Where to find Malört in the Mile High City

Driving the news: Denver was recently named by the New York Times as one of the "seemingly unlikely locales" where the unpalatably bitter, yet still-kind-of-good beverage is gaining traction.

• In just over a decade, the divisive drink has built a following outside Chicago "as a devoted group of Malört evangelists takes the dispiriting spirit a little more seriously," the Times notes.

Zoom in: Here are three Denver bars making the Malört movement happen:

• MST Denver in the Ballpark neighborhood. (Pro tip: They also have top-tier cheese curds.)
• Honor Farm Haunted Spirit House downtown. (Here Malört is served on tap.)
• Wyman's No. 5 in City Park West. (Pro tip: Order the Chicago Handshake — AKA a shot of Malört and an Old Style Beer — for a full Windy City experience.)

The bottom line: Love it or loathe it, Chicago's signature spirit seems here to stay.