Empirical Spirits
68 recipes
Annin Nai
Plum, osmanthus, ginger almond milk — a dessert in a glass.
Modern5 min
Ayuuk & Cherry
Cherry soda, a whisper of coffee, smoke on top.
Highball2 min
Ayuuk & Ginger
Smoke, lime, ginger beer — the easiest highball on the list.
Highball1 min
Ayuuk & Ginger Ale
A summer can: cucumber, salt, smoke.
Highball1 min
Ayuuk Batanga
Smoky Pasilla Mixe chili meets cola and lime — the classic Batanga, restored.
Highball3 min
Ayuuk Bloody Mary
Smoky Bloody Mary — Ayuuk does what vodka can't.
Classic3 min
Ayuuk Margarita
Smoky Margarita on tequila + Ayuuk — chili salt rim closes the loop.
Sour3 min
Ayuuk Milk Punch
Sherry, sencha and Ayuuk clarified by milk — a punch-bowl heirloom.
Modern30 min
Ayuuk Negroni
Pasilla Mixe smoke + coffee-infused sweet vermouth — the Negroni, rebuilt.
Stirred4 min
Ayuuk Old Fashioned
Smoke and dried-fruit depth, Old Fashioned geometry.
Stirred4 min
Ayuuk Paloma
Pink grapefruit soda meets smoky Pasilla Mixe — three ingredients.
Highball2 min
Baltra Martini
Soka and Plum side by side, absinthe rinse, citrus lift.
Stirred4 min
Bangarang
Doritos, sea salt, grapefruit and cola — a Friday-night highball.
Highball2 min
Batanga
Pasilla Mixe smoke meets Cynar and cola — built in glass.
Highball2 min
Cilantro & Soda
Two-ingredient highball — the cleanest Cilantro tasting.
Highball1 min
Cilantro Beer
Two ounces of Cilantro poured into a cold light beer.
Highball1 min
Cilantro Last Word
Prohibition Last Word, with Cilantro replacing the gin.
Sour3 min
Cilantro Margarita
Margarita with Cilantro spirit — fresh, herbaceous, summer.
Sour3 min
Cilantro Martini
Empirical Cilantro's signature serve — Martini-shaped, herb-forward.
Stirred3 min
Cilantro Penicillin
Penicillin restaged — Cilantro + Centerbe + ginger-honey + Ayuuk float.
Sour5 min
Cilantro Sour
Cilantro, lime, agave — three lines, all herb.
Sour2 min
Cilantro White Negroni
White Negroni on Cilantro — gentian, mango, Italicus bergamot.
Stirred3 min
Cloud 9
Blue curaçao, honey, lemon, egg white — a sky-tinted Symphony sour.
Sour4 min
Dirty Ranch Water
Ranch Water with Olive — salty, bright, summery.
Highball2 min
Double Triangle Margarita
Doritos and tequila, lime and agave — yes, really.
Sour3 min
Egg Nogging
Apple juice, Plum, spice and aerated whites — holiday, dialed.
Modern8 min
Empirical Olive Martini
11:1 dry Martini on Olive — savory, vegetal, no compromise.
Stirred3 min
Empirical Olive Negroni
Negroni with Olive replacing the gin — vegetal, savory, weighted.
Stirred3 min
Garibaldi Symphony
Garibaldi with Symphony 6 — bitter, citrus, foamy.
Highball3 min
Harry Plum Fizz
A Ramos riff: Plum, cream, egg white, orange blossom, a long shake.
Sour6 min
Iced Coffee, I Suppose
Espresso, Plum, tonic — a long drink for a long afternoon.
Highball3 min
Joe's Eastside
Cucumber, mint and lime over Soka — a Brooklyn classic refit.
Sour3 min
Kernel & Bean
Plum kernel, port, coffee, cream — a digestif you eat with a spoon.
Modern4 min
Last Stoned Word
Last Word with Stonefruit — Maraschino, Chartreuse, lime.
Sour3 min
Marrakesh Express
Equal parts Plum and vermouth, orange blossom on top.
Stirred2 min
Mary Mary
A bloody with Doritos and a half-shot of tequila — savory rebuilt.
Highball3 min
Naked & Smokey
A Naked & Famous with Ayuuk standing in — equal parts, full smoke.
Sour3 min
Negroni, I Suppose
Lillet and Suze swap in around The Plum — a Negroni in disguise.
Stirred3 min
Pasilla Colada
Piña Colada with smoke — Ayuuk + yellow Chartreuse + coconut cream.
Sour3 min
Pasilla Margarita
A bigger, bolder margarita with pasilla sauce for backbone.
Sour3 min
Plum & Citrus
Plum poured over a cold white-grapefruit beer.
Highball1 min
Plum & Cookies
A White Russian rebuilt around cookie milk.
Modern5 min
Plum & Lemonade
Plum, raspberries, lemonade — for the porch.
Highball2 min
Plum Club
Raspberry shrub, dry vermouth, egg white — a Clover Club via Plum.
Sour4 min
Plum Manhattan
Plum, Cocchi Americano and a whisky kicker — a half-Manhattan reframed.
Stirred3 min
Plum Paloma
Marzipan and grapefruit, with a Mezcal Sacrvm spine.
Highball3 min
Plum Soda
Plum, ice, soda — and a knife.
Highball1 min
Plumtini
A frozen, glass-cold Plum martini — let it sit an hour.
Stirred60 min
Sierra Norte
Ayuuk, agave, lime zest — three lines, all spirit.
Stirred2 min
So Iconic
Soka, tonic, three ripe mango cheeks.
Highball3 min
Soka & Apple
Three ingredients — Soka, fresh apple juice, soda. Orchard in a glass.
Highball2 min
Soka Cola
Two ounces of Soka, a glass of cola, salt and lime — done.
Highball1 min
Soka Daiquiri
The Hemingway Daiquiri on sorghum — grass and lime, balanced.
Sour3 min
Soka Martini
Soka + Stonefruit + bay-leaf vermouth — Empirical's house Martini.
Stirred5 min
Soka Mojito
A sorghum-spirit take on Havana's most famous drink.
Highball3 min
Stoned Cosmo
90s Cosmo, rebuilt with Stonefruit + Italicus bergamot.
Modern3 min
Stoned Paloma
Stonefruit + Del Maguey Vida + pink grapefruit soda — the modern Paloma.
Highball2 min
Stonefruit Espresso Martini
Espresso Martini with marzipan + marigold — Bradsell, evolved.
Modern4 min
Stonefruit Tom Collins
All-day Stonefruit Collins — simple, fresh, comforting, bubbly.
Highball3 min
Super Soka
Crushed-ice Soka highball — tonic, lemon verbena, slow sipping.
Highball3 min
Symphonic
Symphony 6 and tonic — five seconds of work, a long evening.
Highball1 min
Symphony 6 Negroni
Symphony 6 + Campari + red vermouth — the floral Negroni.
Stirred3 min
Symphony 6 Spritz
Citrus-forward Spritz on Symphony 6 + bergamot liqueur.
Spritz2 min
Symphony 75
French 75 with Symphony 6 — citrus, sparkling, sunset.
Highball3 min
Symphony Lychee Martini
Lychee liqueur, lemon and Symphony 6 — round, floral, dialed.
Sour3 min
Symphony Orange
Symphony 6 over a glass of fluffy fresh orange juice.
Highball2 min
Symphony Summer
Lime cordial, honey water, a drop of citric and saline — soda finishes.
Highball3 min
Vicky's Hot Toddy
Ayuuk and rum, lemon and honey, hot water — winter, fixed.
Classic3 min