Yes it is! Homemade absinthe is usually higher in the active ingredent but the taste is also a lot worse too. homemade absinthe can be done by using 1-2 tbsp chopped wormwood high proof alcohol (anything above 110) and other herbs like anise, fennel, ect. some people like me, add some other active ingredents. Usually the herbs that are added are from 1-2 tsp. After the whole batch sits for 1 week (some longer) it is ready to filter and drink. Warning: absinthe is toxic in large doses and the high proof alcohol doesn't help either. This is for infomation only and i do not suggest making or drinking absinthe. ok now that's out of the way, absinthe has a very bitter taste so if you can't handle the bitterness of campari straight then i wouldn't recommend absinthe

It is no longer necessary to make this at home, if you ever so desired. Absinthe has returned to North America and is commercially available. The recipe has been toned done from the somewhat poisonous drink of yore. Two brands are carried by the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), so it may be on the shelves where you live or in the province / state next door.

Homemade! Absinthe (Bluehouse Recipe) 1.5 oz Wormwood 1/3 oz Hyssop 1/3 oz Calamus Root 1/8 oz Fennel Seed 1 tsp Mint * 1 tsp cloves * 1 tsp coriander * 1/2 tsp Nutmeg * First, Grind the Fennel Seeds, Coriander, and Cloves with a mortar and pestle. Mix with the rest of the dry ingredients (wormwood, hyssop, calamus, and mint) and pour them into an airtight container. Mix with a bottle of Everclear (750ml, 190 proof). Actually, if you want to end up with a full 750ml of Absithe, you'll need to use about 1000ml of everclear in order to compensate for the alcohol that is irrevocably lost to absorption by the mash. You should allow mix to steep for at least two weeks, but I usually allow for 1-2 months. This is most likely overkill, but I don’t drink absinthe on a regular basis so I’m not generally in a big hurry to finish my next batch. At the end of the two weeks, strain the liquid through a thin cloth (muslin or a handkerchief) to remove the solid matter. Now Add: 1/2 Dropper full of Wormwood Essential Oil.* 1/3 - 2/3 Bottle of Anise Extract (To taste) 1 tsp Mint Extract * 2-10 shots Ouzo* (To taste) Now you're ready to meet the green fairy! If Everclear is unavailable, I've heard tat rum 151 will suffice - although I've never tried it myself. However, regular-strength alcohols (less than 100 proof) will not work! - Your absinthe will turn out brown. Ack! The ingredients marked with a "*" are not completely necessary, but will help make the drink more palatable. (It needs all the help it can get!) If you wish, you can mix this absinthe half-n-half with Ouzo and obtain a drink that tastes halfway decent, but you'll lose some of the potency of the drink. The best way to improve the taste is to add more anise extract, but even this has its limits. If you add more calamus, you will get a better buzz -- but this will come at a price. I used to use 1/2 oz of calamus in my earlier recipes -- but I would end up with a 12-hour hangover the next day. I eventually figured out that the calamus was to blame, and cut back on it a bit. But of course, feel free to experiment with it yourself! http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/pf-absinthe.html

True absinthe isn't the poison it's commonly reported to be. Earlier concoctions tested were essentially moonshine, complete with inflated amounts of the dangerous chemicals. The last few bits of commercial (Before the mass-ban by many places) contain very little thujone, especially when viewed against what was banned. To my knowledge, it was this "fake" absinthe that provoked the prohibition, surrounded by propaganda effectively similar to what got most varieties of hemp criminalized. There was a considerable article on this in Wired (Of all magazines.).

NO! IT IS NOT! Absinthe MUST BE by definition distilled...there are other commercially accepted ways to make it but yield worse quality drinks. YOU CAN NOT MIX HERBS WITH HIGH PROOF ALCOHOL TO MAKE ABSINTHE, PERIOD!!! DOING THIS CAN BE HARMFUL AND EVEN IN SOME CASES FATAL TO YOU!!! EDUCATE YOURSELF!!! http://www.wormwoodsociety.org http://feeverte.net

Absinthe is a distilled herbal liqueur. In order to make it, quality producers macerate herbs (at a minimum, wormwood, anise, and Florence fennel) in alcohol and then DISTILL the result. Distillation allows the nasty stuff (like the really bitter components in wormwood) to be separated and left behind, while the good stuff (like the aromatic components of wormwood) come over into the distillate. The distillate, like ALL distillates, is clear. If left at this stage, it's a blanche absinthe. A verte, or green absinthe, is created by adding additional herbs (NOT wormwood! NO!) to the distillate to impart both a color (from chlorophyll) and additional complexity of flavor. These herbs are then filtered out. Can you do this at home? That depends. Do you have a still at home? (Home distillation is illegal in the US, and a felony in many states.) Can you bake a cake at home without an oven? Let's see, I've got eggs, flour, sugar, baking powder, water, butter, and a big bowl. I can put it all together, and I have a cake, right? Wait, I have to BAKE it, or it's not a cake? No wonder the candles sunk in my cake . . . Look up Absinthe on Wikipedia, or check out http://www.feeverte.net/faq.html for lots of absinthe information. Some disreputable producers sell "absinth", which is a macerate of herbs in alcohol. One brand even has an herbal salad left in the bottle for you. These are not absinthe, they are the equivalent of the unbaked cake. Do not buy them, as they will taste horrible and be an incredible waste of your money. By the way, thujone, the "active ingredient" in absinthe, is also present in high quantities in sage, tarragon, and tansy (common spices), as well as juniper berries (think gin). Did you hallucinate or get high from Thanksgiving dinner? NO? Why not? You consumed more thujone from the stuffing than you could possibly consume in absinthe (before the alcohol poisoning would kill you). Oh, I know why. Because it doesn't cause hallucinations! If you want a high, go buy a dime bag of pot or a few hits of acid. It's cheaper and will give you what you want.

Hell Im not sure and i'm willing to bet that most of these other fools here dont know what the hell there talking about either, But, i have an old hippie friend that owns a herbal health food store locally and he said he had the recipe for absinthe and had drank a ton of the stuff and said it done the trick very well. when i get the recipe i will post it here

Yes, it is. I found some helpful information here: http://www.instructables.com/id/ESHD8ZGP0IET9K6HDW/ imho, producing absinthe could be very dangerous. As noted by another ABer, it is available commercially.

i doubt it... common sense tells me that stuff is too expensive

Its possible to make it at home, but its important to do a proper distillation of the macerate. Im chemical engineer, so a good way to do it at home could be a packed quickfit unit with reflux and a condenser, heated at controlled temperature (increase temp slowly and mantain it when the first droplet comes out of the refrigeration unit). Do not use 96º or up alcohols, use homeopaty alcohol. Cheers!!!

Green Devil absinthe sells kits for you to make it at home. Since dude on here is all freaked saying real absinthe has to be distilled then it may not be true absinthe but I know it fucks you up and adds a different kind of buzz than other liquors. And I've had a lot I'm an alcoholic.

Of course. People make all sorts of chemicals in their homes. However, it might be more work than it is worth and you personally might not have the skills or equipment.