The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink
The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink
www.wbez.org The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink
Malört’s ascendancy happened more recently than you might think. And a lot of it comes down to one man.
“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.