There's a fair bit of ok tasting bask / brannvin, not my goto spirit, but had enough to know its not bad. Malort (at least in my limited experience) is so far out of the flavor profile of what I have tried though. I also don't know how it becoming more pickle brine-y makes it better, because I have tried doing a pickle back with malort instead of whiskey... And I almost puked.

But yeah, the pepper infusion improves it by a lot. As far as peppers go, I've tried jalapenos, habanero, Serrano, birds eye chillies, and some dehydrated ghost peppers from a friends garden. So far, the birds eye have been the best though.

Dehydrated mango slices comes in a close second as far as the infusions go

Thanks! I don't do much cocktail content, but I appreciate it!