Out in Utah of all places, if you can believe it, there was a liquor store had a whole aisle dedicated to absinthe. My mom lives there, and got a couple bottles which are OK. But after two bottles from a German company, one containing another well known "herb" thrown in for effect? that was 80%, they were kinda weak sauce. I don't know if it were the brands or the lack of thujone, but I'm still sticking with the European stuff.
There was even a variant with a kind of coffee flavor and some weird red kind I got my friend that resembled cough syrup, good for mixing though. I think it was brewed with some kind of flowers and whatnot. Absinthe is definitely more fun than dirty martinis.