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The Rise of Malört, an Unexpected Midwest princess

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79 points mooreds | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 14:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.304s | source
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TheAdamist ◴[20 Nov 24 17:12 UTC] No.42196052[source]▶
I happen to enjoy malort, so there's probably something wrong with me.

Malort has been seeing wider distribution recently, which i hear may due to a buyout a while ago. Their website lists distribution in Delaware, Maryland, DC, and randomly checking San Francisco shows availability as well.

No more having to visit Chicago to purchase it enables a lot more people to buy it and businesses to serve it.

The weird Chicago only malort variants do disturb me, but i would try them.

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1. mNovak ◴[20 Nov 24 17:55 UTC] No.42196498[source]▶
The variants are what worry me; it seems to defeat the purpose of a drink that built a reputation on being "unenjoyable" to make it more palatable while using the brand name for cachet.

All that to say, I tried barrel aged Malort -- it mellows down the flavor, so sure it's "better," but again what's the point? There are plenty of better tasting shots out there.