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For popular liqueur Malört, a New York Times profile

Rob Beschizza
Nov 20, 2024
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If Malört tasted as cool as it sounded, we'd all be in heaven. For now, Chicago will have to do!

Malört is, in one word, unforgiving. Made from neutral spirits, wormwood and sugar, it tastes a little like sucking dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires. It is also kind of good. Intensely bitter, it's herbaceous and a touch…

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