Personally I like most anything Ted Breaux distills. He makes the Jade liqueurs brand in the Combier distillery in France. Old antique alambics and he is an engineer who reverse engineered the pre-ban recipes. Combier makes their own stuff on the side as well. LaFee is decent for a mass produced absinthe, but they use some coloring and whatnot that Jade doesn't (at least they did the last time I had any), and they are really popular. Their branding is a little cheeky in my opinion, but the Parisian is palatable and better than several that I've had for more money.
The one I've been drinking most recently is some Jade 1901, which is one he reverse engineered from pre-ban pernod fills. I like it a lot. If you want a heavier herbal finish then the edouard is the most in your face he makes. The Verte suisse is a good middle ground, and is not quite a blanche but not has heavy as a Verte. I actually use blanche de fougerolles to clean my pipes. Not bad but not great. I've had some Austrian ones that added cinnamon which I thought were OK but not something I'm really into.
I'm definitely interested in hearing what other guys like though, as I fell out of it for a while and am sure that there is some other good stuff I've never had the opportunity to try as of yet.
