A suburban brewery garnered headlines this year for selling cicada-infused Jeppson’s Malört during the height of the insect’s resurgence.
The liqueur was promoted as a more disgusting version of the already reviled liqueur.
But the drink was also illegal.
That’s according to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, which issued a fine of an undisclosed amount to Noon Whistle Brewing, with locations in Lombard and Naperville, for selling the creative drink during the rare overlap of two cicada broods.
The brewery confirmed the fine in an email but declined to share details. “[W]e complied and paid the fine to avoid any…
