I saw 12 bottles of Kübler 53 on the shelf...




...of 7-11

Even worse (better?)...it was $4.00 LESS than BevMo's price.


Quick shout to Zzz:
It was in Carlsbad.

I'll have to look up here at my local 7-11's and see if I see the same thing. I don't think our BevoMo even carries Kübler though.

They've got Hills at my local gas station. Hey, that's premium absinth round these parts.

The advantage of oil mixes, you can easily produce a lot, so you can do product placement everywhere.

Of course, the quality beverages sold at your local gas station in the USA makes me want to shop there. They even have 18 packs of beer! Well, it says beer on the package, so it must be beer, right?


btw, if I was Kübler, I wouldn't want to be selling my product at 7-11.

I doubt that Kübler has much say as to which specific retail outlets their stuff should be offered, that's the distributor's discretion, but, what makes you think it's selling? Just because it's offered for sale doesn't mean the regular patrons of 7-Eleven are buying it. Think about the demographics 7-Eleven was created for and continues to appeal to; the convenience minded masses. How many folks here fall into that demographic? How many folks in that demographic are absinthe drinkers?

People who drive and also drink beer and/or milk? Obviously a niche market.

Absinthe won't be truly mainstream until they sell cheap absinthe-spoon earrings at Walmart.

I might have mentioned this before but they have Lucid at the Mall of America now. That did it for me.

When you can actually buy it in Pennsylvania.

You can. Starting next month from what I'm told.

I knew they said 'soon' but March sneaks up on us.

The State Stores are going to start special-ordering bottles; which brands though have yet to be mentioned. Much like everything else in PA, the PLCB is slowly coming to terms with Absinthe. Careful though, Pan Buh might counteract that Pennsylvania deserves Absinthe a’tall

Oh, Pennsylvania definitely deserves absinthe. That at least brings the state into the 19th century. Progress may be slow, but it is progress.

The last information I saw showed both Lucid and Kübler available.

In this case I'm cool with the 19th century....
It will be interesting to see the state store pricing...

If I ever see that, I'm flying to Washington to smack you with a 3 week old herring for jinxing things.

*shudder*

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Coming to a Walmart near you!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist mocking one up!)

There's nothing left now but Absinthe Jello shots..
Lime.

Pennsyl-what-ia?

Pennsyl-tucky

Dude, you are evil and must be vanquished.


Crap...nothing listed in the yellow pages under "vanquishing" or "vanquishers"
You're safe for now buddy, but one day...

There is a section on smiting.


The Dude asmotes.

But does he asymptote? (when bowling)

I dunno Pan, in some areas I'd still question that But fair enough. Either way I will be glad to finally make it home to PA and see Absinthe culture settled in.

"You want Absinthe earrings? I can get you Absinthe earrings, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you Absinthe earrings by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish."

The day Maine liquor stores stocking ANYTHING besides Absente will be a day worth celebrating. But I'm not holding my breath.

How about some cute little PF 1914 earrings?

Hmm, I just might be able to do that for you...

A month and a half later, and I used the wrong label... Sorry Dakini! Serves me right for not double checking your post.

"E" for effort though, right?

When Hollywood starlets are spotted drinking the stuff in Las Vegas....

Of course I'm told that it's the new fangled thing to do shots of Lucid in Vegas now, what a waste

I saw Lucid on the shelf of a Major Market (that's the actual name) in Escondido, CA this past weekend for just under $60 but that still can't touch Trid's find of Kübler at 7-11.

Wow Retrogarde, cool. I can't tell how big that earring is. It looks like it's a full bottle, you must like stretched ears.

I really should have put in something for a size reference... It's about the size of a bottle of White Out, no more than an inch and a half tall.

Bigger than I wanted it to be, but finding tiny bottles ain't easy! This one is actually full of bubble solution and came from a wedding supply store.

Retro, that's great! It took me a second to realize it was a miniature!

Here's my contribution — just in time for Christmas '08.....


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That's great Brooks! Maybe Barbie would like to party with the Great and Powerful Oz.

When people who didn't give a sh!t before are now talking about Lucid as if it's the next big thing.

/late to the game, as usual.

Too late already in a rap music video that just so happens to be in Vegas and they are "drinking" Lucid. I have already seen "stars" drinking absinthe in Vegas.

Hey Timbo, which rap video is it? Even done wrong I'd be interested to see it.

Maggie brought me a bottle of Kübler from Florida.

He's excellent!

Power is its own aphrodisiac, but still.....I'm concerned about the age gap. What if "C'est l'heure" Barbie doesn't like older men? I'd hate to see Oz get hurt.

Two words, Brooks: Anna Nicole

Somehow I think that this is just the beginning.

Maybe stories like that will finally get the point across that absinthe aint to be flamed.

Or that absinth is made with hairspray.

The whole booze+fire thing is really just an all around bad idea anyway...

I want that beerpong table.

It was a song called Lollipop by Lil Wayne. Its about 3 min. in, when I originally saw the video I thought I saw more footage of it and thought they were drinking Lucid, but they are "drinking" LTV. Maybe it was a different video with the lucid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=740d8sTpM7U

Milli Vanilli for a new millenium. That is A LOT of autotune.

Sheesh.

EDIT: I just had a look at around the 3 min mark. It's an absinthe fountain alright, but the poison is La Tourment as far as I can tell.

Ya the first time I watch the video I could sworn they were drinking Lucid neat out of the glasses, even straight from the bottle, maybe it was a different video I saw





Or I imagined it while drinking my Kübler(just kidding), but I dont think so

Absinthe in a rap video is old news on this side of the Pond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZHBMSgDlk

(It's from 2001)