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The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink

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Malört’s ascendancy happened more recently than you might think. And a lot of it comes down to one man.

The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink

“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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