how do i find were i can buy it i live in north carolina

I’ll second on the Combier Blanchette. It’s quite nice. The Duplais Blanche was also very good.

Also, these are my two favorites.

It’s been rather “trendy” here for quite a while.

Not all of us (Americans) are total idiots, FYI.

So you actually distill the whole soup of wormwood, hyssop, anise & star anise, fennel seed, lemon balm aka melissa etc. Without filtering it first?

Why would you need to filter the stuff if you’re going to distill it?

Because the density of that soup & size of the still plays a major role considering the fact that Alcohol vaporizes before water does.
PS. Just using my common sense. I am not a distiller!
However back in Europe I’ve seen them do that when the soup was to dense. Plus even some of the old instructions indicate filtering after the soup had time to ferment. With yields 12% alcohol.
Now for the record when I said filtering I meant just light threw perforated funnel. Not filtration proses.

Also not to get you confused with 12% Alcohol.
I have an old Moonshine recipe from Moldova and there is an attachment to how to make According to the list of ingredients Absinthe. And the proses Starts with Step 1 making Alcohol and Absinthe Ingredients are added between 6-14 day ferment proses.
That’s what confusing me because every recipe out there indicates just add 120-140 proof alcohol with water & ingredients in some days turn on the still & call in a Day!

Filtering a liquid has absolutely no effect on its density unless you’re using a filter that has molecular-sized pores.