2006-08-19 15:07:47 · 15 answers · asked by konych2000 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Absente is a brand name of 110 proof pastis.
Although marketed as "Absinthe refined" it contains no grande wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) but instead uses southern wormwood (Artemisia abrotanum) and is thus closer to pastis and not absinthe. Southern wormwood's constituents are different from grande wormwood and it contains no thujone which allows it to be sold in the U.S. It is particularly popular in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Although absinthe is legal in Canada, the U.S.-version is sold in stores alongside European absinthe made with grande wormwood.
2006-08-19 15:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean "absinthe'? This is a liquor brewed from several herbs, one of them a substance that may cause hallucinations and/or seizures. Thujone comes from the hetb wormwood and the FDA does not consider it safe so it is supposedly illegal in every state. There are similar liquors without the wormwood that are legal, herbe saint being the closest.
But the law isn't black and white. The grey area is that you may import a small quantity for strictly personal use,.uisually 2 or 3 bottles a year. The kicker is that it is still illegal to resell these or even to give any to someone else and there may be criminal penalties if you give it to someone and they have a bad reaction.
There are many websites that discuss how to get absinthe legally and some semilegally. Search "Fee Verte" for one of the best ones.
To me, it's an awful lot of hassle for something that tastes like alcoholic licorice.
2006-08-19 15:29:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absinthe is illegal in the US
By 1915 it was banned in a number of European countries and the United States. Even though it was vilified, there is no evidence showing it to be any more dangerous than ordinary alcohol although few modern medical studies have been conducted to test this. A modern absinthe revival began in the 1990s, as countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale.
2006-08-19 15:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absente is now legal because they have taken the "wormwood" out of the ingredients..
It is now call Absinthe Refined. So yes and no, it is not the same stuff. A 3.5 oz bottle will cost you about $8.00. and it not the same thing.
I do believe it just changed this year.
2006-08-19 15:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by Connie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absinthe is illegal; however Absente (which is derived from a different plant) in legal in the U.S.
2006-08-19 15:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legal in Niagara Falls Canada..I saw it on the shelf for 75$ for a 26er...the proof nearly killed me let alone drinking the sh*t
2006-08-19 15:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by hipergirl22 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is absinthe that is banned in the US...very similar but the wormwood (which has the illegal substance) has been replaced.
2006-08-19 15:27:58 · answer #7 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal in all 50 states.
2006-08-19 15:12:05 · answer #8 · answered by Biloxi Beach 11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absinthe is not legal in the US.
2006-08-19 16:46:55 · answer #9 · answered by Wendy C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
illeagal in all of the usa - go to amsterdam
2006-08-19 15:11:29 · answer #10 · answered by liky114 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