Malört
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Malört, a distilled beverage, is the name of a Swedish style of snaps flavored with wormwood. The word malört is the Swedish word for the wormwood plant. The smell and taste is musty. Malört is popularly alleged to be a cure for indigestion.
The only producer of Malört in the United States is the Carl Jeppson company of Chicago. Jeppson's Malört is a staple of Chicago area taverns, but not well known elsewhere in the United States.