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Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and dread: Pumpkin Spice Malört is here

CHICAGO -- Autumn lovers, die-hard Chicagoans and plain old masochists found new common ground this October at CH Bar in the West Loop. Through the end of the month, Pumpkin Spice Malört is on the menu. “People who don’t like Malört say this is a little bit better,” said Zachary Jarosz, operations director at Malört producer CH Distillery. As of Wednesday morning, the distillery has sold about ...
A bartender garnishes a shot of pumpkin spice Malört at CH Distillery in Chicago.

CHICAGO -- Autumn lovers, die-hard Chicagoans and plain old masochists found new common ground this October at CH Bar in the West Loop.

Through the end of the month, Pumpkin Spice Malört is on the menu.

“People who don’t like Malört say this is a little bit better,” said Zachary Jarosz, operations director at Malört producer CH Distillery.

As of Wednesday morning, the distillery has sold about 220 bottles’ worth of the orange tonic, netting around $18,000. A shot at CH Bar, attached to the distillery at 564 W. Randolph St., costs $8.

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