I got caught up in the Absinthe hype a few years ago and decided to try it and did a little research. Ended up buying a pair of crystal mixing glases and the spoon. Bought some Absinthe that had great reviews and was not cheap. The bottle reads EXTRAIT D'ABSINTHE, 68*,QUALITE' SUPERIEURE, NOUVELLE-ORLEANS, L'ESPRIT du VIEUX CARRE. The set was about 200 bucks. Ya know what, I can't stand the stuff <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" /> . Now it's a party favor that I try to pawn off on friends when they have allready had too much to know better <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/loopy.gif" alt="" />. I don't think it goes bad, sitting there, but then you couldn't tell anyway.