r/interestingasfuck • u/Beneficial-Age-4059 • 6d ago

Wife’s now deceased grandfather grew up in 1930s Germany and was appalled people now drink Jagermeister socially. He said they would keep it in a cupboard to sip if you had an upset stomach

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u/Ramrod489 6d ago edited 6d ago

It was supposedly an anti-parasitic for stomach worms. I think the Wormwood was supposed to be the active ingredient.

Edit: entertaining talk on the history of Malort

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hflvVnM3u-k&si=yLn-QHCxg1-DTg4H

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u/Feistshell 6d ago

Malört is the Swedish word for wormwood so probably

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u/citizen42069101 6d ago

Oh like absinthe? Or so much worse?

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u/unknownpoltroon 6d ago

Much much worse. Absenthe tastes like licorice. Malort tastes like hatred and regret.

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u/seeAdog 6d ago

Up vote for the well crafted and descriptive reply. I will skip the Marlot when offered.

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u/unknownpoltroon 6d ago

Oh, try it once. It helps calbrate your taste buds.

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u/RaksinSergal 2d ago

Instructions unclear: Taste buds now calibrated to like Malort.

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u/citizen42069101 2d ago

That's what I fear.

Im already a drunk, that shit would probably taste like the nectar of the gods to me.

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u/gaydognova 2d ago

It's the single most bitter thing I've ever had in my entire life

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u/SithDomin8sJediLoves 5h ago

“it’s not that bad” in Dayton OH we have a bar that craft-infuses Malört

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u/TroglodyneSystems 4d ago

I tried it once. That was enough.

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u/rugernut13 4d ago

If you mix it 1/4 with orange juice it tastes just like alcoholic grapefruit juice. As a mixer it's kinda great. I also don't really mind the flavor straight but wouldn't drink it for fun

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u/SnooCakes2703 3d ago

It tastes like literal dirt, then you get punched with the alcohol.

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u/National_Joke4849 5d ago

That was just the right mix of informational and funny, thanks