Empirical Stonefruit - 750 ml
Autumnal stone fruits distilled from kernel to skin. Marzipan and bitter-almond kernel notes interweave with the dry floral fragrance of marigold petals over a backbone of ripe cherry and peach.
Category
Botanical spirit
ABV
32%
Volume
750 ml
From the Journal
5 min
Empirical Spirits: koji, vacuum, and the right to ignore categories
Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen built a distillery that refuses to call itself a gin company. Here's how they did it.
4 min
Empirical Cilantro, one botanical, two camps, one polarizing spirit
Empirical's single-botanical cilantro spirit is now distributed in Florida by Costa Spirits. 38% ABV on a light French-wheat base, built for bartenders who want to serve something that splits the room, in a good way.
5 min
Empirical Spirits in Florida, eighteen months in, the case for category-refusing distillates
Costa Spirits has been the Florida distributor for Empirical since late 2024, the Copenhagen distillery from Noma alums Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen. Ayuuk, Soka, The Plum, and the rest of the line have settled into the rooms we expected: cocktail bars that build menus around ingredients, not categories.