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Thrillist gave Malrt to three renowned sommeliers:
The Smell
Ryan Arnold, Wine Director at Lettuce Entertain You: "Like gasoline, not super premium, more like '87 gas smell from a distance... need a whole new category... maybe warm pee? It smells like you had a party the night before and someone didn't flush the toilet and it's been sitting there for a while."
Jon McDaniel, Wine Director at Acanto: "It's like I'm in a weird Greek discotheque and it's the hairy guy with gold chains. That's what it smells like."
Philippe Andr, Grand Cru Sommelier: "It smells like if I bit the head off a crow and smelled the inside. The crow is dead by the way... [and] ate chamomile in '05."


The Taste
Philippe Andr, Grand Cru Sommelier: "You could use it to start a car or a machine or embalm someone if you needed to. I once dissected an owl pellet and this is what was inside."
Jon McDaniel, Wine Director at Acanto: "It dries out the mouth completely. It's like putting sawdust in your mouth. I feel like I'm in Somalia all of a sudden. Piney, astringent cleaning aromatics, like Pine-Sol. Is this Pine-Sol? It tastes like when your dad says, 'Get the belt.' ... This is the liquor version of puke and rally."
Ryan Arnold, Wine Director at Lettuce Entertain You: "Fresh-cut grass, savory, a bit of mint... I don't like this."

The Finish
Jon McDaniel, Wine Director at Acanto: "It's the STD of liquor. It's never going away. It'll be with you until you do something about it. You will taste this hours later."
Ryan Arnold, Wine Director at Lettuce Entertain You: "Long. It stays with you for better or worse... age is not a factor: it would taste the same no matter the age. It's getting a little bit better now... it's doing something weird to the sides of my tongue."
Philippe Andr, Grand Cru Sommelier: "It won't ****ing go away... It's like the guy who shows up at closing time at the bar and you know he's a talker."

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Edit: Looks like they can't ship liquor.

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Malort uses the same process as vodka, but instead of using potatoes they use recycled tires.

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