Absinthe Back in the US After 100 Years

by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Jul 3rd 2007 @ 7:44AM

Absinthe, the spirit of imagination to many, and the devil incarnate to the U.S. government, is being approved on a case by case scenario by the Feds. Banned since 1910 due to unproved health dangers from the substance thujone, found in wormwood, an ingredient in absinthe, it has been the subject of controversy for centuries. Many folk tales and rites and rituals have grown around it and its supposedly hallucinogenic properties.

Several companies have been striving to recreate authentic versions similar to those made in the 1800s, many with low enough thujone levels to pass U.S. inspection. The first of these to do so is Lucid, imported from France by New York-based Viridian Spirits. Others will be following soon. I'll let you know when I get my hands on some to review.

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Tags: absinthe, america, legal, lucid, spirits, thujone

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7-08-2007 @4:58AM gwen said... There's a bar on Bourbon St. in New Orleans that's been there a million years - The Absinthe House. Has anyone ever been there?
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7-08-2007 @6:08AM billy said... the only true absinthe that i've ever found was king absinthe this stuff was the real deal heres a link enjoy i did http://www.originalabsinthe.com/absinthe-king-gold-p-56.html and yes the real absinthe has an E at the end
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