I’ve tried real absinthe in Europe.. a friend bought a bottle in Spain and several of us had a Girls’ Green Fairy night. We went to one’s husband’s bar, where we did the actual drinking (strainers and sugar), and then we went to dinner after.
The taste was okay, but herby and kind of licorice-y and I am not a big fan of licorice. I don’t think we drank that much, honestly, as the point was not at all to get wasted or anything. However, everything after that is a real blur. I didn’t hallucinate, nor did any of the other ladies. We did get very goofy and silly, but you could probably say that for alcoholic drinks in general.
I barely remember dinner. I remember we were sitting on a balcony, but I have no idea what I ate or any of the conversation. We lingered at the restaurant for too long and almost missed the last train back to our starting village. We ran, laughing our asses off through the dark streets toward the station. We made it!
That’s about all I can tell you. No one got sick, no one hallucinated, but it was pretty fun. I’d do it again.