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Perruche_Verte
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 9:04 pm: |   |
La Muse Verte is nice, probably most similar to Segarra but with licorice. I find it a bit expensive for a pastis (around $35-40 where I live), and I actually like Henri Bardouin better, for about $10-12 less. But you do get a free spoon with LMV, although it's a thin stamped generic lozanges, just like SC's or Absente's. |
Raschied
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:54 pm: | |
I prefer Damiana liqueur (in the fertility goddess bottle) to Chartreuse, but that's my tastes. I usually chill the bottle until it clouds a bit, then drink a small shot. Maybe the Chartreuse would grow on me if I tried it again. I don't know. I still have an unopened bottle of La Muse Verte pastis over at a friend's house. I bought it to compare tastes with Deva, but I never got around to it. |
Absinthespoon
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:44 pm: | |
The Chartreuse from SC tastes the same as the stuff from Bevmo. The green is much less sweet than the yellow. I think they are both superb as an after-dinner drink. |
Raschied
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:16 pm: | |
Yeah, but is there a difference between the sickly sweet stuff they sell in the US and the stuff on SC? At my local BevMo I got miniatures of both the green and the yellow label Chartreuse, and neither appealed to my palate. WAY too sweet. |
Rimbaud
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 2:19 pm: | |
>Has anyone tried the brand of Chartreuse they sell on SC ??
Unlike, say...schnapps, which can be purchased under several different brand names, Chartreuse is a proprietary liqueur, so there's only ONE brand - Chartreuse. Personally, I can't drink the stuff. I think it tastes like oregano liqueur. Yeeeeeech! |
Chevalier
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:26 am: | |
Alcohol can be political!
Back when ex-General Pinochet was being detained in London, Chile's "Fundación Augusto Pinochet", a so-called think tank justifying all that is dictatorial, decided to raise money for him by selling special editions of wine and pisco. They contracted an Elqui valley distiller to make a good aged pisco called "Capitán General", complete with a picture of the "glorious Chilean army" on the label.
In the end, Pinochet was released before the bottles were ready to be sold, and the Fundación refused to pay the distiller for them. I picked one up for cheap at the distillery.
If you've ever wondered what 100-proof distilled grape alcohol tastes like, try pisco. |
Nascentvirion
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:11 am: | |
Has anyone tried the brand of Chartreuse they sell on SC ?? They have the green and the yellow. |
Wolfgang
| | Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 5:42 am: | |
When I first ordered from SC it was very fast, about 5 working days. Since the end of last year they changed something about the shipping and it takes more time but you will get your order, don`t worry. If it takes more than 3 weeks, send them an email. |
Joalco
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 10:08 pm: | |
Touche...
Not just any man can run away from an ass whoopin' like that, though.
It takes a particularly cowardly one....
:P |
Verawench
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 10:05 pm: | |
Leave it to a man to run and hide from a well-deserved ass whoopin'
;) |
Joalco
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 9:59 pm: | |
Leave it to a woman to justify the mind games....
*runs off to hide* |
Verawench
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 9:46 pm: | |
"Now that's just plain cruel..."
No, it's not. If he comes to accept, however difficult it may be, that he will never receive his absinthe then imagine his unexpected joy and elation when it does. |
Rimbaud
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 8:56 pm: | |
Hooohooohooohoooohaaaahaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
(sinister laughter) |
Nascentvirion
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 8:02 pm: | |
21st Century Rimbaud is hardcore eeeeeevil. Dont jinx me homeskillet... LOL |
Joalco
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 7:03 pm: | |
Now that's just plain cruel... |
Rimbaud
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 6:50 pm: | |
You'll NEVER get your absinthe... |
Joalco
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 6:07 pm: | |
I've been using SC for a long time now, and I've only had one shipment go missing. It was promptly and courteously replaced. You're in good hands. |
Nascentvirion
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 6:04 pm: | |
Thanks alot for the info... I feel alot better  |
Joalco
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 5:47 pm: | |
I'd say you'll probably see your order within the next week and a half or so. If the order hasn't arrived in two weeks, just drop Cristina an email, and they'll take care of everything. |
Robertsmith
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 5:40 pm: | |
2 weeks is the norm for me, and christina is pretty responsive so send an email if you're worried. Yeah, and LaFee literally took 2 days from when I ordered it, so if you're getting the shakes and can't keep the invisible snakes off your arms, perhaps you should try eabsinthe.com. |
Mvario
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 5:32 pm: | |
I think they tend towards the optimistic. My first order with them took almost a month. My last order was about a week. Other orders in between avaraged about 2 weeks or so. Still too early to worry. If you're in a REAl rush then order some La Fée. |
Raschied
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 5:00 pm: | |
Give it until the end of the month. |
Nascentvirion
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 4:59 pm: | |
Ha Ha... Bare... Ha Ha My bottle is probably on a beach with Tom Hanks or floating in the water. Wait thats not funny.. |
Chevalier
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 4:56 pm: | |
I'd only bare with you on a nude beach.
Okay, maybe not even on a nude beach. |
Nascentvirion
| | Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 4:53 pm: | |
Okay, This is the first time I've ordered from SC, so bare with me. I ordered on the 9th they brought the order to post on the 11th, according to them its 7 to 10 working days. As of today I havent recieved the order. I was wondering if this is normal for them. I'm probably just being impatient, but its been 2 weeks. I know thats nothing comapred to what some of you have had to wait for the wolvie guy. |
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