There is a website of Malört quotes “Malört. Because tonight’s the night you’re gonna fight your dad” is my personal favorite. I’ve often said that it tastes like distilled sadness.
Malort, how to kick your mouth in the balls! Malort, when you want to unfriend someone IN PERSON. Malort, what soap washes its mouth out with. and maybe the best thing is the delivery truck with Malort ad on the side, and the tag line at the bottom "Do Not Enjoy. Responsibly"
Actually the creator of it sold it door to.door as if it were medicine to avoide police. It's so bitter because the creator's taste buds were damaged and it needed it to be strong to taste it.
Pharmaceuticals were permitted during Prohibition, which is why Angostura bitters are still served at Nelsen's on Washington Island, WI. Got themselves classified as a pharmacy dispensing tonics for stomach ailments.
An interesting Prohibition fact: Irish whiskey was extremely popular before Prohibition, but because of all the rotgut sold as Irish whiskey, Scotch surpassed it in popularity in America for years afterwards. Irish only caught back up in the 2000s.
@@timanderson2515 Not sure about the South Side. It's popular in the Swedish areas like Andersonville. I tended bar in a neighborhood place up there and two old guys would drink the stuff. I drank a shot once just to find out what it was and it is too foul to describe.
I hadn't even heard of Malort previously and when I searched for what it tastes like, I found quotes such as: "gasoline on the rocks with a twist of regret" "pencil shavings and depression" "starts off as grapefruit and honey, but with an aftertaste of gasoline, earwax, and bug spray"
Such a fantastic game, I played through every route trading with the locals as the Prince in disguise. So many unique stories depending on which one you romance through trading with their father. Thank you for an important part of my youth. (I heard a rumor Jack Black played the flute for the OST Ciara was talking about and went uncredited...Is that true?)
Malört means moth herb and it’s the Swedish name for wormwood. Back in the day it was hung in cloths cabinet to keep moths away hence the name. The worm wood needs to be dried and aged in a special way. My dad made his own Malört or Besk as it’s called in my province and and he would dry it in our kitchen so the smell of wormwood is a smell of my childhood.
@@upinarms79 I’ve never had Jeppson. But I’ve had proper Besk on many occasions and I’ve been surprised at the reaction from people. It is bitter yes, the name Besk literally means bitter. But not in a bad way and and not worse than others bitter spirits. when dried and cured properly wormwood has a nice herbal flavour like a mix of tarragon, sage and thyme.
@@isakrynell8771 The real stuff is similar to vermouth, but not as strong as something like absinthe, and if you like more bitter, herbal things with the taste of wormwood and anise, then it's fine. Jeppson's is just cheaply-made hooch. It's kind of like if you took real bäsk, filtered it through a dirty old sock, then drank it directly out of a rusty gasoline can.
I was in Chicago the weekend after St. Patrick's Day last year. It was only my second time in the city. My first stop was Chief O'Neill's Pub. I got to chatting with a lady at the bar next to me. She asked me if I had ever tried Malört. When I said I hadn't, she asked the bartender for two shots. He had to go down into the basement to get it, which was my first clue that it wasn't just any drink and not a lot of people order it. I started with a small sip and then shot the rest. I remember two things about that exact moment: the first was thinking it didn't taste that bad, and the second was the look of amazement on her face that I wasn't disgusted at it.
The creator of Malört reputedly had destroyed his taste buds and this drink was the only thing he could taste. There's also a rumor that it was the only alcohol legally allowed to be made in Chicago during Prohibition because it was decided it had to be medicinal, as nobody would drink it for pleasure.
It’s just what we in Swede would call “Besk” isn’t it? And I guess he brought it over after immigrating to the US? 😅 (old)people over here still drink it for pleasure. My grandma is one of them. She’s failed getting her grandchildren to drink it with her. 🤣
@@RaXXha from what I understand, besk is made with a number of botanicals, including juniper and spices. Malört would be if you replaced all the other botanicals with wormwood, then doubled the wormwood. It's very one-note, very potent.
The distillery's website has the quote "Jeppson skirt[ed] federal regulation given the recurring conclusion by law enforcement that nobody would drink his concoction recreationally."
