Matt ([info]hellblazer99) wrote in [info]absinthelovers,
@ 2008-04-03 21:54:00
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Absinthe in America
Hello

I'm very new (as in this week new) to absinthe. I bought a bottle of Lucid for my girlfriend for her birthday. I did some research (wormwoodsociety.org and the like) and went with that one. We enjoyed it, though it did set me back a bit more than I'm used to paying for liquor ($75 to ship to North Carolina). When finance allows, I'm definitely going to get a bottle for myself.

I've read that Lucid is comparable to being like Guinness, which is to say it is the baseline drink of its kind--good, quality stuff but the spring board to better stuff.

You all may have heard this question before, but what brands are currently available in the US? If anybody's got recommendations I'd like to hear them.

Thanks

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[info]thelastaurora
2008-04-04 04:01 am UTC (link)
I believe only Lucid and Kubler are currently being sold in U.S. Liquor stores. However pretty much everything is available for import if you're willing to pay shipping.

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[info]hellblazer99
2008-04-04 03:56 pm UTC (link)
Yeah international shipping sounds a little rough at the moment.

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[info]thelastaurora
2008-04-04 05:01 pm UTC (link)
Oh trust me, it is.

I just ordered my standard bottle of Nouvelle Orleans and a bottle of Montmartre (just to try) and nearly lost bowel control at the total including shipping.

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[info]exeyel
2008-04-04 08:57 am UTC (link)
St. George is available as well, and is an American made brand.

Lucid is the only one I've tried, it is good but my personal favourites are still some of the exclusively European brands.

For St. George :
http://www.stgeorgespirits.com

and it can be ordered from here :
http://www.thejugshop.com/stores/item.cfm/storeID/68/lotID/2133187.html

Though Lucid and Kubler are both fine, and I have heard no reviews of St. George's.

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[info]exeyel
2008-04-04 08:58 am UTC (link)
If you do order anything from out of the country though my utmost suggestion is Versinthe! For price, flavour, and every other aspect it is close to, if not, my favourite.

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[info]hellblazer99
2008-04-04 04:05 pm UTC (link)
thanks for the links

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[info]cowbwoy
2008-04-04 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Where in NC are you at? I'm in raleigh. Of the US legal absinthes i prefer Kubler, not that the others are at all bad. Mostly i have the flying monkeys bring mine in from overseas.

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[info]hellblazer99
2008-04-04 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Charlotte for the moment. I'll have to try Kubler sometime, but I'd like to spend a little more time with Lucid before I branch out. I'm still on a graduate student budget, but if this becomes a hobby for me I'll eventually get around to the overseas stuff.

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[info]rainydaymary
2008-04-11 03:21 am UTC (link)
Is it legal to produce absinthe in the US? In the UK? Once it is, if it is not already, those prices are gonna be going down, down, down. And it is inevitable that it will become legal. Competition overcomes most laws under capitalism. For once, the "world market economy" is going to work in our favor!

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[info]al_qhadhulu
2008-04-30 01:59 am UTC (link)
See the other comments. Lucid and St. George are legally produced in the US. Kubler is legally shipped to the US.

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[info]al_qhadhulu
2008-04-30 01:53 am UTC (link)
I've tried Kubler and St. George. They lack the complexity of flavor characteristic of Ted Breaux's Absinthe Edouard. But, then, they also lack that costly shipping rate. ;)

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