Absinthe Lovers' Journal

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