Jeppson's Malört

Produzido por: United States

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Jeppson's Malört is named after Carl Jeppson, a Swedish immigrant who originally launched this wormwood-flavoured liqueur in Chicago (Malört is the Sweedish word for 'wormwood'). It was made in Chicago until the mid-70s, when the distillery that produced it closed.

Jeppson's Malört enjoys something of a cult following in the Chicago area where it is considered so disgusting that a shot of Jägermeister or Fernet Branca is for wimps. By all accounts buying a shot for yourself is considered 'self-harm' while buying a round is akin to sadism. As I type this I can see the cult growing as people are inquisitively stupid enough to want to try something that others purport to being disgusting. "There's nowt so queer as folk", which for American readers translates as, "people sometimes behave in a very strange way." Please don't be stupid enough to fall for a marketing ruse as basic as 'it's so disgusting you won't want to drink it'. (The sad thing is its not actually that bad – I've tasted far worse.)

Chicago attorney George Brode purchased the recipe for Jeppson's Malört from Carl Jeppson in the 1930s. When Brode died 1999 his former secretary, Patricia Gabelick, took over the running of the Carl Jeppson Company and Jeppson's Malört.

Avaliação e degustação

Experimentado em 30/09/2012

Aparência:

Clear, pale straw golden yellow with golden highlights.

Aroma:

Leather, saffron, génépi and thyme.

Sabor:

Bittersweet with aggressive wormwood rooty bitterness, sweet génépi and vanilla.

Aftertaste:

Nubuck leather, tobacco leaf, wormwood and génépi. Long lingering rooty bitterness.