URGENT!: transporting absinthe

heyo guys. i'm in israel right now, and absinthe is in most liquor stores, wormwood and all. i just bought 2 bottles, because i hear it is legal to take under 3 liters on the plane, which i'm boarding TOMORROW MORNING!!. when this runs out, my cousin and i were discussing maybe he would be able to send me some via mail. is it remotely legal to send it thru the mail services to america? florida specifically. also, can anyone verify the 3 liters shpeal? thanks so much all. this forum's amazing.

 

I know that you're allowed to take three liters of alcohol on the plane, it's probably the same for absinthe but I'm not sure. I tried absinthe once and it was awesome. Good Luck man and have fun

 

your allowed to have someone from another country send it into your country but your not allowed to purchase it from within your country! how odd!

 

Heh, Absinthe.
Thats the stuff that made Van Gogh cut his own ear off.

 

this is bullshit. Absinthe isn't more dangerous than other hard liquors.

 

but cigarettes are the most dangerous product known to man, and they're fuckin legal

 

it would probly be easyer to make it your self when you got back home very easy to make all you need is wormwood and hard liquor

 

Absinthe is not illegal to posess in Amerikkka, only to sell. You can import it through the mail without problem. I know people who have done this several times. Not too expensive, either. Several reputable retailers in Europe will be happy to ship many different brands. You would probably get the same effects however, drinking any other comparable proof hard liquor. I am not convinced that the wormwood adds any psychotropic effects to the beverage. All it is is the high EtOH content. I have tried it many times and noted only drunkenness, no other reputed efects. And this was high thujone content stuff from Germany, Czech, and Spain. It tastes good, though, and it's fun to prepare, with the burning sugar and the implements, etc. I wouldn't suggest trying to bring in three L, I think you're only allowed two before you have to pay duty or declare. Plus, some a-hole at customs may f*ck with you even though it's not illegal to possess. And I wouldn't try making my own either. Some friends and I did try an experiment-all we made was some horrendous-tasting s*it that we ended up dumping out.

 

The LCBO here in Hamilton has a full stock of Absinthe. I heard it makes you hallucinate... Is that true? If so, I'm definitly picking up a bottle!

 

oh man, god bless the LCBO, they have everything! (at least the one i went to did - made a GREAT impression on my compared to any other liquor store i've seen)

 

Wrong; if the USPS happens to profile the package, it'll be destroyed, and you'll get a phone call and certified letter from those nice 'ole Postal Inspectors. Apparently it's illegal to import any kind of alcohol, except for wine, which can be imported by licensed re-distributors.

However, the cool guys over at http://www.absinthe.bz offered me a %100 money-back guarantee (including the $25 flat fee for shipping) that my absinthe would make it through Customs...it did. Only problem is that they don't offer La' Fee, but their 140-proof, 100 mg/kg thujone-containing (10x allowed by the EU) King of Spirits Gold should do the trick.

 

makes alot of sense, huh?

 

"this is bullshit. Absinthe isn't more dangerous than other hard liquors."

Man, do some research... Long time use of that stuff can destroy your nerves system.

Also about the LCBO. I believe the thujine (sp?) levels are capped and its really weak... I dont know, Im going to poland this summer and im going to buy some bottles from them...

 

Reply is a bit late. but the damage to the nerve system is due to the alcohol DUHHHH.
thujone is (was?) believed to be carcinogenic, that's why there's a limit of thujone conc. etc.

 

Errr dont know if this helps but when we took some illegal liquor over from Ireland I just put it in a Vodka bottle...Worked for me. Dont know about sending it though, never tried.

 

Absinthe, ehh.. never tripped off of it but got pretty fucking drunk

 

"it would probly be easyer to make it your self when you got back home very easy to make all you need is wormwood and hard liquor"
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That is such crap. You can't make it yourself.
It doesn't make you trip.
Decent absinthe is one of the finest things known to man.
Real absinthe isn't attrociously bitter.
Anything czech is crap.

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