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Searching for the world's best drinks and what makes them extraordinary. EZdrinking is a drinks blog by Eric Zandona that focuses on distilled spirits, wine, craft beer and specialty coffee. Here you can find reviews of drinks, drink books, articles about current & historical trends, as well as how to make liqueurs, bitters, and other spirit based drinks at home.

Malört Cocktails or What to Drink at the End of the World

March 14, 2025  /  Eric Zandona

I am one of those crazy people that loves Malör. But for years I have never really known what to do with it other than enjoy it neat after a meal. However, in the last couple of years a number of intrepid YouTube mixologists (cock-tubers?) have taken on the noble challenge of making or creating cocktails that work with one of the world’s most aggressively bitter liqueurs.

So, whether you love Malört and want new ways to enjoy it, or you bought a bottle as a prank and can’t bring yourself to dump it out, here are a few Malört cocktails you can enjoy now—or save for the apocalypse when most of the other booze is already gone. All jokes aside, if you like grapefruit in your cocktails or jucy IPAs then this cocktials will be right up your alley.

Malört Spritz

  • 2 oz Jeppson's Malört

  • 1/4 oz fresh grapefruit or lime juice

  • Top with grapefruit seltzer

Fill a Collins glass or a large wine glass with ice and add Malört, lime juice, and top with grapefruit soda water.

The fresh juice really helps to tame the the bitterness of the Malört and give the drink more dimension.

The Forced Retirement

  • 3/4 oz. Jeppson's Malört

  • 1 oz Gin (preferably a classic juniper forward style gin)

  • 1/2 oz Campari

  • 3/4 oz passion fruit syrup

  • 3/4 oz fresh lime juice

  • 3/4 oz grapefruit juice

  • Pineapple fronds & cocktail umbrella for garnish

Combine ingredients in a Collins glass, add crushed ice and swizzel until the outside of the glass is frosted. Garnish with pineapple fronds and a cocktail umbrella, add straw and serve. Drink designed by Anders Erickson

Hard Sell

  • 1 oz Gin (preferably a classic juniper forward style gin)

  • 1 oz Elderflower liqueur

  • 3/4 oz Jeppson’s Malört

  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe. Express a grapefruit peel over the surface of the drink and discard.

Created by Brad Bolt

The Bukowski

  • 1 1/2 oz Jeppson’s Malört

  • 1/2 oz Drambuie

  • 3/4 oz Fresh lemon juice

  • 1/2 oz Fresh orange juice

  • 1/2 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and water)

  • 5 large Basil leaves

Combine all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Drink designed by Charles Joly

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tags / Jeppson's Malört, Chicago, Cocktails, Malört Cocktails