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The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess

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79 points mooreds | 6 comments | 20 Nov 24 14:48 UTC | HN request time: 1.124s | source | bottom
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whalesalad ◴[20 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42194752[source]▶
We had a bottle or two in our FarmLogs (yc12) office. Would bring it out once in a while to celebrate something, and would always snag a noobie or intern to fall for the trap.
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terminalbraid ◴[20 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42194758[source]▶
Neat. What was the trap?
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1. chasil ◴[20 Nov 24 15:36 UTC] No.42194812[source]▶
It tastes like roadkill soaked in turpentine.
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2. tptacek ◴[20 Nov 24 15:38 UTC] No.42194837[source]▶
It's not just that it tastes bad. Elisir Novasalus tastes bad. Lots of things taste bad. Malort tastes like something you are not supposed to be drinking; like solvents, like something leaking out of the engine of a car. Not in a good way. It tastes like a bad product.
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3. BobaFloutist ◴[20 Nov 24 15:48 UTC] No.42194986[source]▶
I mean if you're not a heavy drinker, most liquor tastes like a solvent.
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4. dh2022 ◴[20 Nov 24 20:53 UTC] No.42198002{3}[source]▶
I am not a heavy drinker, and I absolutely enjoy all sorts of liquors: cognacs, whiskeys, vodkas, gins, etc... None of these taste like solvent.
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5. BobaFloutist ◴[21 Nov 24 16:13 UTC] No.42205781{4}[source]▶
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
6. whalesalad ◴[21 Nov 24 20:06 UTC] No.42208061{4}[source]▶
malort definitely does lol

tastes like something you would pour into a chainsaw with that perfect 50:1 ratio of gas to oil.