When beer would take too long to get you drunk...

Oh christ anything but vodka and sambuca. I love spirits (possibly too much). For whiskey I'd have to say Jamesons is my favourite, with Gin it would be Gordons and Baccardi is my favourite rum. I don't like dark rum much though. I think vodka was ruined for me by Blavod (it's black vodka). One word - gloop =( Horrific stuff. I've also acquired quite a taste for tequila shots ever since my last proper drink outing. Cocktails are wonderful too though. As I type I'm drinking Long Island Iced Tea. Possibly my favourite besides Martini's.

As for bad experiences with drinking that should teach people a lesson, since I was a teenager I've had at least 3 incidents that I can remember of being paraletically drunk, on a variety of spirits. It seems to have done the trick because ever since those times I've known my limits.

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Originally Posted by YeOldeButchere

I've always wondered, since I've heard a number of different accounts, what absynthe actually does. I mean, I've heard people say it really fucks you up, while other say it's nothing different from normal alcohol. Who's right?

Both actually. I think it depends on your preparation. If you do it the classic way (shot of absinthe, place sugar on a slotted spoon and pour water over it) then from what I've heard it really can fuck you about quite a bit. One of my friends did this and he said he was hallucinating fish swimming around his house. Considering the contents of absinthe this doesn't sound exaggerated to me. I've heard several accounts of this nature when it's been prepared properly. As for drinking it straight, from personal experience it's just like regular alcohol but it gets you drunk much faster due to its high percentage. (On a side note, I don't know if this happens to other people but the first time I tried it when I was younger my parents thought I was stoned. I still have a picture my mother took of my eyes and it looks like I've had a few spliffs or something =s).

Odd thing is I hate the taste of drinks like pernot and sambuca but I don't mind absinthe. I'll never understand why.

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