Everything tastes and smells like licorice. My tongue also simultaneously burns and is numb.
This stuff's hard-core compared to absinthe in terms of packing flavor in an ouzo sledgehammer to the face vs an absinthe uppercut.
Edit: yes I drank it straight. And I'm also comparing it to absinthe straight.
Yeah they have a similar taste.
Btw here's how you drink ouzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpiPdllqlfU
One interesting detail is that she says "we'll water it down a bit because he has to drive" even though that's still way more than the legal amount of alcohol you're supposed to drink before driving because no one obeys any driving rules in Greece lol
Also a 1935 song about drinking ouzo and doing hash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQwMz1FMgA
Ouzo and sambuca are two things that fuel me on friday nights. The kick wakes you up every time.
Looks like a combo of krupnik and ouzo. Definitely going to look for a bottle.
You drink ouzo with a bunch of ice or a bit of water in it. Preferably with ice. You take a long but narrow glass, you fill it to the top with ice and then you pour the ouzo in. You can drink ouzo straight of course but it's not as pleasant. It's even better if you drink ouzo gay.
This, an also ouzo is more of a sipping drink. The only people I know who do ouzo shots are anglos.
Also, a nice meze to go with your ouzo: watermelon squares with sharp and fatty sheep's milk fetta slabs on top. Something like 4:1 melon to cheese works for me but taste is personal so...
Thank you for alerting me about crimes against humanity such as not drinking ouzo straight.
Take a bite of a pickle afterwards, it's actually pretty ok. I mean ouzo tastes horrible to me but I love pickles, so.
Yep wormwood gives it a bitter twist to temper down the other herbs.
I also made a tincture of wormwood and destroyed my sense of bitterness.
This is what you become if you DON'T drink ouzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFvU18GGM3Y
