#bitter liquor

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The Unforgiving Spirit of Malört: A Chicago Tradition

The Unforgiving Spirit: Malört Malört is, in one word, unforgiving. This unique spirit, crafted from neutral grains, wormwood, and a hint of sugar, delivers a flavor profile that can only be described as akin to sucking on dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires. Yet, paradoxically, it possesses a certain allure. Its intensely bitter taste is herbaceous with a touch of citrus,…

[mildmayfoxe]

went to marshall’s to do my obligatory halloween decor check & was going to buy some ice cube trays for those big cubes yknow but then the line was sooo long which it does tend to be at a marshall’s so i was like “surely the grocery store next door that i am going to next has ice cube trays” so put the tray back & went to the grocery store. of course the grocery store did not seem to have ice cube trays anywhere so despite it all i had to go BACK to the marshall’s and go back to the kitchen section and get back in line because i decided i do actually really want to have those big square ice cubes. for my beverages. also there were some really cute throw pillows in the halloween section but we DONT need more throw pillows in this house. there are already several and the couch is not big enough for more

[noblesvacation]

Tidbits about Food

What we've learned about everyone's food preferences!

Lizel

likes: tea and fruit water

dislikes: cheese, but he can eat it

cannot drink alcohol at all

Gil

likes: meat, alcohol

dislikes: chocolate and sweets. can't stand even the smell. mushrooms

Eleven

likes: sweets, alcohol, pretty much everything. stomach is a bottomless pit

dislikes: ?

he has a habit of biting the rim of his glass

[crownedstoat]

Tonight’s libation is a variation on Greg’s of How to Drink the Bourbonista

1 1/2 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon

1/2 oz Angostura bitters

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liquor

1/2 oz simple syrup

Velvet Farlernum rinse (I was out of absinthe)

Shaken over ice, strained into a martini glass and garnished with an orange twist

[halomancer]

Also I got some Everclear so it’s Time for foraged extracts and infusions

[bibleofficial]

italians are so weird abt olive oil like girl nobody gives a fuck 😭😭

[kitsunefyuu]

Slow Burn & Liquor goes down bitter sounds like what Bird cage could have been if inko hadn't died. In a weird way.

Since I can't imagine inko being fully ok with what izuku is doing with his free time. AFO of course doesn't care as long as his precious boy is not getting hurt

It definitely is a possibility, as AFO may not have a maid cafe but likely if Inko lived she definitely be worrying. And AFO minimum is, at long as he ain't getting hurt then we Gucci. Inko would have reeled in AFO behavior if lived since she has a say in how Izuku is raised.

But if Izuku is depressed as heck he definitely be staying closer to home which AFO just can't resist. Like if he can keep his family as close as possible he would even if had to create some job so his wife isn't about to snap at him. Inko the only one making sure this family stays at least somewhat stable and normal.

[glittertrail]

Pick three people and make them a cocktail/mocktail with your choice of ingredients 😊 can be existing cocktails or new ones based on flavours/aesthetics you might want to give them 😊

Let's go w you, @myhusbandharryhamilton and @petitmonde

Jiji gets passion fruit and orange juice, a bit of yuzu and vodka (and if she doesn't like citrus then she also gets an apology)

Eli gets pisco, strawberry liquor, white cacao liquor, lemon squeeze and rose tonic

You get green tea, apple, ginger and gin

[dzone-16]

Today I bought this

Described as tasting like "the devil's taint sweat", "a condom filled with gasoline", and "pencil shavings and heartbreak", Jeppson's Malört is famously maligned and beloved. By outsiders and Chicagoans, respectively.

I've been curious about this stuff for a long time, but with no plans to go to Chicago anytime soon, it wasn't looking likely to get a taste. It might be changing in more recent years, but I'm pretty sure it's still difficult to find this stuff outside of the windy city. The inland northwest wasn't a place I expected to find Malört, so I accepted the slightly high price for the bottle I snagged.

Malört is the Swedish word for wormwood, the liqueur's main ingredient. When Carl Jeppson emigrated from Sweden he began brewing and selling his favorite bäsk liqueur recipe door to door as a medicine (like just about every other type of alcohol back then lol). Since then, it's become a rite of passage for anyone calling Chicago home to sample one, two, three shots of the bitter stuff.

