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If you know anything about the mischievous “Green Fairy,” you know “real” absinthe was banned in the U.S. for nearly a century because of the hallucinogenic ingredients in worm wood, from which absinthe is partially made. But unless you’ve been paying close attention to ordinances passed at The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), you might have missed some of the newly legalized “true absinthe” on the State-side market.

After studies found that the quantity of thujone (the mind-altering substance in wormwood) too minuscule to cause any of its infamous effects, the TTB allowed absinthe to be sold in the U.S., with restrictions on the amount of thujone a stipulation. So for the first time since 1915, let me present to you Pernod, a “real” absinthe.

Neon green, extremely high in alcohol content and flavored like black licorice, absinthe requires a tempered tongue to enjoy properly. I learned of absinthe long before trying it for the first time, which I did in what could have been Jesus’s bedroom–a stone, candle-lit, cave of a bar in Jerusalem, Israel.

All I knew was that it f**ked you up, and some of the greatest artists of all time – Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemmingway (to name a few) – all are known absinthe drinkers, and have recorded experiences with the beverage in their work.

I’d been lucky enough to have the press trip to this tumultuous land pawned off on me by my boss, who’d just had a baby and was afraid of going to a “war zone.” But instead of suicide bombings, I found myself awash in great food, wonderful company and better booze.

Despite a travel itinerary fit for the Special Forces, some of the other 12 or 13 journalists and I found the energy to drink until dawn every morning. So with only a single night in the most disputed city on Earth, we ventured out to discover Jerusalem’s bar scene, and found ourselves at the first, dark joint we came to in this strange, haunted city.

With glasses of wine from dinner and a beer or two sloshing in my stomach, I stumbled behind a few of my fellow compatriots on the way to the bar, blathering away beside a newspaperman from the Jerusalem Post, who was covering our trip, for some reason. The quote he used wasn’t bad, compared to some of the sh*t I drunkenly mumbled into his microphone. (more…)

If you know anything about the mischievous “Green Fairy,” you know “real” absinthe was banned in the U.S. for nearly a century because of the hallucinogenic ingredients in worm wood, from which absinthe is partially made. But unless you’ve been paying close attention to ordinances passed at The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), you might have missed some of the newly legalized “true absinthe” on the State-side market.

After studies found that the quantity of thujone (the mind-altering substance in wormwood) too minuscule to cause any of its infamous effects, the TTB allowed absinthe to be sold in the U.S., with restrictions on the amount of thujone a stipulation. So for the first time since 1915, let me present to you Pernod, a “real” absinthe.

Neon green, extremely high in alcohol content and flavored like black licorice, absinthe requires a tempered tongue to enjoy properly. I learned of absinthe long before trying it for the first time, which I did in what could have been Jesus’s bedroom–a stone, candle-lit, cave of a bar in Jerusalem, Israel.

All I knew was that it f**ked you up, and some of the greatest artists of all time – Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemmingway (to name a few) – all are known absinthe drinkers, and have recorded experiences with the beverage in their work.

I’d been lucky enough to have the press trip to this tumultuous land pawned off on me by my boss, who’d just had a baby and was afraid of going to a “war zone.” But instead of suicide bombings, I found myself awash in great food, wonderful company and better booze.

Despite a travel itinerary fit for the Special Forces, some of the other 12 or 13 journalists and I found the energy to drink until dawn every morning. So with only a single night in the most disputed city on Earth, we ventured out to discover Jerusalem’s bar scene, and found ourselves at the first, dark joint we came to in this strange, haunted city.

With glasses of wine from dinner and a beer or two sloshing in my stomach, I stumbled behind a few of my fellow compatriots on the way to the bar, blathering away beside a newspaperman from the Jerusalem Post, who was covering our trip, for some reason. The quote he used wasn’t bad, compared to some of the sh*t I drunkenly mumbled into his microphone. (more…)

While his n00b goth music annoys me like no other – if you really want to hear some freaky pagan sh*t, check out Comus‘ First Utterance – I admire Marilyn Manson. He’s an intelligent guy that’s able to live out his most outrageous fantasies…under the guise of a sexed-up clown vampire. He’s in it for the sex. Marilyn Manson’s celebrity life is 100% shtick and d*ck, just like Gene Simmons.

So it comes to no surprise to see Manson peddling his own brand of Absinthe, appropriately named Mansinthe. Leave it to an overgrown goth kid to brew up his own Green Fairy.

For the uninitiated, Absinthe is a highly alcoholic liquor with mind-altering effects that was all the rage with young artists back in 19th century France. Nowadays it’s a drink exclusive to artsy San Franciscans with money and brain cells to burn, meaning it’s still pretty awesome. (more…)

As we all know, if anything is remotely fun, it’s probably illegal in the US. Sucks. At least it helps the tourism industry in the toking, special brownie eating Netherlands and the absinthe drinking Czech Republic.

But times are a changing. Absinthe is going to hit the U.S. market later this month. Rejoice friends and get ready to lift a glass in honor of your God-given right to get completely wasted on crazy green booze.

What is Absinthe exactly? Besides being the drink of choice for Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Verlaine, it is known as “the green fairyâ€? because of its bright almost neon green color.

Let’s not kid ourselves, it looks a little like radioactive waste but don’t let that stop you from drinking it down. Thanks the Temperance Movement, Absinthe has been banned in the U.S. since 1912 after rumors that its primary ingredient, grand wormwood, contained a psychosis-inducing hallucinogen. As far as taste goes, it has a light bitterness with sort of a complex flavor because of the multiple herbs that go into making the drink. (more…)