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7-05-2007 @10:26AM Kathryn said... That's exciting! I've always wanted to try absinthe. I can't wait for this to hit stores.
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7-03-2007 @10:51PM Marshall said... Every commercially bottled Absinthe I've had has paled compared to the various on the sly versions I've drank.
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7-03-2007 @10:58PM noksagt said... Absente has been around for a while. I suspect I've seen others in the U.S. too....
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7-04-2007 @1:40AM phantom.trollbooth said... I've ordered a couple of bottles from a german retailer online and had no problem getting it through shipped through customs.
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7-05-2007 @1:12PM MJ said... Always wanted to try this.......will keep a watch for it.
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7-06-2007 @12:01AM dave said... Is this legit absinthe?:
www.absinthe.bz/?act_vn
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7-05-2007 @4:39PM James said... No need to wait.. Order from another country and have it shipped in.
I have a bottle of Doub's Absinthe waiting to be cracked open than I ordered from a store in the UK.
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7-06-2007 @7:57PM James said... Dave:
This is where I went when I first starting researching absinthe.. http://www.feeverte.net/guide/
Read through people opinions and just go for one..
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7-07-2007 @8:13PM Leah said... NEVER HAD IT, BUT IM GONNA!!!
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7-07-2007 @8:29PM Becca said... True, real Absinthe isn't that hard to come across. I ordered it online from a Czechoslovakian website. It came in the mail. I picked it up from the post office without any concerns or questions being asked. If you're going to do Absinthe correctly, make sure to order the spoon and sugar cubes too! Then you can take a shot that's lit on fire = )
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7-07-2007 @8:38PM john said... bought a bottle at heathrow airport last march,never got stopped at customs.
got the good french brand la fee
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7-07-2007 @9:03PM mandy said... Lets be honest. If they start selling it in the US again, it won't be as good as it used to be.
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7-07-2007 @9:26PM vicasar said... So many of you talk about it not being as good as it used to be, but honestly, are any of you old enough to actually know what it used to be?
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7-07-2007 @9:31PM Stephanie said... Always wanted to try the real stuff,but where to get it online? Can it be ordered from Canada on the phone??
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7-07-2007 @11:05PM gary gabriel said... Some 47 years ago I enjoyed absinthe in Italy under the name of perno. It was yellow in color and tasted like anisetta, but it made your tongue and lips numb. Not bad.
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7-07-2007 @11:09PM di Gracia said... Grand stuff, I've always ordered it online. I've got mixed feelings about this news. Now it will be easier to buy if you can just head on to the grocery store and buy it, but on the other hand, if they're only allowed to sell this 'low wormwood chemical' version, then I think its best to stick with buying online. Its never been proved that absinth/absinthe has any odd effect on anyone, anyone who has too much of any alcohol acts odd. So to this conditional ban appeal, I say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
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7-07-2007 @11:14PM natalija said... I feel kind of stupid asking this, because everyone seems to know about it...what is Absinthe????
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7-07-2007 @11:36PM Darren said... Pernod is a modified form of pastis and has nothing to do with Absinthe
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7-08-2007 @1:35AM rbyowens said... Can't wait. It has been years since I have had absinthe.
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7-08-2007 @4:35AM ginnie said... It's wonderful. My daughter brought back a bottle for the UK. I see nothing wrong with it.
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