Originally posted by R_G:
My brother-in-law brought me some from France, green, shmeen, with a Van Gogh face printed on the box the bottle was in, with a glass, with a spoon and all them accessories they used to drink this stuff with. Then I read the text on the box - it said that in France the absinthee was prohibited shortly after the WWI, so this stuff wasn't containing anything good and real. I guess they still make it in Brazil and Che... whatever the name of this European country is (Prague is the capital.)
That would be the Czech Rep. there buddy. There are about 35 different makes of the stuff in the Czech. I just got some a few days ago but really you have to know what's good. They can get very pricey. France makes good stuff, there is one guy who analized about 100 bottles that were over 100 years old and found what he was making was pretty damn close to the real thing. You just have to know where to get it. In anycase if you make the drink properly it is like Sambuca but not as think but green. I happen to like that taste. Plus pouring a shot through a burning sugar cube is cool, get's attention at the bar.
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