On March 5, 2007, the French Lucid brand became the first genuine absinthe to receive a COLA (Certificate of Label Approval) for legal importation into the United States since 1912.

I think while we all have our opinions about Lucid, a warm helping of appreciation is due to those who pushed the envelope to make commercial offerings available on my Absinthe shelf, and yours too.

to three years of legal Absinthe after a 95-year ban. Here's to hoping for many more years of trouble-free consumption!

Indeed™.

Wasn't there a thread last year that asked which day we should use as the date to celebrate?

It's only going to get better!

Here it is. Zombied once again!

+1

I'll still toast this day with a couple of glasses of absinthe tonight.
Probably not Lucid, though.

While I'm all for celebrating the glorious fact that we can legally buy (and make) absinthe here now, I'll wait to assign a date until there has actually been a change in law and the term "absinthe" is enshrined in the CFR.

Sounds reasonable.

My 'rents knew about this and I didn't. Sheesh, I'm losing it!

It'd be a great day to get an accurate definition on the books.

Cheers!

While remembering the past, Here's to the future.

+1 ... an appropriate date, for sure!