I found this site: The Absinthe Buyer's Guide. I went through it for you and picked out the brands that ranked 80 or better on their rating sheet. They're all between $50 and $80 for a 750mL bottle... I figure if you're going to try it, you should get the very best you can. I did notice that the Twin Tec Absinthe Biker Medicine was rated as a good beginner absinthe, and it's one of the least expensive at $48. That's the one I'd get for me.
I assume you know about trickling cold water over an ice cube into the absinthe and all that stuff with the ritual... the link above discusses it at some length. Apparently you have to dilute the straight stuff something like 3:1 or it's truly foul. The sugar is optional. And these imported ones at least are made according to the original recipes, so they're as strong as the pre-ban stuff.
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Date: 2009-10-04 04:06 am (UTC)I assume you know about trickling cold water over an ice cube into the absinthe and all that stuff with the ritual... the link above discusses it at some length. Apparently you have to dilute the straight stuff something like 3:1 or it's truly foul. The sugar is optional. And these imported ones at least are made according to the original recipes, so they're as strong as the pre-ban stuff.
FRANCE
1797 score 83 $72
Absinthe Roquette 1797 score 80 $72
Belle Amie score 89 couldn't find a price
Doubs Mystique Carte d'Or score 86 $57
Jade Edouard 72 score 87 $96
Jade Nouvelle Orleans score 82 $121
Jade PF 1901 score 84 $96
Jade Verte Suisse 65 score 85 $96
L'Artisanale score 89 couldn't find a price
La Coquette score 80 $72
Wormwood Blanche score 82 couldn't find a price
GERMANY
Eichelberger Limitee Verte score 84 $51
Eichelberger Verte 70 score 82 $51
ITALY
L'Italienne score 90 $72
NETHERLANDS
Helfrich Blanche score 89 $64
Helfrich Verte 68 score 81 $64
SPAIN
Serpis 65 score 81 couldn't find a price
SWITZERLAND
Absinthe Prométhée score 81 couldn't find a price
Blanche Traditionelle - Brut d'alambic score 83 $61
Brevans H.R. Giger score 82 $51
Clandestine La Bleue score 82 $64
Clandestine Recette Marianne (Franco Suisse) score 86 $64
Duplais Balance score 80 $48
Duplais Blanche score 82 $48
Duplais Verte score 81 $48
Twin Tec Absinthe Biker Medicine score 84 $48
Weinachts Absinthe 2006 score 82 couldn't find a price
USA
Meadow of Love Absinthe Superieure score 90 $80
Pacifique Absinthe Verte Superieure score 93 $72
Walton Waters Absinthe Superieur score 88 $80