Malort shots infused with cicadas: Lombard brewery gets creative with cicada emergence

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A Lombard brewery is leaning into all the buzz over the cicada emergence.

The creative folks at Noon Whistle Brewing are now offering a shot that will make your guts rot – Malort infused with cicadas. "It makes people grossed out, but I think intrigued at the end of the day," said Joey Giardiniera, with the brewing company. Each morning, Giardiniera heads to the small stand of woods next to the brewery and picks out a few juicy cicadas. Then, he takes it back to the brewery, where he gently bathes the bugs.

Later, the dead cicadas are baked to a temperature of 225 degrees, then soaked in vodka before they're dropped into the bottles of Malort. "You want to do at least two or three to really get that cicada," he said. Since announcing it on social media Tuesday, a shocking number of people have been flocking to the brewery to take a shot. "It was good.

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