@@kevinronske9894Malört specifically is from Chicago. it's an American brand of bäsk, and bäsk is a type of brännvin. Source: I have two bottles of Malört and a bottle of Swedish bäsk in my Logan Square apartment
@@kevinronske9894 Carl Jeppson, a Swedish immigrant to Chicago, introduced Malört to Chicago. But is seems like there was an french doctor, Pierre Ordinaire, who created Malört for digestive purposes so the origin is french.
@@hariseldon2450 Thanks for that.I want to try Swedish glog.My dad had relatives in Andersonville in Chicago.He said it would "warm" you up in the Winter.
@@kevinronske9894 We drink mulled wine especially at Christmas. It's like spiced red, heated wine. Pretty sure Glögg is served in most Swedish homes this holiday.
YES!! As a Chicagoan, I've been waiting for this one for EVER!! (Also, I'm happy to say that I am in the 1% that actually would drink Malört WILLINGLY)
I was wondering if there was anyone here who likes it! I live in NC, and my friends had some to pass around. Everyone was retching and laughing at their own folly, and when I tasted it, I was like, "Huh. Not bad. Kinda nice!" So something's obviously wrong with my tastebuds.
Considering how much Justine and Ciara like absinthe, I’m intrigued that they hadn’t heard of Malort. Besides anise, it is the most prominent flavor of absinthe. It’s what makes absinthe naturally green in hue. It’s from the wormwood, which is what the flavor is in Malort.
This is the best description I’ve heard about that vile stuff. “It’s like gasoline was gargled in garbage, set on fire and then a rat took a shit in it and it rotted from there.”
Wow, that sounds like how it smelled whenever I would pass this large building on my way to work in downtown Chicago. I thought it was a trash incinerator, but maybe it was just the Malört factory... 🤔
I have waited so long for you guys to do this. Being from the Chicagoland area, we enjoy seeing people's first reaction to malort. Ifykyk. But the correct way to have a shot of malort is to do a "chicago handshake." You take a shot of malort and chug a old style beer. I wanna find a way to send you guys a care packing. You guys helped me through covid.
Woo! We got an Aunt Roberta shout-out! The *only* cocktail my Grandmother spat out and insisted we were trying to kill her (no, you old bat, if we were going to do that we'd do it with style and grenadine...)
I had Malort at a wedding last weekend and I thought it tasted like someone melted an orange Hot Wheels track into a glass. Big, BIG burnt plastic taste. One-of-a-kind experience and I'm not gonna lie, I had four shots. By the fourth, my palate was adjusting to the assault and I actually pulled out some sweet notes. Is this product horrible? Yes. Would I have it again? Fuck yes. YOLO in a glass.
Yes, growing up in Chicago area, been waiting for this. Note to everyone: it's disgusting but the handshake is nostalgic. We used to have contests to see if you can make it not disgusting. It's wormwood, but this and that horrid mustard liquor (Eye of Newt?), such a tradition.
In Sweden we had this excuse of calling many liqueurs "medicinal" and infused them with hella lot of herbs. Most of them bitter since that was the correct taste of medicines. Often as digestif after dinner. Ironically, I go for gammeldansk mostly, "old Danish" rather than our Swedish brands 🤷
I was in Chicago for a concert in 2019, I was staying above a bar and the bartender found out I had never had Malort and bought me a shot of it. He was very disappointed when I didn't make a face taking the shot of it.
"Malört! Well, these pants aren't going to $#!+ themselves..." (greetings from Chicago!) Try this of you who enjoy grapefruit in warmer weather. It is called The Bitter End. 3 ounces Malört! 1 1/2 ounces fresh squeezed lime juice 1 16.9 ounce can Stiegl Radler To garnish: grapefruit slices lime slices, fresh mint Combine ingredients over ice. Mix. Garnish. Enjoy.
If Chicago liquor stores had a Novelty section, this would be in it. It’s the kind of stuff you bring to a football tailgate for a laugh. The aftertaste takes a while and is reminiscent of Pine Sol cleaner.
