Yes but also no.

It is an extremely bitter liqueur.

It is not intended for cocktails. It is traditionally consumed in shots, like the beverage it is based on (Swedish wormwood schnapps).

There are some cocktails that use malort as an ingredient, but not many. You're probably thinking of cocktail bitters (like Angostura, consumed by dashing into a cocktail), or amaro (a sweet and bitter class of Italian liqueurs, like fernet, amaro Montenegro, or campari).

Yes, I know the Italians consider red bitter liqueurs to not be amari. No, I don't care.

No, it's hate in a bottle

Malort: Those pants aren't gonna shit themselves.

I've never heard any Chicagoan utter the words "this tastes pretty good" when addressing Malört. Malört is bottled at Satan's urinal.

So.... Along the lines of Jager Meister, but worse?

I will admit I love introducing people to it, but I always preface it as the worst tasting liqueur for most people. I have a wonky palate, and I love bitter and herbal flavors. I have introduced it to some people who enjoy strong herbal flavors that hadn't heard of it and were pleasantly surprised.

I usually have a bottle of Malort at home, and I especially love it when my stomach is unsettled. I sip it neat or on the rocks.

Fun aside, it's also a great way to add some complexity and balance to an overly sweet sparkling wine. It has its place in making cocktails, but I get why most people don't like it.

There are some who do actually enjoy it. I don't know why. Personally I think it tastes like dirty sidewalk and cigarette ashes mixed together.

Personally, I think it tastes like dumpster juice. I’ve never tasted dumpster juice, but I’m convinced.

Yup: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f6nVI0T8Or8

I think it tastes like chewing on aspirin. So, yeah super bitter with no redeeming qualities.

TIL

Hmm. I have some small bottles of Snälleröds snapsar and one of them is Besk. I haven't tasted it yet but do you know if it's similar to bäska droppar? And is bäska droppar similar to that Malört bottle in the picture?

Drunk you is probably overconfident in your own understanding. Personal anecdote though, in reagrd to me solving math problems. I loved being able to finally solve the problem, and it seemed "so simple" after so much time had been spent, mulling it over. And then sober me would realize how wrong I was because of a 'simple' mistake that drunk me made. I loved the "Ureka!" moments, but sober me would usually wreck it the next day

But again, that's my personal experience. Would love to know that's not your own experience. But just a friendly forewarning of "check your work more than twice"