Author interview: Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit
Why do people drink something that's been described as tasting like "cheap vodka swirled in a junk drawer... with rubber bands, a few pennies, and a couple of batteries"?
My chat with author Josh Noel
This is a romp of a book that tells the crazy story of Jeppson’s Malört, an obscure, gag-inducing liquor that has been around for a century but somehow sells in 30 states. I hope you enjoy my chat with author Josh Noel and I as we discuss Malört. (Buy the book.)
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