From the Jeppson Malort webpage: 1920s:Carl Jeppson begins producing his “bäskbrännvin” (a traditional Swedish-style of bitters) and sells it as a “medicinal” product that rid its imbibers of stomach worms and other parasites in the body. Jeppson skirts federal regulation given the recurring conclusion by law enforcement that nobody would drink his concoction recreationally.
I had to google the liquor 'cause I didn't know what it was. Malört is a wormwood liqueur from Chicago. It is based on a Swedish liqueur called Bäsk which is mostly flavored with wormwood but may include other botanicals. Malört only uses wormwood and as a result is fairly one-note, that note being bitter.
I just flew from Chicago to Dublin to visit all week and the entire time I was wondering "but have they ever tried Malort, because I wanna see their Malort faces"
I’m from Chicago and I can say from an extensive personal study, it tastes like rubber bands and aspirin poured through a homeless man’s sock. And sadness. And yet….
I have never seen anyone drink Malort so calmly o.O even the people who hated it here were way more chill than any fellow American I've seen try it and I'm including myself here 😅
I absolutely love Justine Stafford's accent, and Daragh also has that wonderful Irish accent. Always a plus when they're in the videos. I had never heart of Malort, and after this video I doubt I'll be looking for it in my favourite liquor store.
Malort is part of the initiation of new members at many a deer hunting camp in the US Midwest, particularly in Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Never dared melody when I lived near Chicago ,glad I missed it by all reports. Good on you all for even taking the chance. Excellent to see Justine again. Nice Guinness jumper
It's very simple to make your own Besk/Malört if you want to try it. 1. Buy a bottle of vodka (nonflavoured) 2. Get hold of some wormwood 3. Let the wormwood dry for a few weeks. 4. Take a branch/piece of the dried wormwood and put it in the bottle of vodka. 5 Leave the wormwood in the vodka for an hour. 6. Congratulations! You have made your own besk.
I suspect the incarnation you got is the one that is the reformulation. It's actually more pleasant than the original. That one should have been labeled for external use only.
Oh man... now I'm curious what the original one tastes like. I didn't like it, but was able to drink it. There was a Chinese liquor of some sort my brother in law ordered in japan.. that one beat me. I couldn't drink it, it tasted like burnt rotten soy sauce.
Malort! My favorite! In chicago, Malort's homeland, they infuse it with all sorts of horrible things haha - I was hoping you would be trying the infusions too!
SO GLAD to see Justine & Daraghan!!! Loving Ciara & Dermot!!! ❤❤❤ Blaithe & Paddy are a great pair as well!! ❤️❤️❤️ Please forgive the misspelling of names 😊
It's quite nice if you pair it with soda (seltzer) with a twist of citrus- I prefer orange (very similar to a Campari and soda). It's quite a lot like many Italian or Swiss bitter herbals available.
When Colin was being secretive and then seeing Justine in the video, I thought this was going to be the durian whisky. BTW: not a joke, it actually exists.
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There is a website of Malört quotes
“Malört. Because tonight’s the night you’re gonna fight your dad” is my personal favorite.
I’ve often said that it tastes like distilled sadness.
A poster for Malört in my local bar says "these pants aren't going to shit themselves." 🤣
Best I’ve heard is “it tastes like pencil shavings and disappointment”
These rival the Guinness signs in popularity, so it seems
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Malort, how to kick your mouth in the balls!
Malort, when you want to unfriend someone IN PERSON.
Malort, what soap washes its mouth out with.
and maybe the best thing is the delivery truck with Malort ad on the side, and the tag line at the bottom "Do Not Enjoy. Responsibly"
Malort was not prohibited under prohibition because the government sampled it and decided nobody would ever drink it for enjoyment.
Actually the creator of it sold it door to.door as if it were medicine to avoide police. It's so bitter because the creator's taste buds were damaged and it needed it to be strong to taste it.
Pharmaceuticals were permitted during Prohibition, which is why Angostura bitters are still served at Nelsen's on Washington Island, WI. Got themselves classified as a pharmacy dispensing tonics for stomach ailments.
An interesting Prohibition fact: Irish whiskey was extremely popular before Prohibition, but because of all the rotgut sold as Irish whiskey, Scotch surpassed it in popularity in America for years afterwards. Irish only caught back up in the 2000s.
