“He said [it] tasted like that junk drawer that everybody has in their kitchen, and that just seemed so insane to me,” Mechling said. The idea that a drink could be so off-putting seemed improbable, but as soon as Mechling tasted it, he knew the description wasn’t an exaggeration.
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I’ll have another!
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Curious City is probably my favorite segment on WBEZ, they’ve been putting out some great content recently(see the slice joint piece). This was a good primer on Malört.
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At one point I heard it was a bit like the flavors in bitters. Does that hold seem accurate?
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Malört is a really unpleasant thing you do when out-of-towners are visiting, because it’s a “Chicago experience” that they can’t miss. Like going to Navy Pier.
