Pilsen’s CH Distillery is bringing the unforgettably brackish wormwood-infused liquor, Jeppson’s Malört, back to Chicago after nearly fifty years of Florida-based distillation. Tremaine Atkinson, founder of CH, told the Tribune his first reaction twenty years ago to the piercing bitterness was “Why did you do that to me?” He also told the Tribune, “I love everything about it. I hate everything about it. It’s such a great iconic Chicago thing. It fits at the psychic level, the business level and the cultural level.” Jeppsons’ twitter feed offered reassurance upon its October sale: “No, we will not be touching the recipe. It will be made just as Carl Jeppson would have made it some ninety years ago.” (Ray Pride)
CH Distillery Cocktail Bar, 564 W. Randolph, 312.707.8780, chdistillery.com
Today In The Culture, November 14, 2022: Save Our Skyscrapers | Alamo Drafthouse to Open | Return of the The Nutcracker DESIGN Advice To Feds: Don't Demolish Historic Early Twentieth-Century Skyscrapers In last Thursday evening's public hearing, reports Dennis Rodkin at Crain's, commenters urged the federal government not to "waste" historical buildings on State Street. "Four early twentieth-century buildings the federal government wants to demolish because of security concerns should be saved and rehabbed," commenters said. Tearing down the sixteen-story Century and…