That and influence of JFK's daddy Joe
"It can't be that bad." Oh, Dermot. My sweet summer child. Chicagoans use this to weed out the weak.
Was thinking that was heading to "weed the sidewalks". Well that too - both are valid
Go to any dive bar in Chicago. Or just the south side and you'll find old drunks drinking this straight. It's enough to frighten your soul.
@@timanderson2515 Not sure about the South Side. It's popular in the Swedish areas like Andersonville. I tended bar in a neighborhood place up there and two old guys would drink the stuff. I drank a shot once just to find out what it was and it is too foul to describe.
…hence why Ciara didn't react to it. 😆
@@John_Weiss that makes perfect sense
I hadn't even heard of Malort previously and when I searched for what it tastes like, I found quotes such as:
"gasoline on the rocks with a twist of regret"
"pencil shavings and depression"
"starts off as grapefruit and honey, but with an aftertaste of gasoline, earwax, and bug spray"
I personally think it tasted like dandelions, I liked it
Really, and how would they know that other than putting those things in their mouth(ses).
Whiskey aged in a used pencil sharpener is how I usually describe it.
I've always said it tastes like bugs spray and regret.
Lavender hand soap and bug spray 🤢
I was part of the development team on A Prince Goes To The Market 1 and 2. Thanks for the shoutout!
Such a fantastic game, I played through every route trading with the locals as the Prince in disguise. So many unique stories depending on which one you romance through trading with their father. Thank you for an important part of my youth.
(I heard a rumor Jack Black played the flute for the OST Ciara was talking about and went uncredited...Is that true?)
@Wayzor_ Can you give us a link to it? It's not even coming up in Google searches.
Level 27 when you have to go and conquer all the baddies at Old Trafford is a lot of fun. One of the best 10 levels for sure.
i actually wish i knew what game she was on about
@@chaver28Might be King's Quest.
Oh Lordy, when Irish people sip a spirit and go "Oh Gaaawwwwd", the rest of us back quietly out of the room. 😊
And that´s the shit we drink for shits and giggles in Scandinavia.
"You impish little prick"
Oh, Ciara, never change.
and the towelsed hair is working for her as well
So funny….literally had to pause the video from laughter…..then listened to her five more times…..
@@davewhitmore1958tousled?
@@LindaC616 If you like, I've seen it spelled both ways
@@davewhitmore1958 lol, not in an English dictionary, you haven't. Nice try
Justine nailed it with the grapefruit comparison. Pairing Malört with anything grapefruit flavored is the easiest way to soften it.
As a native Chicagoan, I have been eagerly waiting for this episode for a loooooong time.
I'm from Minneapolis, but my Chicago friends definitely are the ones who made me try this stuff.
What goes into making malort?
Grew up in Chicago. Also been dreaming of this one.
Same here. I was waiting for this bad boy to make an entrance.
@@drewdrabik3620 pain and suffering mostly
"He's just going to be chewing on his own face forever." Wow that's a sentence!
If malört doesn't make an appearance in the next episode of drink roulette or mystery alcohol, there is no God
that's just despicable
I hope they do it :)
please have it in the roulette !!!!
Yes, please.
That way they have to drink the whole shot
Well there's not a god to begin with so...😅
Kudos to Daragh for Justine-ing it up alongside Justine for a Malörting of a time.
Malört means moth herb and it’s the Swedish name for wormwood. Back in the day it was hung in cloths cabinet to keep moths away hence the name. The worm wood needs to be dried and aged in a special way. My dad made his own Malört or Besk as it’s called in my province and and he would dry it in our kitchen so the smell of wormwood is a smell of my childhood.
The German name for wormwood is wermouth, which is a famous strong drink.
Wormwood is also used in absinthe.
Whatever your dad made was probably infinitely better than Jeppson's. Jeppson's is sort of the Miller Lite of bäsk.
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I’ve never had Jeppson. But I’ve had proper Besk on many occasions and I’ve been surprised at the reaction from people. It is bitter yes, the name Besk literally means bitter. But not in a bad way and and not worse than others bitter spirits. when dried and cured properly wormwood has a nice herbal flavour like a mix of tarragon, sage and thyme.
