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In The News: Popular Swedish-Inspired Spirit Will Make You Cringe

If you’re a glutton for punishment, Jeppson’s Malört is the spirit for you.

Swedish immigrant Carl Jeppson started producing this pungent wormwood spirit in the 1930s in Chicago. While the distillery now is based in Florida, Malört is a popular drink of choice in Chicago. It has gained a lot of attention in national publications for its uniquely terrible and overwhelming taste. Vine Pair even associated Malört fans as possibly having masochist tendencies in an article earlier this week.

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