A specifically Chicago liquor made of grain alcohol and wormwood, Malört has been described as tasting like “stomach bile and dirt” and “a burning Band-aid at the bottom of a dumpster ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) promoted the Democratic National Convention by endorsing the liquor Malort as the “unofficial shot” of the event, which is being held in Chicago this year.

The liquor is so storied that former Chicago Tribune beer writer Josh Noel has written a book, Malort: The Redemption of a Revered & Reviled Spirit, that will be released on September 3.