there was a recent question in a magazine and they didnt really answer it. Is it legal?, where can you get it?, Can you order it over the internet safely? just wondering
2007-12-17 12:06:41 · 6 answers · asked by kk13cball 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
For those of you going to tell me im an idiot for asking a question about the legallity of it, just dont bother commenting.
2007-12-17 12:33:58 · update #1
it was recently made legal again by the Alcohol Bureau of the US. It is limited to certain brands that contain smaller amounts of the chemical from the wormwood that caused it to be banned in the first place. I believe there are three or four brands being sold now. St. George Spirits from Alamada, California (near SF) is releasing an Absinthe Vert on Dec. 21. Lucid from France, Kubler from Switzerland and Absinto Camargo from Brazil also sell the stuff to the US.
Bevmo sells the lucid and kubler brands.
2007-12-17 15:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Recent changes in U.S. law regarding the allowable concentration of thujone have allowed some absinthes to be legal for sale in the United States. Absinthe of all sorts has always legal to use and consume (provided it is legal for the person to own and consume alcohol), just illegal to buy, sell, or make. (In theory this meant that the only legal way to obtain abstinthe was to have inherited a bottle which was brought into the U.S. before the ban.) There is now at least one absinthe, Lucid, which is produced and marketed in the United States. It's hard to obtain outside of New York and the surrounding states as of yet, however.
Unless you're a real connoisseur, which I doubt as you don't seem to know how to spell the word "absinthe," there's probably not much point in spending a bunch of money on a bottle of real absinthe when Pernod and several other pastises are available for much less in most American markets. Absinthe does not cause hallucinations, extreme lucidity, or any other psychological or physical effects any different from other liquors with the same alcohol content. The only good reason to keep any on hand is if you also keep peychaud's and high-end rye whiskey and make sazeracs.
2007-12-17 13:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by dan131m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For sale at liquor stores on Haight Street in San Francisco, CA
2007-12-17 12:11:14 · answer #3 · answered by red riter 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's been recently legalized so google it, you'll even find several US manufacturers that will ship it to you, good luck and salut!
2007-12-17 12:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yup its illegal in America
what kinda idiot would write on yahoo where you can buy illegal things
2007-12-17 12:14:19 · answer #5 · answered by satbir_123 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋
What?
2007-12-17 12:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