My brother and I want to make absinthe "IN" the United States but sell exclusively to "OTHER" countries....
2007-11-14 06:35:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
The short answer...yes you can. Though why you'd want to limit your market to exclusively export is beyond me. Intentionally limiting your market is counterintuitive.
Now then, if you want to do this, all you have to do is to comply with all your local, state, and federal licensing and tax regulations, and you're set.
Keep in mind that you won't be the first in the US to do this. There are a number of US microdistilleries who are already gearing up make their own.
2007-11-14 10:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Trid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absinthe is legal in the US, it's readily available under the brand name Lucid; and is becoming rather trendy. The US recently lifted its ban on absinthe but it's been legal in many other countries for sometime now. So do some investigating, I do know that a certain chemical used in absinthe is still illegal in the US it's called thujone, current brands being produced follow the classic formula but with out the thujone which is a strong hallucinogen.
2007-11-14 07:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jamie P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absinthe is not illegal... Although making and selling your own alcohol can be if you have no license. HERE YOU GO! In the U.S., traditional Absinthe is illegal to sell for human consumption because it contains the chemical thujone which is banned by the FDA for use in foods but allowed in some herbs known to contain thujone (Title 21, Chapter 1, Part 172.510). Some types of absinthe are sold in the U.S. which contain no thujone and other absinthes are imported into the U.S. despite FDA regulations. A second legal issue with absinthe is that it is illegal in the United States to distill alcohol (even for personal consumption) without paying special taxes, filing paperwork & requesting a license from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. We haven't researched exactly what is involved in this process, but it seems quite complex and impractical. Some absinthe recipes call for distilling the product and some do not. So, technically a distilled absinthe could be illegal if made without a license. It is also illegal to sell any alcohol for human consumption without a license. It is likely legal in the US to produce absinthe for one's personal use using commercially available distilled liquor and infusing one's own herbs into the alcohol, although any thujone-containing drinks are illegal to sell or distribute.
2016-05-23 03:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can even sell it in the US now if you like. Absinthe is legal.
EDIT:
Rhonda - "In 2007 the first legally available absinthe has been approved for sale in the US. These brands must pass TTB testing, which is performed by the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry method [59] and has a margin of error of 10ppm thujone [60]. Thus brands that are under the limit 'officially' don't contain thujone even if in actuality they do. Two brands currently available are Lucid and Kübler, with more to come."
2007-11-14 06:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mayor Adam West 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought Absinthe was illegal in the US
2007-11-14 07:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by Lilith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but are you willing to comply with all the gov. regulations on both ends of the shipment?
2007-11-14 06:38:45 · answer #6 · answered by vulcan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABSINTHE IS ILLEGAL IN THE STATES!! HEFTY FINES!!!
hmmm sorry..... i was uninformed of the 2007 law!!! My sincere apologies...
2007-11-14 06:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Rhonda 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So without the special ingredient, whats the point?
2007-11-14 08:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by ashley4frogs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