"How much is Absinthe?" is a complicated question to answer since it all depends on the producer and the sort of Absinthe. On shoppersvineyard www.myabsinthe.com, an American website their cheapest Absinthe was Green Moon Absinthe and Vodka at $29.99, the "Lucid" label of Absinthe from the famous distillery of Ted Breaux was on special offer at $51.99 and their most costly Absinthe was St George Spirits Absinthe Verte at $73.99.

TheDrinkshop.com, a British business sell Absinthes from all over the world and have 32 different kinds and fashions of Absinthe available on their site. Prices vary from £30 -£53 for a 750ml bottle, the equivalent of about $60-100. their lowest priced brand is Pere Kermanns and their most costly is Sebor.

As you can see, Absinthe is fairly an expensive liquor in comparison to other alcoholic beverages like wine and fermented alcohol just like beer and cider.

How much is Absinthe if one makes it using a kit?

Because bottled Absinthe is costly plus because of legislation in a few countries, many people are interested in making their own Absinthe from a kit they can purchase online.

There are different kits available. Some kits present you with herbs you should steep while others give you herbs that you have to mix with alcohol after which filter after a couple of days.

The kit available from Green Devil contains two blends of herbs, a principal blend plus a finishing blend, muslin bags for infusing the herbs, their particular micron filtering method, a pamphlet that contains instructions and data and two bottle labels. The kit consists of enough herbs to produce 2 liters of Absinthe and also the herbs consist of wormwood, hyssop, calamus, anise and fennel together with others.

Utilizing their standard kit, you can create 2 liters of Absinthe for $34.95 with a thujone content of 70-90mg.

Yet another way of developing Absinthe in your own home is to use Absinthe essences. AbsintheKit.com sell essences which are created using real Absinthe herbs, such as wormwood, aniseed and fennel, and high tech co2 distillation so that the work is done for you. All you have to do is mix the essence by using a neutral alcohol like Everclear or vodka and there it is, your very own Green Fairy!

The essences from AbsintheKit.com are top-quality and are exactly the same essences that they sell to the Absinthe industry. You can buy a 20ml essence for $3.95 ($4.95 for the Strong 55) or you can buy a kit for $29-39. A 20ml bottle of essence is likely to make a 750ml bottle of Absinthe plus a kit makes 14 bottles. The kit includes your chosen essence, artistic bottle labels along with a measure for the essence.

Essences on offer are ::-

- Absinthe Classics Essence - This makes traditional "verte" or green Absinthe.

- White Absinthe - This essence produces a premium Swiss style clear or La Bleue Absinthe which louches beautifully.

- Orange Absinthe - This makes an incredibly different Absinthe with a yellow-orange color as well as an orange taste which comes from all natural orange oil.

- Strong 55 Absinthe - This essence makes a stronger and more bitter Absinthe because of its higher concentration of wormwood. Perfect for those who love the wormwood taste.

The first three essences create Absinthe which has a thujone content of 35mg per 750ml bottle as well as the Strong 55 makes one by having an thujone content of 55mg.

The essences are shipped around the world and therefore are simple to use, see AbsintheKit.com for details and instructions.

How much is Absinthe depends on whether you're getting commercially made bottled Absinthe or creating it from a kit. Probably the most economical way is to use essences.