The Chicago icon was once only available in Illinois but has spread to more states in the last decade.<\/p>\n
(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services outside a state liquor store in Taylorsville, Thursday, July 31, 2025. Jeppson\u2019s Mal\u00f6rt is now distributed in Utah.<\/p>\n
The bitter wormwood-based digestif and Chicago institution that warns drinkers \u201cDo Not Enjoy. Responsibly.\u201d is now available in Utah liquor stores.<\/p>\n
Jeppson\u2019s Mal\u00f6rt announced its entrance into the Beehive State on Thursday. Its Instagram post<\/a>, featuring a bottle in Utah-centric locations \u2014 alongside a skier, then beneath Delicate Arch \u2014 was received with fanfare.<\/p>\n \u201c\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d dreams do come true,” one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n Another wrote, \u201cNow I\u2019m going to have to find another justification for all my trips to the Midwest :-).\u201d<\/p>\n The liquor was described by The New York Times<\/a> as \u201ca little like sucking dandelion juice through a straw made of car tires,\u201d but \u201calso kind of good,\u201d albeit \u201c[i]ntensely bitter.\u201d <\/p>\n (Marissa Alper | The New York Times) Patrons take shots of Mal\u00f6rt at Honore Club in Brooklyn, Nov. 11, 2024. Long treated as a way to prove yourself in the Midwest, Mal\u00f6rt is also served at Honore Club in Brooklyn as part of the Hard Sell, a cocktail.<\/p>\n (Bryan Tarnowski | The New York Times) A patron wears an “I Mal\u00f6rted” sticker at Pepp’s Pub in New Orleans, Nov. 10, 2024. CH Distillery, which owns Mal\u00f6rt, distributed the stickers as part of a voter turnout campaign.<\/p>\n For most of its existence, Mal\u00f6rt was available only in Illinois, the Times reported, but it has built a following and in the last decade spread its distribution to most states.<\/p>\n In Utah, the drink that\u2019s been \u201cweeding out the weak since 1933\u2033 is only available in 12-bottle cases through special order, according to Michelle Schmitt, with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services.<\/p>\n To place a special order, visit the DABS website at abs.utah.gov\/shop-products\/special-order<\/a>s. Order are typically delivered to a customer\u2019s selected liquor store within 45 days, and customers have 14 business days to pick up the order once it arrives. <\/p>\n Mal\u00f6rt is also available by-the-drink at Bar X in Salt Lake City, according to the digestif\u2018s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n