't you know that absinthe make the tart grow fonder?


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[R.A. Stewart]

Well, it does make the heart grow fonder.

(Actually I've yet to taste it--even reasonably good absinthe is pretty pricey. But I could never resist a bad pun. I'll go away now.)

~Rich

P.S. Well, I see while I was typing Marc jumped in with an even worse one. I don't know whether that makes me feel less embarrassed, or more envious.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

... while I was typing Marc jumped in with an even worse one. I don't know whether that makes me feel less embarrassed, or more envious.

I can't take credit for the quip. Here's the real culprit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Dowson



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[Shoe Fettish]

Perhaps the 5th day of each month should be a holiday

May is already taken but there are a bunch of 5ths left.

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

You don't say. I'll share the festive news with my houseguests this evening, then watch them scrunch up their noses whilst I enjoy a lovely, green, glowing sip of delight.

 

[rumblefish]

Like I need a reason...

 

[R.A. Stewart]

May is already taken but there are a bunch of 5ths left.

And as far as that goes, May 5 can just be renamed Cinco de Mayo con Absintio.

~Ricardo

 

[Marc Chevalier]

... con Absintio.

~Ricardo

lol Or absenta, or licor de ajenjo!


(Absinthe was never banned in Spain -- not even during Franco's rule.)


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[Marcus]

Ok..I think I need to try this stuff. Can anyone give me a something to compare it to as far as taste? Is it more boozy, liquer-ish or none of the above??

Would BevMo carry it??

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Can anyone give me a something to compare it to as far as taste? Is it more boozy, liquer-ish or none of the above??

See here: http://www.feeverte.net/faq-absinthe.html#B6


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[Matt Deckard]

Why couldn't they do it on a Wednesday?

 

[anon`]

Since when are Wednesdays superior drinking days to Fridays?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Why couldn't they do it on a Wednesday?

Why? Because the movie already exists and we can't change its name now.



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[Absinthe_1900]

Well, it does make the heart grow fonder.

(Actually I've yet to taste it--even reasonably good absinthe is pretty pricey. But I could never resist a bad pun. I'll go away now.)

~Rich

P.S. Well, I see while I was typing Marc jumped in with an even worse one. I don't know whether that makes me feel less embarrassed, or more envious.

Yes, it does.

An advt. from the 1930s: