The launch of Marilyn Manson own brand of absinthe is not exactly being positively embraced by critics. Most compared the drink's odour to sewage water and one even described the taste as being "as bad as piss". One wonders how this critic would know this... The beverage, launched under the name 'Mansinthe', has also been receiving negative comments by a panel at the gourmet food website http://www.epicurious.com: the smell of the beverage can be compared to sewage water, swamp mud and rubbing alcohol. And one taster added: "If a smell could speak, this absinthe is saying: 'Do not touch.'" The final conclusion: "The No. 1 problem was the aroma, which some verbally compared to sewage water or swamp mud, but with the exception of a lone taster, the panel felt it wasn't really worth wading through the odor to get to mediocre flavor anyway." Absinthe being illegal in the US, the product is produced in Switzerland and holds a self-portrait of Manson as an old man a label on the bottle.
And there is more trouble on the horizon as the official Mansinthe website (mansinthe.com) has been put on the Google blacklist as the site has been identified as a one that may install malicious software on your computer. For those who don't want to risk the security of their PC, "Mansinthe" is now officially available at http://www.absinthe.de for purchase online at 36 EUR per bottle.
Source: http://www.side-line.com/
