We strongly recommend that you do not drink absinthe in excess, as the alcohol content is so high.Absinthe is one of the more potent alcoholic drinks available. However, the levels of thujone in absinthe are relatively low, and it would take you a dangerous amount of drinks to be chemically effected by thujone. The laws governing absinthe worldwidehave less to do with the drink itself and more to do with the thujone contained therein.
So how true are the rumors? How does absinthe compare to other spirits?Ībsinthe does contain a psychoactive ingredient, thujone, which is a byproduct of wormwood.
The Green Lady became the Green Curse, and when absinthe was outlawed in much of the Western world, the reputation of absinthe as a powerful hallucinogenic grew along with popular curiosity about the psychoactive ingredients in the drink. The nickname, however, changed as the mental effects of absinthe were exaggerated and blamed for madness, sloth, and even murder. The nickname given to absinthe, La Fee verte (The Green Lady), comes from the “love affair” many drinkers had with absinthe, granting the drink the status of a muse. The enigma of the emerald absinthe comes from the infamous rumors about the effect it has on those who drink it. The charm of absinthe is its history the allure is its pour.
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