Malort: the liquor Chicago loves to hate

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2019
  • Malort: it's a Chicago thing people love (to hate). Sold as "medicinal" liquor during prohibition, today the bitter booze is a right of passage. Meet the people bringing the legendary spirit back to its hometown.

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  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My Chicago cousin sent a bottle of Malört to my wife and I in Reno at the beginning of Covid19™️ Quarantine. (sometime in April 2020)
    Me, my wife, and my wife’s uncle all took a shot and decided “this bottle is going to last us two years.”
    We ended up finishing it in a few hours and ordered two more bottles online for the following weekend. 🇺🇸

    • @LegendMathai
      @LegendMathai ปีที่แล้ว

      Gtfo. You ever heard of the bar Victorian Saloon in Sparks ? I used to get bottles of Malört delivered there all the time. Love me some shoe polish!!!

    • @TURBOMIKEIFY
      @TURBOMIKEIFY ปีที่แล้ว

      You DID NOT TM The Coof! 😂😂😂😂

  • @kellypedersen9896
    @kellypedersen9896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Malort: The Cure For Alcoholism. :)

  • @bored_in_chicago
    @bored_in_chicago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Malort: how to make your out-of-town friends hate you (or love you!)

    • @dntinker
      @dntinker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bored in Chicago I’m a transplant living in St. Louis, (thank you, military family) I gave my drummer a shot and he still hasn’t forgiven me.

    • @bored_in_chicago
      @bored_in_chicago 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Tinker hahaha the way to do it!

  • @SamChaneyProductions
    @SamChaneyProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Malort is genuinely delicious to me. It tastes like drinking an entire IPA in one shot, with hints of Ricola

    • @kushdog8
      @kushdog8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sorry sam, youre just wrong

    • @TURBOMIKEIFY
      @TURBOMIKEIFY ปีที่แล้ว

      Tasted like licorice when I tried it about 5-6 years ago. But spicy.

  • @BlackParadeMarcher1
    @BlackParadeMarcher1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i tell folks it tastes like what I imagine Pine-Sol tastes like, but i miss it and Chicago. Gimme that Chicago Handshake and we're all set

  • @nicappelhans224
    @nicappelhans224 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chase that shot with an Old Style and a Portillo’s chocolate cake shake, then a Jardiniere pizza from Little Frank’s on Cicero. Boom, that’s the best of Chicago in one nite.

  • @MegaSkullFREAK
    @MegaSkullFREAK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sweden here! The Swedish word for wormwood is malört. When we mix wormwood with vodka it's called aquavit. I wonder how it got lost in translation *.*

    • @krystalharris79
      @krystalharris79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aaaahh-ha moment! must be the wormwood that got me so so blind-wasted when a buddy & I downed some aquavit one time at an after-hours club - we could not remember how we made our way home! LOL

  • @JESUSfreak00
    @JESUSfreak00 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I luv malort!!! Chase with orange juice!😋I want some now!

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm annoyed that I have to drive all the way up to Illinois (from Alabama) to get this at all. But I'm gonna do it, one of these days!

  • @wilhelmh9495
    @wilhelmh9495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Är det som Bäska droppar?

  • @dntinker
    @dntinker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mmm Malort.

  • @Wombat32
    @Wombat32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Malort: when you want to unfriend someone to their face

  • @wildweedle6012
    @wildweedle6012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How many people buy a second bottle?

    • @lttfan9185
      @lttfan9185 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      all 4 of us

    • @platty9237
      @platty9237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I had the chance, I would gift them to family each year.

    • @hugodominguez9
      @hugodominguez9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve bought several.

    • @s3nsec0rruptr80
      @s3nsec0rruptr80 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can't count how many I've bought tbh

  • @rogerwilco5918
    @rogerwilco5918 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Father in law said " I dare you to drink this".
    I *will not* drink something someone dared me to drink.

  • @kristopherwood7521
    @kristopherwood7521 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been watching reactions and I'm reminded of Moxie soda. It either grows on you or it's bad memories. Maybe both. I'm curious enough to order some.

  • @shayd1984triton
    @shayd1984triton 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could this be used as a mixed drink? It obviously is unpleasant by itself.

  • @Ben-ix8hw
    @Ben-ix8hw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Malort: Taste like a Worthers Original, thats already been in an old guys mouth

  • @dannyfrog
    @dannyfrog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Malort: tonight's the night you fight your dad.

  • @jhonnysilverhand13
    @jhonnysilverhand13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Malort: the Chicago hatred condensed into liquid

  • @danielaculotta4846
    @danielaculotta4846 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yup

  • @KokNoker
    @KokNoker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thumbnail says "Faces of Chicago"
    But if we're talking about Malört, shouldn't it be "Feces of Chicago"?

  • @tonyfourpaws4511
    @tonyfourpaws4511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My first taste of Malort came from a friend i met here in Oregon. I actually like it. he was very suprised. It tastes like horrible whiskey mixed with tons of different teas.

