Most people mistakenly believe that absinthe is illegal in the United States. In fact, it is legal to sell it, giving the seller a license to drink alcoholic beverages in his state, to possess it or to drink it, as long as the person is above the legal drinking age for any alcoholic beverage. In fact, the most widely sold absinthe in the United States has never been made illegal.
The reason why it was considered illegal and banned for so long is due to a law in the early 1900s that prohibited the sale or importation of any absinthe containing over 10 parts per million of thujone, the active and hallucinogenic ingredient in absinthe. the herb is found in many parts of the world. Recent chemical analysis shows that most brewed absinthe contain less than 10 ppm and always have, even in the hay days of absinthe use in the 1800s. Because bottles of vintage absinthe have been opened and found to contain a much smaller amount of thujone. For this made the law on the importation of absinthe widely obsolete. The use of absinthe in the United States is now being reversed by the ghosts of this mysterious liquor.
If absinthe has ever had more than 10 ppm thujone in absinthe made at home with poor quality control. You can order absinthe all over the internet at this time. At this point it is not cheap and will set the customer back anywhere from around $75 to $200 per liter for a 1 liter bottle.
Commercial absinthe traditionally has a very high alcohol content. 140 Proof or higher proof of absinthe not infrequently. However, it is possible to buy 90 proof versions of this elixir if you shop around. I will also say that I intend to make thujone absinthe now to use at the time of Van Gogh or Ernest Hemingway to have no significant effect on the drinker beyond bringing a very high alcohol content drink to the table.
I have personally sampled over a dozen brands purchased from those European countries and Canada, where it was legally sold during the American ban due to the inability of the chemists to measure the thujone content of absinthe. For ounce by ounce is like strong, but not more than other drinks of similar proof. I have never experienced any hallucinogenic effect from “green fairy”.
Once you decide to try it, you may be disappointed that you did. First, the cost is very high, as I said before. Secondly, the taste is like aniseed, but very bitter. Usually the bitter taste of cold water is compensated by cold liquid through a specially made spoon that accommodates the mass. tripled the sugar Then mix the sugar water with absinthe, which makes the color change from green to light cloudy to white mixed with some. a bite out of it.
Finally, in this potion is magic. You will not learn the meaning of creation. You’re just too drunk. But drinking too much of a 140 proof drink could be dangerous.
There are two warnings, in addition to all other warnings about the use of alcohol. While it is legal for the reason that it does not break the law on the books, it runs into the Customs Agent, who have not yet been briefed on the recent chemical discoveries related to absinthe. However, one must be more careful not to drink homemade absinthe because this contains a much higher concentration of absinthe economy than the commercial varieties. If you drink this, you are an artist of life skills. It is a very bad game.
