An ode to the Malört bowl

As we all are keenly aware, this Saturday presents the perfect opportunity for Northwestern Football to one-up the Northwestern Basketball loss to Merrimack last Friday. This race to rock bottom is much like the race to the bottom of a Malört bottle: nobody really wants or needs it, it’s purely out of desperation, and is currently unique to the Chicago area.

Since neither Northwestern nor UMass will be anywhere near a bowl game this season, thus was born the Malört bowl.

Malört, for those who are somehow unaware, is a type of Bäsk Swedish Liquor. It has been made in Chicago since the 1930s, and was one of the few types of alcohol that was not banned during prohibition. For some reason, many…