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How do you bring absinthe back to the US?
I'm in Germany and I had got some absinthe when I went to Prague. Should I try and mail it home or should I put it in my checked luggage?
7 Answers
- laszlo_baneLv 410 years agoFavorite Answer
You're allowed to bring back one liter of spirits for personal use free of import tax. You can put it in your checked luggage. When you come back to customs and they ask if you have anything to declare, just tell them "One bottle of liquor, 750mL, in my checked luggage." They don't need to know what kind it is, they won't even ask.
More to the point, though, why would you want to bring back Czech absinthe? Czech absinthe is universally terrible and your proximity to both Franch and Switzerland means you've got some seriously high quality absinthe readily available.
- RoySLv 710 years ago
United States
In 2007, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) effectively lifted the longstanding absinthe ban, and has since approved many brands for sale in the U.S. market. This was made possible partly through the TTB's clarification of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) thujone content regulations, which specify that finished food and beverages that contain Artemisia species must be thujone free.[97] In this context, the TTB considers a product to be thujone-free if the thujone content is less than 10ppm (equal to 10 mg/kg).[98][99] This is verified through the use of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.[100]
The importation, distribution, and sale of absinthe is permitted with respect to the following restrictions:
The product must be thujone-free as per TTB guidelines,
The word "absinthe" can neither be the brand name nor stand alone on the label, and
The packaging cannot "project images of hallucinogenic, psychotropic or mind-altering effects."
Absinthe imported in violation of these regulations is subject to seizure at the discretion of U.S. Customs.[101][102]
Beginning in 2001, a product called Absente was sold legally in the United States under the marketing tagline "Absinthe Refined", but as the product was made with southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum) and not grande wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) (prior to 2009), the TTB classified it as a liqueur.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe - ?Lv 710 years ago
There are several different brands of absinthe sold in the US already. Although I'm not sure how they compare to the absinthe you got in Prague.
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- 4 years ago
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- ?Lv 610 years ago
put it in your luggage. Nobody looks for bottles like this in check in and if a dog is used then there is nothing to smell out since it is sealed.