Wow, another Absinthe available in the US- Grande Absente
A challenger has appeared!
Not much to report here. This is put out by the blokes that have been pushing the Phoney Baloney ‘Absente’ brand in the states for years now. Same story but they make it with grande wormwood instead of southern wormwood. This makes it real absinthe, but a terrible absinthe. It tastes like nothing but candy liquorish and alcohol, there is no complexity at all. It is artificially colored and, as far as I am concerned, the product of nothing but marketing. This is the Bud Lite of absinthes, except it is much, much more expensive. Save your money.
At least we still have Sirene, Kubler and Lucid to choose from.
August 11, 2008 at 9:30 am
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August 22, 2008 at 1:10 pm
If you are looking for a fabulous US absinthe, try Lucid. I did a full review on my site. I’m not a huge fan of absinthe, but this is great stuff. I have not had a chance to try Mata Hari’s version of absinthe as of yet, but they just released a few weeks ago. Look for it on shelves as well.