@@isakrynell8771 The real stuff is similar to vermouth, but not as strong as something like absinthe, and if you like more bitter, herbal things with the taste of wormwood and anise, then it's fine. Jeppson's is just cheaply-made hooch. It's kind of like if you took real bäsk, filtered it through a dirty old sock, then drank it directly out of a rusty gasoline can.
@@isakrynell8771 it's strange, swedish has besk and bitter. German has herb and bitter. English bitter and bitter. It must be pungent and bitter.
I was in Chicago the weekend after St. Patrick's Day last year. It was only my second time in the city. My first stop was Chief O'Neill's Pub. I got to chatting with a lady at the bar next to me. She asked me if I had ever tried Malört. When I said I hadn't, she asked the bartender for two shots. He had to go down into the basement to get it, which was my first clue that it wasn't just any drink and not a lot of people order it. I started with a small sip and then shot the rest. I remember two things about that exact moment: the first was thinking it didn't taste that bad, and the second was the look of amazement on her face that I wasn't disgusted at it.
"I was in Chicago"..."not a lot of people order it." this is akin to claiming you were sunburnt at night.
Ah, the Chicago handshake.
You’re missing the Old Style shotgun chaser.
WHAT?
Smells like A grampop
It's that after taste, it's completely vile.
Good 'ol granny's backhand
Ciara and Dermot are great together! Real life friends banter so well... Theyre just so much fun to watch, no matter what theyre doing.
Malört...... the durian of booze.
Don't tell Justine
I wonder if someone has made liquor from fermented durian yet and if so, could we send them a bottle.
@@bamachine I think there is, but you can only get it in Asia if I'm not mistaken.
Whiskey Tribe tried making it.
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My favorite part of this comment is the “translate to English” underneath.
As a native Chicagoan who first encountered it 40+ years ago, I thank you for this. Mallort rocks.
Then you should know that nobody here in this city really drinks the stuff 😂
Det stavas Malört, inte Mallort. Även en inavlad jänkare borde fan veta det!
Det stavas Malört, inte Mallort. Även en inavlade jänkare borde fan veta det!
@@Cooler_By_The_Lakewe drink the shit out of it here in Rockford!!!!
The creator of Malört reputedly had destroyed his taste buds and this drink was the only thing he could taste. There's also a rumor that it was the only alcohol legally allowed to be made in Chicago during Prohibition because it was decided it had to be medicinal, as nobody would drink it for pleasure.
True that! It was recently featured in a Prohibition documentary.
It’s just what we in Swede would call “Besk” isn’t it? And I guess he brought it over after immigrating to the US? 😅 (old)people over here still drink it for pleasure. My grandma is one of them. She’s failed getting her grandchildren to drink it with her. 🤣
@@RaXXha from what I understand, besk is made with a number of botanicals, including juniper and spices. Malört would be if you replaced all the other botanicals with wormwood, then doubled the wormwood. It's very one-note, very potent.
"drinking for pleasure" ? Ha ha ha ha good one! ;)
The distillery's website has the quote "Jeppson skirt[ed] federal regulation given the recurring conclusion by law enforcement that nobody would drink his concoction recreationally."
my friend makes something called the "Oh god dear why"
It's equal parts Malort.
And Everclear.
It is an extremely well named drink.
I haven't watched the video just yet...but the title alone made me think, "Ooooh ... Nooooo..."
I just found it and immediately had to apologize in the comments.
As a Swede, i'm offended you haven't heard about Maaaalööööört!
Did it originate in Sweden or Andersonville in Chicago?
@@kevinronske9894Malört specifically is from Chicago. it's an American brand of bäsk, and bäsk is a type of brännvin.
Source: I have two bottles of Malört and a bottle of Swedish bäsk in my Logan Square apartment
@@kevinronske9894 Carl Jeppson, a Swedish immigrant to Chicago, introduced Malört to Chicago. But is seems like there was an french doctor, Pierre Ordinaire, who created Malört for digestive purposes so the origin is french.
@@hariseldon2450 Thanks for that.I want to try Swedish glog.My dad had relatives in Andersonville in Chicago.He said it would "warm" you up in the Winter.
