i heard that absinthe is now legal in US? true? where could i buy it?

Question

thanks!

Answer 1

Why would you want to. Most absinthe preparations today contain approximately 1.8mg of thujone per liter... 75% less than those of the original recipe.

Also, fun fact: Anyone that says Absinthe makes you hallucinate is lying. It's been scientifically proven that there isn't enough thujone on a liter of Absinthe to make you hallucinate. One would need to drink upwards of 15L of Absinthe to get any noticable effect, and by that time, they would have already succumbed to alcohol poisoning.

It's also not legal for sale in the US currently... But you can get a similarly flavored "Absente" which is made with Artemisa Abrotantum... Not Artemisia Absinthium.

Products such a "Lucid" contain no Thujone, and are therefore overpriced anise liqueurs. Just get some jagermeister instead!

Answer 2

It's not entirely banned in America. It turns out that it's thujone that is banned (that's the component of grand wormwood that was said to cause hallucinations and such--in fact, if there were bad reactions to absinthe it was usually inferior absinthes colored with chemicals that caused these side effects.) Luckily, recent tests on "pre-ban" absinthe that somehow hasn't been drunk before now has revealed that there wasn't much thujone in absinthe 100 years ago after all.

Ted Breaux, a man who did a lot of that research and has developed some lovely absinthes that are available in Europe, recently released an absinthe called Lucid in the U.S. It's based on absinthe recipes from the drink's heydey and is available in some stores listed here: http://www.drinklucid.com/get_lucid_absinthe.cfm

If you don't live near one of those stores, you can buy Lucid or another legal absinthe, called Kubler (this one is white not green--but I like it better than Lucid and it's still authentic and made with grande wormwood) online here: http://www.drinkupny.com/category_s/86.htm

And finally, if you're really interested in the drink, I recommend checking out the wormwood society (www.wormwoodsociety.org) for more information about absinthe.

Answer 3

Absinthe Minnesota

Answer 4

Many articles coming out now give the impression that the laws have changed and absinthe is now legal. NO Laws have changed and traditional absinthe is still illegal. These companies have just filtered out the chemical Thujone , found in wormwood so that they can pass the FDA regulations.

More Info
http://www.greendevil.com/absinthe_us.html

The companies offering absinthe in the US are now on a public relations / marketing campaign to give the impression that “Absinthe is now legal” In reality no laws have changed. No matter what impression they give you the finished product is “Thujone Free” according to the FDA. Of course they are downplaying the role of Thujone with some slick “organizations” promoting absinthe in the US. Its unclear how people will take it but its generating alot of press

It can be purchased online or at some stores.
Also Green Devil Absinthe offers a "Brew Your Own" Kit

http://www.GreenDevil.com

Answer 5

St. George is also releasing one from San Francisco. I have seen it in the normal liquore stores in Napa for quite some time. interesting article attached about absinthe.

In order for somebody to make and sell Absinthe to the USA it must have 10 parts per million of the chemical thujone, the chemical from the wormwood that supposedly causes the hallucinations and has been banned since 1912.

Answer 6

i had tried absinthe two years ago and i live in Minnesota
absinthe has been around but the type of this stuff you are looking for is sill over in Europe they will not let that kind over here because of what it does.
you can buy absinthe here in the states you know with the sets that come with the sugar spoon and the glass. or at least my friends have and the stuff taste like black liquorice

Answer 7

FALSE This is what the TTB say: 1. "We approve the use of the term "absinthe" on the label of a distilled spirits product and in related advertisements only if the product is "thujone-free" pursuant to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation at 21 CFR 172.510" 2. "The term "absinthe" may not be used as the brand name or fanciful name, or as part of the brand name or fanciful name, because otherwise it would appear as a class and type designation. 27 CFR 5.42(a)(1).The term "absinthe" may not stand alone on the label; it must be accompanied by additional or dispelling information so as not to appear as the class and type designation." So .....it cannot contain thujone (a natural element in wormwood) and it may not even call itself absinthe. Is thujone free USA approved "absinthe -insert word-" real absinthe? NO.

Answer 8

If it is I'm interested. Many a blackout night have I had with that "wonderful" creation. At the moment my sis brings it from England but only 1 a year :(

Answer 9

No way you can get the original absithe nowadays at any price in any country.
There are, very expensive, fakes on the market, though.

Answer 10

yea Lucid and Kubler are two names of the liquor now that you can buy at a liquor store