Now there is another avenue of fun that is closed off to me. I can't drink Absinthe anymore. I developed a terrible allergic reaction to it. Damn that was fast. It took only three months of infrequent drinking of the stuff. But each time I tried it for the last few weeks (maybe once or twice a week) I got sicker and sicker. Last night I finally got too sick. I developed a crashing migraine. This after diluting it tons and tons. The usual way to drink it is in a shot glass. One part Absinthe, one part water. And you pour the Absinthe over a sugar cube. But about a month ago I was unable to drink it that way. So I tried to drink it extremely diluted in a large 8 oz glass with a small finger of Absinthe over 8 oz water. Nope. Terrible migraine.
I guess, being made from Wormwood bark, it is chock full of tannens. I can't drink oak cured whiskey because of tannens. I can't drink red wine for the same reason. So watch out. If you come to Canada and you are a migraine sufferer, don't drink Absinthe because if you don't get sick right away, then you'll get sick sooner or later.