@@kevinronske9894 We drink mulled wine especially at Christmas. It's like spiced red, heated wine. Pretty sure Glögg is served in most Swedish homes this holiday.
Oh boy...here we go. I've been waiting for this.
I do believe Paddy nailed it with explanation of how some things in food and drink absolutely require a companion to make them good
As someone from Chicago I say I am so very sorry.
Blame it on the Swedes.
YES!! As a Chicagoan, I've been waiting for this one for EVER!!
(Also, I'm happy to say that I am in the 1% that actually would drink Malört WILLINGLY)
I stand with you in that 1%. It's not a Chicago handshake if only one person is doing it.
I was wondering if there was anyone here who likes it! I live in NC, and my friends had some to pass around. Everyone was retching and laughing at their own folly, and when I tasted it, I was like, "Huh. Not bad. Kinda nice!" So something's obviously wrong with my tastebuds.
I love malört
Malört is Swedish for Wormwood.
Pure medicine 😊
Makes sense, considering that’s what it’s made of.
Considering how much Justine and Ciara like absinthe, I’m intrigued that they hadn’t heard of Malort. Besides anise, it is the most prominent flavor of absinthe. It’s what makes absinthe naturally green in hue. It’s from the wormwood, which is what the flavor is in Malort.
Malört is just straight up the swedish word for wormwood, so it's very aptly named.
This is the best description I’ve heard about that vile stuff.
“It’s like gasoline was gargled in garbage, set on fire and then a rat took a shit in it and it rotted from there.”
Yummy
@@colinmacvicar2507 Put some whipped cream on that and you got dessert.
Wow, that sounds like how it smelled whenever I would pass this large building on my way to work in downtown Chicago. I thought it was a trash incinerator, but maybe it was just the Malört factory... 🤔
Burnt pencil shavings with an eraser twist is how I'd describe it
I should go back and rewatch the video to see what others said about how it tastes
I love it when you guys find stuff I've never heard of. I'm getting cultured. Vicariously.
Welcome to Chicago 🤝
Any time Dermot says he can't finish a bit. He should be made to lick a spoon full of peanut butter.
Justine is so amazing. I could listen to her talking for hours and still be smiling. Such an Irish lass!
The best!
Someone should ask her, which is worse, Malort or Durian Fruit.
Look up her videos of her singing. You'd never guess it was her by the voice. She's quite good.
I was so malorting happy to see Stafford was back. ❤
Glad 2 See Justine Back
Inherited from Old Swedish malørt, malyrt, from Old Norse malurt. Equivalent to mal (“moth”) + ört (“herb”), from being used against moths 🦋🌿
I’m growing wormwood and the whole plant smells like cat turds on a tire fire. The deer won’t even go near it.
Fyi, it's just malört in swedish. The 'ø' is a danish character.
Justine and Daragh cracking me up with every way to use Malort in a sentence 😂
This was a segment of exquisite banter, a testimonial to audio and linguistic excellence ! Thank you all.
I have waited so long for you guys to do this. Being from the Chicagoland area, we enjoy seeing people's first reaction to malort. Ifykyk. But the correct way to have a shot of malort is to do a "chicago handshake." You take a shot of malort and chug a old style beer. I wanna find a way to send you guys a care packing. You guys helped me through covid.
I saw the title and gasped. Being from Chicago, I know this drink all too well. It is like a right of passage.
Former Chicagoan here. I clicked as soon as I saw Malort.
I feel like I’ve just licked a pancreas…hilarious 🤣
I was going to post the same. Made me snort-laugh on the train…still getting looks.
Although it's your gallbladder that makes bile, not your pancreas. Hopefully Dermot's better at anatomy when he goes on dates... 🤣
@@SarahRenz59 In that case, you two would make a great, yet unsatisfied, couple! Bile is made in the liver...
@@AFFL1CTED1 Gah, you're right. But in my defense it's stored in the gallbladder and when you barf up bile, that's usually where it's coming from.
Everyone else is commenting on how horrible it tastes, meanwhile Paddy kills the whole shot. Legend.
