While some of you are on the right track, theres a lot of silliness flying in this thread. Next to none of the absinthe you can buy now is original recipe as it was made in impressionist era europe. There is currently a manufacturer who is reproducing absinthe that was reverse engineered from a surviving bottle from the late 19th century. I believe the fellow actually even went to the length of purchasing a surviving absinthe distillery.Kübler and Lucid are two brands who are now being produced to original recipe specifications. Also, the legality of these is no longer in question because the chemical Thujone (the psychoactive in wormwood) is present in very low concentration. So find yourself a bottle of Kübler or Lucid, pour a bit in a glass, and slowly drop water over a sugar cube into the Absinthe, and you too can feel a genuine smack from the Green Muse.

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