My friend Julie has a complaint about malort, and it’s not that it tastes like sweaty socks wrapped in spoiled grapefruit after marinating in a trash can. It’s that people have started liking it too ...

The Violet Hour isn’t really a bar–it’s more of a lounge, really. If it were a drink, it would be as elaborate as any of the libations on its menu–an esoteric concoction with a liberal splash of ...

This town is barely big enough for one malort, let alone two. Do the crazies at Violet Hour care? No, they don't. I tried their newly created R. Franklin's Malort. And I survived to talk about it.

Love it or hate it, Malort will make you a real Chicagoan. This iconic drink is brutally bitter, but also a rite of passage in the Windy City. Some Chicagoans tried shots of Malort for the first time, ...

MCHENRY, Ill. -- More than 300 people RSVP'd on Facebook to attend the "Malort Eggnog Soft Serve Day" at Epic Deli in McHenry, Illinois. Dressed in a Santa suit, co-owner Tyler Wildey said between 20 ...

For nearly three quarters of a century Jeppson’s Malort, Chicago’s native wormwood-based spirit, has been both reviled and celebrated for its powerful, sustained bitterness. Malort—the name is Swedish ...

Love it or hate it, Malort will make you a real Chicagoan. This iconic drink is brutally bitter, but also a rite of passage in the Windy City. Some Chicagoans tried shots of Malort for the first time, ...