The Best Places to Legally Buy Absinthe

So you've heard about this liquor called absinthe, also nicknamed "The Green Fairy", or you've tasted it while vacationing overseas, and now you want to know where to buy absinthe. You've checked your local liquor stores, and nobody has it for sale.

The reason: It has been illegal to sell absinthe in America for quite a long time, mainly due to a chemical ingredient known as thujone, which is derived from wormwood oil, another ingredient of absinthe. Rumor and speculation has attributed thujone as being the main cause of hallucinations and other symptoms similar to a THC high. One of the most famous stories to rise from the absinthe era is that of Vincent Van Gogh and his ear-lopping incident. It was said that his consumption of mass quantities of absinthe caused him to go insane. This of course is strict conjecture, and research and testing throughout the years has disproved much of the radical claims made about absinthe. Most countries that had previously banned the sale of absinthe have since reneged the ban. The amount of thujone in modern absinthe sold today has also significantly decreased and is regulated by the government.

Absinthe certainly has quite a colorful and interesting history, which can be further explored in great detail at the website absinthe.se

Recently, laws in America have changed in regards to when and how you can sell and buy absinthe. There are a small amount of absinthe brands on the marketplace in the United States that closely follow the original recipe, but are absent of any significant amount of thujone, or contain none at all. Absente is one such version, Pernod and Green Chartreuse are similar in taste and/or recipe, and a French liquor maker is also producing their own version of absinthe to sell in the United States. It is also legal to produce absinthe for your own personal use, if you have a recipe and the proper ingredients.