{"id":5057,"date":"2026-09-02T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/chicago-bar-breaks-boozy-world-record\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:00:56","slug":"chicago-bar-breaks-boozy-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/chicago-bar-breaks-boozy-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago bar breaks boozy world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-09-02 10:00:54<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A Chicago bar has brought together almost 2,000 people for one truly bitter Guinness World Record attempt.<BR><br \/>\nRecess, a bar in the city\u2019s West Loop, said 1,969 people simultaneously knocked back shots of Jeppson\u2019s Mal\u00f6rt during the bizarre event over the weekend.<BR><br \/>\nThe gathering was billed as a \u201cbad decision for a good cause\u201d, with proceeds raised for Ravenswood Community Services.<BR><br \/>\nIllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker even got involved, stepping behind the bar to pour shots for some of the brave attendees.<BR><br \/>\nMal\u00f6rt has been distilled in the Chicago area since the 1930s and is a beskbr\u00e4nnvin, a wormwood-based Swedish schnapps.<BR><br \/>\nBut while the drink has become an iconic part of Chicago culture, it is hardly known for its pleasant taste.<BR><br \/>\nThe fiercely bitter liqueur is famously used by Chicagoans to haze unsuspecting visitors from out of town.<BR><br \/>\nOne attendee gave Block Club Chicago a particularly brutal assessment of the flavour, describing it as \u201ca mixture of vomit and sweat\u201d.<BR><br \/>\nDespite its reputation, thousands of locals turned up to willingly subject themselves to the notorious spirit.<BR><br \/>\nSusana Mendoza, a city comptroller running for mayor of Chicago, was also among those taking part.<BR><br \/>\nShe summed up the appeal of the experience as \u201cthe communal suffering [that] brings us together\u201d.<BR><br \/>\nThe event&#8217;s official count of 1,969 people is particularly fitting for the city, with organisers turning the infamous drink into a mass exercise in local pride.<BR><br \/>\nFor many attendees, however, the achievement may have been less about enjoying the liquor and more about proving they could stomach it.<BR><br \/>\nMal\u00f6rt\u2019s reputation has long made it something of a rite of passage in Chicago, where offering the drink to visitors has become a popular prank.<BR><br \/>\nNow, the city&#8217;s residents have taken their love-hate relationship with the spirit to a whole new level, knocking back nearly 2,000 shots at once for a record-breaking cause.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-09-02 10:00:54 A Chicago bar has brought together almost 2,000 people for one truly bitter Guinness World Record attempt. Recess, a bar in the city\u2019s West Loop, said 1,969 people&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5058,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions\/5058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}