Absinthe
Posted: August 11, 2009 8:16 pm
I live in Michigan and just realized that Absinthe is now available here. Does anyone know if it is the same product previously only available in NOLA? 
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Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 11, 2009 8:17 pm
I am pretty sure it is Kristen!!! I have never tried it but will be trying some this weekend with KK IN NOLA!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 11, 2009 8:20 pm
We tried it in small amounts last weekend...super strong!! 138proof but no visual affects so I wondered.flipflopgirl wrote:I am pretty sure it is Kristen!!! I have never tried it but will be trying some this weekend with KK IN NOLA!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 11, 2009 9:18 pm
other than the fact that it usually ran anywhere from 120-160 proof, and had the colouration and flavouring of herbs (including supposedly-hallucinogenic levels of wormwood), absinthe is no more dangerous than drinking any other really over-proof liquor. The majority of stupidity probably occured when long-time users had crisped themselves and their livers.HULA GIRL^ wrote:We tried it in small amounts last weekend...super strong!! 138proof but no visual affects so I wondered.flipflopgirl wrote:I am pretty sure it is Kristen!!! I have never tried it but will be trying some this weekend with KK IN NOLA!!!!!!!!!!!
enjoyed in moderation, it is probably no more dangerous than using 151 rum in a drink
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 12, 2009 4:12 pm
It was unavailable in the U.S. for a while, but apparently you can get the stuff here now....it was at the Party Source in Cincinnati. Evidently the hallucinations have been strained out. 
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 12, 2009 9:14 pm
so what are you using for an explanation this year?citcat wrote:It was unavailable in the U.S. for a while, but apparently you can get the stuff here now....it was at the Party Source in Cincinnati. Evidently the hallucinations have been strained out.
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 12, 2009 9:19 pm
picked up 2 bottles for tailgate.
Re: Absinthe
Posted: August 13, 2009 7:40 am
from wikipedia...
United States
The prevailing consensus of interpretation of United States law and regulations among American absinthe connoisseurs is that, with the revision of thujone levels by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), it is now legal to purchase such a product for personal use in the U.S.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food and beverages that contain Artemisia species must be thujone free.[90] Thujone free is defined as containing less than 10ppm thujone.[91] There is no corresponding US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulation.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is inconsistent in saying whether Absinthe may or may not be imported. The Know Before You Go booklet flatly states "The importation of Absinthe and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited."[92] while the CBP's Prohibited and Restricted Items web page states that the importation of absinthe is not "prohibited" but subject to FDA and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approval like other distilled spirits.[93] Absinthe can be and occasionally is seized by United States Customs if it appears to be for human consumption.[94][95]
A faux-absinthe liquor called Absente, made with southern wormwood (Artemisia abrotanum) instead of grande wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), is sold legally in the United States. This was the first US approval referring to "absinthe" on the front label; the front label says "Absinthe Refined" but the TTB classified the product as liqueur.
In 2007, TTB relaxed the US absinthe ban, and approved several brands for sale.[96] These brands must pass TTB testing, which is performed by the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry method.[97] The TTB considers a product to be thujone-free if the FDA’s test measures less than 10ppm (equal to 10 mg/kg) thujone.[98] A US distillery also began producing and selling absinthe, the first US company to do so since 1912.[99]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
United States
The prevailing consensus of interpretation of United States law and regulations among American absinthe connoisseurs is that, with the revision of thujone levels by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), it is now legal to purchase such a product for personal use in the U.S.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food and beverages that contain Artemisia species must be thujone free.[90] Thujone free is defined as containing less than 10ppm thujone.[91] There is no corresponding US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulation.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is inconsistent in saying whether Absinthe may or may not be imported. The Know Before You Go booklet flatly states "The importation of Absinthe and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited."[92] while the CBP's Prohibited and Restricted Items web page states that the importation of absinthe is not "prohibited" but subject to FDA and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approval like other distilled spirits.[93] Absinthe can be and occasionally is seized by United States Customs if it appears to be for human consumption.[94][95]
A faux-absinthe liquor called Absente, made with southern wormwood (Artemisia abrotanum) instead of grande wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), is sold legally in the United States. This was the first US approval referring to "absinthe" on the front label; the front label says "Absinthe Refined" but the TTB classified the product as liqueur.
In 2007, TTB relaxed the US absinthe ban, and approved several brands for sale.[96] These brands must pass TTB testing, which is performed by the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry method.[97] The TTB considers a product to be thujone-free if the FDA’s test measures less than 10ppm (equal to 10 mg/kg) thujone.[98] A US distillery also began producing and selling absinthe, the first US company to do so since 1912.[99]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe