No, one doesn't swig it from the bottle.

Although absinthe was originally used as a digestive to settle the stomach, it is forever linked to artists such as Van Gogh, Picasso, Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde and Toulouse-Lautrec. The most popular drink of the late 19th century, the potent mixture of carefully distilled alcohol steeped herbs has a taste of anise and a hint of an herbal/licorice mix. Both romanticized and maligned, it became a symbol of decadence and soon a scapegoat for the social and political ills of the period, leading to its ultimate prohibition. A modern absinthe revival began about 10 years ago.

French Selections. com offers some very nice absinthe ware (fountain, glass, spoons) for those craving a change from the old two-four of Canadian.