 Duplais, Balance, Prototype ect, Artificially colored? |
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| Duplais, Balance, Prototype ect, Artificially colored? |
| eric |
 Jun 16 2007, 02:03 PM
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 Instrument of God's will  Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 706 Joined: 23-September 03 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 27  |
I posed this question some time ago.
http://www.feeverte.net/forum/index.php?sh...mp;#entry130770 As you can see it was soundly dismissed by a number of the "experts" over here. Last weekend a friend gave me a sample of the newest Prototype. I decided to try a test. Last Sunday I put about one ounce into a clear glass vial and placed it in a sunny spot in my backyard. The sample developed a small amount of sediment over the past six days but is still pretty much the same shade of green that it was a week ago. Yesterday morning I placed an ounce of a vert that I know is naturally colored right next to the first one. After one day in the hot Texas sun it is completely clear and has lost almost all of its color. It could pass for a blanche now. I will need to borrow a digital camera from a friend but I hope to be able to post pics soon. Any comments? -------------------- Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
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| louched liver |
Jun 16 2007, 02:12 PM
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 Just a Plain Ol' Hater Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 37778 Joined: 9-June 03 From: Tallywhacker Town Member No.: 4 |
Empiricism rules.
-------------------- The more xit changes, the more it's still xit.
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| absinthist |
Jun 16 2007, 03:36 PM
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 Baczewski Semper Fidelis Group: Members Posts: 3275 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Somewhere else Member No.: 2673 |
It must have been somehow artficially enhanced. Some people know that at 60% vol the green is very very fragile and will disappear quick (from my own experience I can say it is the matter of days, if exposed to strong sun-hours), with rouge, on the other hand, the colour is more stable.
Even Duplais was writing about 65% vol as a faible percentage for colouration, but many of "experts" seem to never have read it thoroughly. Thus, I agree with Eric that there is something un-traditional going on. -------------------- Ils buvaient de l'absinthe,
Comme on boirait de l'eau, Verlaine, Boggy et naturelement Rimbaud… |
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| eric |
Jun 16 2007, 05:57 PM
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Instrument of God's will Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 706 Joined: 23-September 03 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 27 |
 On the left, unexposed and exposed Prototype. On the right, unexposed and exposed naturally colored vert. -------------------- Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage. |
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| Donnie Darko |
Jun 16 2007, 06:16 PM
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 Alethiometer Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 7116 Joined: 24-September 03 From: NYC Member No.: 51 |
Well, there you have it. Apparently the Duplais colour is unnaturally augmented, though the sediment indicates it's at least partially natural. I don't think Swiss law allows for ANY absinthe to be artificially coloured, if I remember their laws correctly. Maybe Duplais Balance and prototypes are export only?
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| absinthist |
Jun 16 2007, 06:18 PM
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Baczewski Semper Fidelis Group: Members Posts: 3275 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Somewhere else Member No.: 2673 |
Having analyzed both thoroughly, it seems that after a while Proto is not losing its primary vibrant green, and after exposure is there is only the slighest change in hue, if any whereas naturally coloured verte is less vibrant with slight yellowish tinge and after exposure looks similar to one absinthe I have exposed to sun.
So, something artificial is going on and no one has informed the customers that it will be so. -------------------- Ils buvaient de l'absinthe,
Comme on boirait de l'eau, Verlaine, Boggy et naturelement Rimbaud… |
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| SoulShade |
Jun 17 2007, 01:04 AM
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I love it around here.
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| Lord Stanley |
Jun 17 2007, 01:11 AM
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 Vito Von Sawchuck Group: Members Posts: 3150 Joined: 26-September 03 From: Northeast of the Midwest Member No.: 73 |
Coming this fall...CSI:Austin
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| OMG_Bill |
Jun 17 2007, 02:40 AM
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 Novitiate Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 13-March 07 From: Slap in the middle of Oklahoma Member No.: 2785 |
Interesting test.
Any difference in taste or other properties used in reviews? Cheers! |
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| G&C |
Jun 17 2007, 02:55 AM
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 Still Master Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 5134 Joined: 27-November 03 From: West of Valhalla Member No.: 282 |
QUOTE(Lord Stanley @ Jun 16 2007, 06:11 PM)  Coming this fall...CSI:Austin Not another one of those? -------------------- "With the first link, the chain is forged. With the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
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| Lord Stanley |
Jun 17 2007, 03:56 AM
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Vito Von Sawchuck Group: Members Posts: 3150 Joined: 26-September 03 From: Northeast of the Midwest Member No.: 73 |
This one is all absinthe, all the time.
Not just cameo appearances like those other CSI's. -------------------- Faith is believing what you know ain't so. - MT
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| G&C |
Jun 17 2007, 04:10 AM
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Still Master Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 5134 Joined: 27-November 03 From: West of Valhalla Member No.: 282 |
Right.
-------------------- "With the first link, the chain is forged. With the first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time any mans freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged."
"Tell me, how many lights do you see?" Just drink it or sink it. |
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| louched liver |
Jun 17 2007, 04:18 AM
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Just a Plain Ol' Hater Group: Absinthe Mafia Posts: 37778 Joined: 9-June 03 From: Tallywhacker Town Member No.: 4 |
Oh, dear.
-------------------- The more xit changes, the more it's still xit.
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| wooperman |
Jun 17 2007, 05:10 AM
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 Absinthusiast Group: Members Posts: 414 Joined: 27-January 06 From: USA - West Coast o' FLA Member No.: 1969 |
QUOTE(absinthist @ Jun 16 2007, 03:18 PM) So, something artificial is going on and no one has informed the customers that it will be so. It's not listed in the mission statement, that is, informing the customers of things. -------------------- Rhymes with Ratt-Stink.
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| absinthist |
Jun 17 2007, 09:56 AM
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Baczewski Semper Fidelis Group: Members Posts: 3275 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Somewhere else Member No.: 2673 |
And it speaks for themselves, not in favour, of course. By launching Balance and H.R.Giger de Brevans they have approached different dimension and moved a bit from tradition.
-------------------- Ils buvaient de l'absinthe,
Comme on boirait de l'eau, Verlaine, Boggy et naturelement Rimbaud… |
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