Casa Sacrvm
1 recipe
Mezcalita
A Margarita built on Sacrvm Espadín — smoke instead of agave neutrality.
Sour3 min
Mezcalita
A Margarita built on Sacrvm Espadín — smoke instead of agave neutrality.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 2 oz
- Casa Sacrvm Shoduba (Espadín)
- 1 oz
- Fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz
- Orange liqueur (Cointreau)
- 0.25 oz
- Agave syrup
- —
- Lime wheel + flaked salt rim
Build
- Wet half the rim of a chilled rocks glass with lime; press in flaked salt.
- Combine Sacrvm Shoduba, lime juice, orange liqueur, and agave syrup in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard for 12 seconds.
- Double-strain into the prepared glass over a large rock.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
GlassRocks
GarnishLime wheel + flaked salt rim
Casa Sacrvm Shoduba (100% Espadín) replaces tequila in a classic Margarita. The smoke and herbal middle replace what blanco tequila gives in volume but not character. Fresh lime, a touch of orange liqueur, a salt rim if you want it.
Empirical Spirits
3 recipes
Ayuuk Margarita
Smoky Margarita on tequila + Ayuuk — chili salt rim closes the loop.
Sour3 min
Ayuuk Margarita
Smoky Margarita on tequila + Ayuuk — chili salt rim closes the loop.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Blanco tequila
- 0.67 oz
- Empirical Ayuuk
- 0.67 oz
- Agave syrup
- 0.67 oz
- Fresh lime juice
- —
- Chili salt (rim)
Build
- Combine tequila, Ayuuk, agave, and lime in a shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously.
- Rim a rocks glass with a lime wedge and coat with chili salt.
- Fine strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
GlassRocks (chili-salt rim)
GarnishLime wedge
Empirical's house Margarita: blanco tequila with two-thirds ounce of Ayuuk pulls the drink into smoky-chili territory. Agave for sweetness, fresh lime for acid, chili salt on the rim to amplify the Pasilla Mixe heat. The Margarita that tastes like Oaxaca.
Cilantro Margarita
Margarita with Cilantro spirit — fresh, herbaceous, summer.
Sour3 min
Cilantro Margarita
Margarita with Cilantro spirit — fresh, herbaceous, summer.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Empirical Cilantro
- 1 oz
- Tequila or mezcal
- 0.75 oz
- Orange liqueur
- 0.75 oz
- Fresh lime juice
Build
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well-chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
GlassRocks
GarnishLime wheel
Empirical's house Margarita with their Cilantro spirit. Mezcal or tequila for backbone, fresh lime, orange liqueur, and an ounce of Empirical Cilantro that adds a vivid herbal-green top note. Drinks like a Margarita in a herb garden.
Double Triangle Margarita
Doritos and tequila, lime and agave — yes, really.
Sour3 min
Double Triangle Margarita
Doritos and tequila, lime and agave — yes, really.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Empirical Doritos
- 1 oz
- Blanco tequila
- 0.75 oz
- Lime juice
- 0.75 oz
- Agave syrup (3:1)
Build
- Shake all with ice until very cold.
- Strain into a chilled rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Rim half the glass with crushed Doritos.
GlassRocks
GarnishCrushed-chip rim
A 50/50 base of Empirical's Doritos distillate and tequila gives you the chip in liquid form. Agave 3:1 holds the sweetness flat; lime cuts.