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The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess

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Re: The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess

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I think Underberg is a good comp. The problem with Malort is not that its bitter or the flavor profile of it, its the _quality_ of the drink. Underberg is bitter but well made and it tells dramatically when drinking them side by side. Amaro's generally speaking are _very_ popular in Chicago. When I first moved here and was more of an out at bars type of person it was _extremely_ common to drink Amaro, especially at t…

Unicum might be another good comparable, that's actually good if you like that sort of thing? You want something that I think really is so bad that I have trouble imagining it's not just a novelty challenge drink -- and yet I think it's not and some people really do like it -- while even sticking to Nordic region (they like some weird stuff).... https://koskenkorva.com/en/koskenkorva-salmiakki "Salty" licorice is a m…

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Re: The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess

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The burnt rubber flavor does grow on you. Kinda like how black coffee is a bit of an acquired taste.

From what I am reading Malort sounds like a bad combo between a disgusting smokey scotch* and Fernet, a liquor that tastes the way a public mens bathroom smells like on a hot day when chilled. And you compare that to black coffee? Shame on you.

Malort tastes like extremely bitter grapefruit peel to me.

I also love my scotch as peaty as possibly. So most likely my taste buds are broken.

Fernet is dark and very herbally from my recollection.

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