I just picked up this great bottle from Alandia. It’s Absenta Comas from the 1970’s. The bottle is in great condition with intact label and tax seal. It also has a metal collar around the lip of the bottle, which I haven’t seen before. This is a good bottle for collectors as the more absinthe becomes popular the more sought after and rare vintage bottles will become.

This is my most prized piece in my absinthe memorabilia collection. When absinthe was banned in France in 1915  Pernod Fils (the best and most well known of absinthes) moved their production to Tarragona, Spain where they continued producing until the early 1960’s.

This bottle is one of that vintage of Pernod Fils. As you can see it is a remarkable state of preservation. The label is almost perfect and the fill level is about 1/2 inch above the glass seal. The fill level is the best I’ve seen in any vintage absinthe. The Oxygenee website recently offered some of the same bottles for sale. Check out their website and compare the condtion of theirs to mine.

I´d love to see some more pictures of vintage absinthe bottles, whether they’re full or not. So if you have one, please post a picture of it for all to see.