Malört is, in one word, unforgiving. It tastes a little like sucking dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires. It is also... kind of good. The divisive yet beloved liquor, once available only in Chicago, has gained devotees nationally. nyti.ms/4eOGy2u - ThreadSky

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Malört is, in one word, unforgiving. It tastes a little like sucking dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires. It is also... kind of good. The divisive yet beloved liquor, once available only in Chicago, has gained devotees nationally. https://nyti.ms/4eOGy2u

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jailerkey.bsky.social•100 days ago

It tastes like tree bark to me

j-alfred-prufrock.bsky.social•100 days ago

Mmmmmmmm….poison

delaminated.bsky.social•100 days ago

Born and lived in Chicago my entire nearly-fifty years, including ten of them with a raging alcohol abuse problem, and still have never once felt compelled to try that Chicago transplant, marketing creation, *cough*, I mean, "tradition".

mizbol.bsky.social•100 days ago

It is bile flavored liquer. I would rather drnk straight from the Chicago sewer. I am actually being generous.

christopherquirk.bsky.social•100 days ago

Unicum. Not the crappy, compromised US version, Zwack. Unicum.

drcockasaurus.bsky.social•100 days ago

The line cook/ bartender holy trinity is rumpleminz, malort and fernet

anders67.bsky.social•100 days ago

That's Swedish christmas snaps. Or midsummer snaps...or easter...lol. We drink malört but it's hard to down more than 1 or 2 shots as it tends to be kind of bitter.

derwen.bsky.social•100 days ago

My sense is its "fans" are gagging "ironically".

adro64.bsky.social•100 days ago

The best part about it getting a reputation is it gives me an easy party trick every time it shows up. Shit’s tasty in moderation but everyone acts like it’s straight poison.

strontelius.bsky.social•100 days ago

We make our own at Christmas. Bäsk. It's the best.

toddwitt.bsky.social•100 days ago

I will never understand how this is even a "thing" - I grew up in Chicago and bartended in Chicago for years (in the 90s) and Malort wasn't even known or stocked or what have you. It simply didn't exist at most bars. When did this become a so-called tradition or whatever it is now?

fripperskitter.bsky.social•100 days ago

wicker park circa 2005

toddwitt.bsky.social•100 days ago

That tracks.

fripperskitter.bsky.social•100 days ago

the old polish bars down the street from the empty bottle were probably ground zero

toddwitt.bsky.social•100 days ago

LOL I can picture that. I loved those days. :)

djtalia.bsky.social•100 days ago

[email protected] @thegoldenratio4.bsky.social and Ingo, who's bluesky account I don't know.

nomoretwitta.bsky.social•100 days ago

Malurt is the norwegain word for "Artemisia absinthium" or wormwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_absinthium

yokiedoke.bsky.social•100 days ago

Drinking Malört is closer to torture than anything else.

ginamurf.bsky.social•100 days ago

Malört… 🥃 : kick your mouth in the nuts
Truth is, it tastes like petrol & will rip out your stomach lining if not that night, then the next day 🤣
Best drank only when brilliantly blind drunk with friends & trust me, you’ll never drink it again… 😉 you’re welcome x

evie-e-e.bsky.social•100 days ago

Learned about Malort from How to Drink, thank you Greg!

shimbondrn.bsky.social•100 days ago

The only reason Malört still exists is so that Chicagoans can have a rite of passage. Nothing about this gilded sludge connotes happiness or pleasure.

constancereid.bsky.social•100 days ago

It's kind of touristy thing too. Saw a downtown bartender encouraging a bunch of young out-of-towers to try it. It is, let's say, memorable.

philosophicalfloss.bsky.social•100 days ago

As someone who has worked in the bar industry for a long time, few things hit better than a shot of malort after a tough shift. It's like it shocks you back to life

bravodiscourse.bsky.social•100 days ago

"a straw made of car tires" and "kind of good" in the same breath is soooo 😩

dougdoctor.bsky.social•100 days ago

I’ve still managed to not experience Malört. 🤔

constancereid.bsky.social•100 days ago

Mallort: Think 'medicinal taste' if the medicine was ipecac.

tophr.org•100 days ago

bruminski.bsky.social•100 days ago

For a drink so many people claim to detest, Malort gets talked about a lot. A friend who tried it for the first time this weekend said he loved it. He described the flavor as being similar to dried Italian black olives.

sveur.bsky.social•100 days ago

In Norway, we say that you have to be careful and not get malört in your cup, as it will ruin your pleasure, and I think that's beautiful

herrflick.bsky.social•100 days ago

Smolk i bägaren in Swedish

nettel0825.bsky.social•100 days ago

Mallort tastes like someone juiced a grapefruit, let it sit in a rusty tin can for six months, then strained it through a used gym sock. It’s the liquid embodiment of regret.

brendancain.bsky.social•100 days ago

Malort tastes like your kissing a corpse with a tuna sandwich stuffed in its mouth.

brendancain.bsky.social•100 days ago

*you’re

heckuhhhhh.bsky.social•100 days ago

I have never drank the stuff but friends of mine that do act like it’s an alcoholic version of a polar bear plunge. Like it fortifies the spirit and fosters mental toughness.

constancereid.bsky.social•100 days ago

And then everybody slaps each other on the back and hope their balls will drop back.

solenya.bsky.social•100 days ago

Fernet is the Malört of South Florida.

edc24.bsky.social•100 days ago

It’s like a combo of gasoline and paint thinner. 0/10 do not recommend :)

annamarum.bsky.social•100 days ago

Disappointed that you weren't quoted for this article @scoooooot.bsky.social

lamsoyd.bsky.social•100 days ago

I was consulted

irritablebaby.bsky.social•100 days ago

I have the barrel aged bottle for shock and awe

silkyweineck.bsky.social•100 days ago

the queen is Besk

blazefugina.bsky.social•100 days ago

It is not "kind of good."

monsterjack76.bsky.social•100 days ago

It tastes like someone wiped their ass with a dirty gym sock then filtered their weak old piss through said sock.

thatgirlloops.bsky.social•100 days ago

Had this for first time and it’s def an acquired experience..

djfry.bsky.social•100 days ago

Y’all are soft. This isn’t nearly as bad as most of the stuff I drank as a broke college student back in the day.

housegeekchicago.bsky.social•100 days ago

Don't believe them, not close to tasting good.

zig.cool•100 days ago

It’s a gift from the gods.

dahla1973.bsky.social•100 days ago

"Welcome" to this polarizing Swedish spice. So bitter it was used in the book of Revelation to poison the rivers of the world. Now in your shot glass. But hey, they are really hard to get drunk on - very few can drink many. Or one

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