Tasting the first round, Paddy won the “idgaf anymore” face award today 🤣🤣🤣
I love how the word Malort is so interchangeable.
I’m glad the Tryers are having a Malorting good time😂🤣😃
Woo! We got an Aunt Roberta shout-out! The *only* cocktail my Grandmother spat out and insisted we were trying to kill her (no, you old bat, if we were going to do that we'd do it with style and grenadine...)
"We'd do it with style and grenadine" that's absolutely fabulous
I had Malort at a wedding last weekend and I thought it tasted like someone melted an orange Hot Wheels track into a glass. Big, BIG burnt plastic taste. One-of-a-kind experience and I'm not gonna lie, I had four shots. By the fourth, my palate was adjusting to the assault and I actually pulled out some sweet notes. Is this product horrible? Yes. Would I have it again? Fuck yes. YOLO in a glass.
You guys are the reason why I'm usually not sober on Monday evenings
I can relate! Laughed so hard at this Diet Soda shot out my nose!
I always just love how overwhelmingly positive Paddy Murphy is 😊
Yes, growing up in Chicago area, been waiting for this. Note to everyone: it's disgusting but the handshake is nostalgic. We used to have contests to see if you can make it not disgusting. It's wormwood, but this and that horrid mustard liquor (Eye of Newt?), such a tradition.
As a Chicagoan I was happy to see our state drink make it to Ireland glad you all got to experience the lovelyness of Malort
In Sweden we had this excuse of calling many liqueurs "medicinal" and infused them with hella lot of herbs. Most of them bitter since that was the correct taste of medicines. Often as digestif after dinner. Ironically, I go for gammeldansk mostly, "old Danish" rather than our Swedish brands 🤷
I was in Chicago for a concert in 2019, I was staying above a bar and the bartender found out I had never had Malort and bought me a shot of it. He was very disappointed when I didn't make a face taking the shot of it.
Because that's the only reason Chicagoans will buy visitors a shot. Just to see the reaction.
I had it once, I'm in Chicago, and it scarred me for life!!!!!!
Chicago tends to do that, doesn't it? 😉
The Joliet handshake. Ive been waiting for this!
"Malört! Well, these pants aren't going to $#!+ themselves..." (greetings from Chicago!)
Try this of you who enjoy grapefruit in warmer weather. It is called The Bitter End.
3 ounces Malört!
1 1/2 ounces fresh squeezed lime juice
1 16.9 ounce can Stiegl Radler
To garnish: grapefruit slices lime slices, fresh mint
Combine ingredients over ice. Mix. Garnish. Enjoy.
If Chicago liquor stores had a Novelty section, this would be in it. It’s the kind of stuff you bring to a football tailgate for a laugh. The aftertaste takes a while and is reminiscent of Pine Sol cleaner.
I still cant believe you have the budget to be able to have Xavier from X-men in your shoots !! Amazing how far you guys have come 😂😂
I was just thinking that he looks like James McAvoy! 😮
From the Jeppson Malort webpage: 1920s:Carl Jeppson begins producing his “bäskbrännvin” (a traditional Swedish-style of bitters) and sells it as a “medicinal” product that rid its imbibers of stomach worms and other parasites in the body. Jeppson skirts federal regulation given the recurring conclusion by law enforcement that nobody would drink his concoction recreationally.
Malört is the Swedish name for wormwood.
In Sweden we make our own malört. We take a sprig of wormwood and leave it in a bottle of vodka for a week.
this was Malorting fun to watch! Love those malortin' Tryers!
I've been waiting for this episode for over 2 years!
The pairings are really pairing !! ⏸️✌️💕
I had to google the liquor 'cause I didn't know what it was.
Malört is a wormwood liqueur from Chicago. It is based on a Swedish liqueur called Bäsk which is mostly flavored with wormwood but may include other botanicals. Malört only uses wormwood and as a result is fairly one-note, that note being bitter.
I just flew from Chicago to Dublin to visit all week and the entire time I was wondering "but have they ever tried Malort, because I wanna see their Malort faces"
I saw it at a bar in Galway!
It's about time. I love the stuff. A good drink with it is a "Streetervillian". It's a Boulevardier except Malört is used in place of Campari.