    • @zedc6072
      @zedc6072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like that you said that you liked it but describe it as tasting like horrible whiskey

    • @tonyfourpaws4511
      @tonyfourpaws4511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zedc6072 I like that you obviously omitted parts of my statement so you could twist it to fit your narrative. you obvio1usly left out half of the information.
      \ mixed with tons of different teas.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @cactusmann5542
    @cactusmann5542 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont know what the hate on wormwood is all about- ive tried booze(vodka + herb) and tea of two varities(sweet annie and regular). 1- despite being in the same genus they taste nothing alike, 2 they are pretty damn good tasting if I do say so myself. Sweet annie ...is something in between angostura and centaury. Not exactly, but its kind of fruity. Plain wormwood has a stronk herbal note(and I do mean STRONK). Its more bitter, but also less high pitched, more of a strong but dull bitterness.
    Out of all the bitter herbs Ive tried....one that I didnt quite like was artichoke leaves. For some reason its...oily.

  • @TCrob
    @TCrob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm pretty sure that's just Summer's Eve in a liquor bottle

  • @richardbae9975
    @richardbae9975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    super curious about this. im from the Baltimore area too

    • @rogerwilco5918
      @rogerwilco5918 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Drive through downtown Baltimore with your mouth open, and that's what it tastes like

  • @matthowell8985
    @matthowell8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    they should do a back to the future reboot where Michael j fox goes back in the DeLorean to assassinate Carl jepsen the minute his foot touches American soil.

  • @rogerwilco5918
    @rogerwilco5918 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A lot of people don't know this, but God turned cat piss into Malort

  • @kevinkedzior8688
    @kevinkedzior8688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never had it. I'm just here for the comments.

  • @bassiehd
    @bassiehd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never heard of it, but my wife's cousin who lives near Chicago, says it tastes like drinking dirt.

    • @bex--
      @bex-- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rubberband comment the guy made is pretty accurate to me. The aftertaste just lingers for so long and gets progressively worse. Amazing party favor haha

  • @ZacLowing
    @ZacLowing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seriously?

  • @bleachno9
    @bleachno9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Carly Rae Jepson's Malort

  • @williambahrenfuss4961
    @williambahrenfuss4961 ปีที่แล้ว

    I pour my Malort in to a big glass , not a shot or double shot glass , larger glass , and big sip it throughout the night , then one more before bed. 😅😊

  • @zigman3105
    @zigman3105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It tastes like magnum 40 ounce beer mixed with bong water

  • @crunkamigo
    @crunkamigo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had a friend get married and one of my fellow groomsman brought this to the wedding and I actually took like 4 or 5 shots. I guess I just have poor taste

  • @pross6525
    @pross6525 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Today is a birthday prank my father gave me a shot of malort oh my God the worst drink I've ever had in my entire life I think after tonight I'm going to pass on the same practical joke to other people just to get their reaction definitely the kind of drink that if you don't want to drink drink this stuff I've had cough medicine that was better than this such a great prank to pull on friends and people that you don't like

  • @KaPPy83
    @KaPPy83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can't try to look hard then wear a Sesame Street shirt. 🤣

  • @trevordaines3351
    @trevordaines3351 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I tell people it's like cat piss, pine sol and gasoline

  • @jilliandancer25
    @jilliandancer25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE MALORT! Its sweet delicious poison!!!!

  • @Username-cb4fg
    @Username-cb4fg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dam that bartender needs a shower fast..

  • @HRDKOR1
    @HRDKOR1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how the woman at 1:27 knows how to do a shot better than her friend. Always tap that bar my friends....always tap that bar. Dude is going home alone tonight with those manners.

  • @badwrench13
    @badwrench13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kick your tongue in the balls.
    I actually rather like it. Have a shot before a meal and it really intensifies flavors.

  • @brittanyhoward8368
    @brittanyhoward8368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For one those are tiny glasses I was tricked into a double :'( also anyone that says they like this are either lying or a psychopath, tastes like stomach bile ,earwax, and badly made homemade whiskey

  • @randomrandolio
    @randomrandolio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Taste like trump tweets

  • @Shaggyshadric
    @Shaggyshadric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tastes like burnt plastic and gasoline

  • @platty9237
    @platty9237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wormwood? It can’t be worse than serpis, then. That’s like absinthe without the anise.

    • @bex--
      @bex-- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please get your hands on a bottle then. The aftertaste is wretched.

  • @michaelcap9550
    @michaelcap9550 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stick to Old Style.

  • @upperplaygrounds6913
    @upperplaygrounds6913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idk why it has a gold plastic cap it makes it look so cheap like seagrams or takka 😥😂i guess its suppose to

  • @johnstonejaxfldoxmebitch7388
    @johnstonejaxfldoxmebitch7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have never even heard of this shit. Sounds terrible.

  • @TURBOMIKEIFY
    @TURBOMIKEIFY ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like Malört. One of my friends thought he’d get me for my first time going to a bar after we got off of work around 10-11PM. He buys me a shot of Malört. He, the bartender and a few people around me were looking so hard at me. I take the shot, and their eyes light up waiting for my reaction. I pause, take in what I’m experiencing, and tell them, “Huh. This is interesting. I like it.”
    Them: 😐😳🫨🤯🫣😵‍💫🤢🤮