John-

A few years ago I had some business in Amsterdam, spent a few weeks there and made some good friends in somewhat underground places while I was there. From a solid source who'd definitely know the difference between an impostor and the genuine article, I got the chance to spend a night with the Green Fairy.

No doubt, on proper snot you'll gain a very unique new perspective.

Here in Oakland there's been a bit of a Speakeasy revival.
For the past few years there have been quite a few underground efforts turning out proper absinthe.
Wormwood is definitely special stuff. The laboratory I work with has done some remarkable things via synthetic biological modeling on wormwood (not booze though)
Recently a distillery in a nearby town was given the up-and-up from the feds to produce absinthe, this is recent news from a few weeks ago.
It's now legal to make it here in the states!

--Tinker