Empirical Spirits
1 recipe
Ayuuk Negroni
Pasilla Mixe smoke + coffee-infused sweet vermouth — the Negroni, rebuilt.
Stirred4 min
Ayuuk Negroni
Pasilla Mixe smoke + coffee-infused sweet vermouth — the Negroni, rebuilt.
Stirred4 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Empirical Ayuuk
- 1 oz
- Coffee-infused sweet vermouth
- 1 oz
- Campari
- 1 dash
- Black walnut bitters
Build
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until properly diluted and chilled.
- Strain into a lowball glass over a large ice cube.
- Express orange peel over the surface; drop in.
GlassLowball
GarnishOrange peel
Equal parts Ayuuk, coffee-infused sweet vermouth, and Campari, bridged by a dash of black walnut bitters. The smoke and the coffee tannin pull the Negroni out of its standard juniper-citrus frame and into something darker, deeper, and built for autumn evenings.
Mancino Vermouth
1 recipe
21st Century Negroni
Built on Mancino Chinato — bitter cinchona at the center.
Stirred3 min
21st Century Negroni
Built on Mancino Chinato — bitter cinchona at the center.
Stirred3 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- London Dry gin
- 1 oz
- Mancino Chinato
- 0.75 oz
- Mancino Rosso Amaranto
- —
- Lemon twist
Build
- Combine all liquid ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir 25 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Express lemon twist over the surface, drop it in.
GlassCoupe
GarnishLemon twist
A modern Negroni using Mancino Chinato as the bitter — cinchona-forward, post-dinner energy. Pair with a London Dry gin and a small dose of Mancino Rosso for the sweet structure. Stirred, served up.
Muyu Liqueurs
1 recipe
Vetiver Smokey Negroni
A Negroni with mezcal heart and vetiver edge.
Stirred3 min
Vetiver Smokey Negroni
A Negroni with mezcal heart and vetiver edge.
Stirred3 min
Ingredients
- 1.25 oz
- Martini Dry vermouth
- 0.5 oz
- Muyu Vetiver Gris
- 0.5 oz
- Campari
- 0.25 oz
- Del Maguey Vida mezcal
- —
- Grapefruit zest disc
Build
- Combine Martini Dry, Vetiver Gris, Campari, and Del Maguey Vida in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until diluted and cold.
- Strain into a chilled Nude Finesse rocks glass over a single large cube.
- Express grapefruit zest disc over the top; place the disc on the ice cube.
GlassNude Finesse rocks
GarnishGrapefruit zest disc on ice cube
From the official Muyu drinks book — Alex Kratena's Smokey Negroni replaces the gin with Del Maguey Vida mezcal and uses Vetiver Gris alongside Campari for the bitter side. Martini Dry instead of sweet vermouth keeps the drink drier. Stirred, rocks, grapefruit zest disc on the ice.