I kinda want to break down my thoughts about Malört, having heard a decent amount about it from the YouTube channel How to Drink, and now tasting it myself. I've never really done this kind of thing so let's see how much I embarrass myself lol

The nose is straight up gasoline. Not as intense as the real stuff, more like gasoline one room over. It would be extremely off-putting to someone not expecting this, and I imagine watching people's faces crumple in disgust is half the fun.

The first taste is surprisingly sweet. Malört clocks in at 35% ABV, 70 proof. Despite only being just short of a full proof spirit, it doesn't taste as such. Most liqueurs range from 15-25% ABV (11% in the case of Aperol!). That sugar really blunts the impact of the ethanol.

The evolution of flavors is quick, a mouth-filling burst of grapefruit pith without the citrussy oils from the rind. It is violently bitter, especially if you're not used to drinking things like black coffee or grapefruit juice. The ethanol comes through shortly after, but is still blunted by the sugar. Beyond that, it's kinda like chewing on Nintendo Switch cartridges.

The aftertaste lasts. And lasts. And lasts. Not washing the flavor out of my mouth with something else, Malört stays on my tongue for a half an hour easily. Unfortunately, the one complaint I have with this is that there's very little else going on in terms of flavor. It tastes like wormwood from start to long, withering finish.

So, do I think Malört deserves the title of worst liqueur ever? Nah, not at all. I actually quite like it. But I'm someone who actually likes grapefruit, black coffee, and negronis. I find bitter to be a very interesting flavor that doesn't get enough of the limelight. It's why I prefer Coke over Pepsi. I DO think that Malört will be horribly vile to MOST people, and non-adventurous eaters/drinkers QUAKE AND PRAY TO THEIR VARIOUS GODS at the thought of such a bitter drink. I'm personally on the side of the Chicagoans.

I'd recommend grabbing a bottle (if you're of legal drinking age, of course) if you see one. Scarcity should be the only thing keeping you from trying Malört, because even if you don't like the taste, watching other people's reaction to it is well worth the money.

[emi1y]

Emily's "Use Up My Leftover Mixers" Cocktail:

3 oz of that weird gin that I'm trying to get rid of as fast as possible

2 ish oz of schweppes tonic water

Wanted to use more tonic water but that bottle ran out, so also used another 2 oz of fever tree tonic water

However much is left of that guava juice that i opened forever ago

Some orange juice leftover from when I was sick and I'm not going to drink it on its own but there's so much of it left still

At this point the glass is full, so drink some to make space in the glass for ice. When you taste it, realize there's something missing so just try throwing in whatever you've got lying around. My inspiration was "first things I saw on the top shelf of my fridge"

Like a little vermouth because i forgot what it tasted like so I took a sip and was like, yeah sure whatever

A few splashes of orange bitters because I'm so obsessed with it I've been adding it to every drink i make

[natandacat]

And don't forget those of us who can't drink for medical reasons but still enjoy cocktails and alcohol! Dealcoholized beers are getting more common and diversified depending where you are (they have a small amount of alcohol but should be below 0.5%), and you can even find replacement liquors if you miss the bitterness of strong alcohol (like fake aperitivo)

[lichtensteining]

When you want to get fancy bitters for N/A drinks and to up your coffee game but a small bottle is like $30-50

[crownedstoat]

Tonight’s libation is a Brandy Crusta

2 oz ABK6 VSOP Cognac

1/4 oz 1804 Grand Imperial orange liqueur

1 teaspoon Lazzaroni Maraschino liquor

1 dash Angostura bitters

1/2 oz simple syrup

1/2 oz lemon juice

Shaken with ice , strained into a sugar rimmed glass and garnished with a lemon twist.

Shared with a Pulitzer Prize winning novel and a good cigar

[bibleofficial]

girl i went & bought wine today & this cashier was SO damn NOSEY yall i was just tryin to get in get out & she’s out here makin full EYE CONTACT 👁️👁️ HI HOW ARE U TODAY ? like girl it’s 1 bottle ring me up here’s my id i was TUNED OUT & now i’m home lookin at the damn bottle like do i rly even want this

[auraeseer]

Other Life Choices . . .

Listening to the first side of Queen's "Night at the Opera" and drinking the Coronation Cocktail.

. . . and the second side, a Bohemian Cocktail.

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