I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on a Try video so fast. Who the f&$k sent them Malort? This might be the evilest booze ever sent to Try!
No one sent us alcohol as those packages get denied by customs. But we managed to get a bottle ourselves! 😁
Thank you for being so mean to them as to make them drink Malort. I needed a lot of laughs this evening.
Dermot described precisely what I did in 1991 with my first shot. "Stomach Bile".
In Chicago, we drink it all the time. Alot of us like it. If you have an Old Style beer and malort we call that a Chicago handshake .
Malört and Old Style beer. The Chicago handshake. It tastes like your mouth got kicked in the balls.
What, no it's Memories of Grampops
I’m from Chicago and I can say from an extensive personal study, it tastes like rubber bands and aspirin poured through a homeless man’s sock. And sadness.
And yet….
I have never seen anyone drink Malort so calmly o.O even the people who hated it here were way more chill than any fellow American I've seen try it and I'm including myself here 😅
Malört is the perfect palette cleanser for the middle of an alcoholic shoot. Anything will taste exquisite after a shot of that.
People of Chicago always know better, whether you've had it or not lol
I absolutely love Justine Stafford's accent, and Daragh also has that wonderful Irish accent. Always a plus when they're in the videos. I had never heart of Malort, and after this video I doubt I'll be looking for it in my favourite liquor store.
It looks like it got everyone buzzed so it's a win. 🏆😊
So happy that Justine has come back.
Why does it feel like Ciara and Dermot already had a few before this shoot started?
I've truly been waiting for this one. Cheers.
Malört= wormwood.
Thank you for finally trying this!
I've been waiting for a long time.
We need Darren for this.
Malort is part of the initiation of new members at many a deer hunting camp in the US Midwest, particularly in Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Nice is Justine on this video cool looking Guinness sweatshirt and glad she like some the Malört liquor.
Never dared melody when I lived near Chicago ,glad I missed it by all reports. Good on you all for even taking the chance. Excellent to see Justine again. Nice Guinness jumper
Here in Illinois some bars will give out free shots of this stuff. They figure anyone willing to drink it deserves what they get 🤣
It's very simple to make your own Besk/Malört if you want to try it.
1. Buy a bottle of vodka (nonflavoured)
2. Get hold of some wormwood
3. Let the wormwood dry for a few weeks.
4. Take a branch/piece of the dried wormwood and put it in the bottle of vodka.
5 Leave the wormwood in the vodka for an hour.
6. Congratulations! You have made your own besk.
I suspect the incarnation you got is the one that is the reformulation. It's actually more pleasant than the original.
That one should have been labeled for external use only.
Oh man... now I'm curious what the original one tastes like.
I didn't like it, but was able to drink it. There was a Chinese liquor of some sort my brother in law ordered in japan.. that one beat me. I couldn't drink it, it tasted like burnt rotten soy sauce.
This is a Chicago "delicacy". It's basically an endurance test.
Malört tastes like someone took a half-full dumpster and used it to distill gin.
Justine S. was driving to work and she suddenly hit a malört.
Malort! My favorite! In chicago, Malort's homeland, they infuse it with all sorts of horrible things haha - I was hoping you would be trying the infusions too!
Welcome to Hell, welcome to Chicago.
SO GLAD to see Justine & Daraghan!!! Loving Ciara & Dermot!!! ❤❤❤ Blaithe & Paddy are a great pair as well!! ❤️❤️❤️ Please forgive the misspelling of names 😊
French: mal=bad. Swedish: ört=herb. Just sayin'....
It's quite nice if you pair it with soda (seltzer) with a twist of citrus- I prefer orange (very similar to a Campari and soda).
It's quite a lot like many Italian or Swiss bitter herbals available.
Chicago pride.
AY yes Irish pub drinks
When Colin was being secretive and then seeing Justine in the video, I thought this was going to be the durian whisky. BTW: not a joke, it actually exists.
I genuinely can’t believe there are so many people that have tasted perfume 😅
Chicagoan here. If you get offered malort always say yes. It's a rite of passage. The company knows it's bad, "Don't enjoy, responsibly"