is the alc. drink absent here in Amsterdam

absent (the green fairy) is this drink for real or not? if so where can i get it at and how much?

 

Absinthe is the correct spelling, but it must contain the active
ingredient 'wormwood' for it to be the real thing.
Loads of places and pubs claim they sell the real stuff but in reality
all your getting is very strong liqueur tasting of aniseed. Just make
sure the bottle ingredients say 'with wormwood' when you buy it.
The proper stuff is quite expensive to buy by the bottle. (eg, £60 in UK)

Prague is excellent for Absinthe and Northern Spain.
In A'dam try:-
ABSINTHE NIGHT BAR - Nieuwedjids Voorburgwal.
Has Arabic cave like decor. open 8pm to 3am.

 

Now I will look dumb but I am a pot head only type of person. What is this I have read about it a few times?

 

http://www.azarius.net/news.php?newsindex=48 Read that for Absinth in Amsterdam

 

Thank you. It's not for me I was more just wondering what it was as people keep asking about it.

 

thanks nemisis and monomike you two help out a lot. a friend of mine had got 5 bottles, it said 60% an 10% wormwood, but it had a pic of a deer on it.lt mess me up afthere 7 shots and it taste like black liqueurs.