Post #562852 by Mr. Moto on Mon, Nov 1, 2010 10:58 AM

Yes, of course--I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. Western Europe (specifically the Val-de-Travers region in Switzerland) is the birthplace of absinthe and some of the best brands available today are distilled there, including Ted Breaux's Jade absinthes, the Duplais absinthes, the Emile Pernot absinthes, etc. Entirely different than the Eastern European (mostly Czech) swill I was trying to warn people away from. My only point was that one no longer has to order overseas to obtain good absinthe; it's available right here in the US.

It wasn't my intention to steer anyone away from the Conrad book, either; like I said, it's a good read. Just wanted to make clear that it's a bit outdated now and there are other more recent book on absinthe out there that would make good supplemental reading material.