Empirical Spirits
1 recipe
Cilantro Last Word
Prohibition Last Word, with Cilantro replacing the gin.
Sour3 min
Cilantro Last Word
Prohibition Last Word, with Cilantro replacing the gin.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 1 oz
- Empirical Cilantro
- 0.75 oz
- Faccia Brutto Centerbe (or green Chartreuse)
- 0.75 oz
- Gabriel Boudier Maraschino (or Luxardo)
- 0.75 oz
- Fresh lemon juice
- 0.25 oz
- Simple syrup (1:1)
Build
- Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice.
- Shake vigorously about 15 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora.
- Garnish with a cherry.
GlassCoupe or Nick & Nora
GarnishCherry
The Prohibition-era classic with Empirical's Cilantro standing in for the gin. Use Faccia Brutto Centerbe (or Chartreuse) for the herbal-green middle, Gabriel Boudier (or Luxardo) Maraschino, fresh lemon, and a quarter-ounce of simple to round it. Hard shake, into a coupe.
Faccia Brutto
1 recipe
Last Word with Centerbe
Equal parts, alpine herbal punch in place of Chartreuse.
Sour3 min
Last Word with Centerbe
Equal parts, alpine herbal punch in place of Chartreuse.
Sour3 min
Ingredients
- 0.75 oz
- Gin
- 0.75 oz
- Faccia Brutto Centerbe
- 0.75 oz
- Maraschino liqueur
- 0.75 oz
- Fresh lime juice
Build
- Combine all four ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard for 15 seconds.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- No garnish — the drink doesn't need one.
GlassCoupe
GarnishNone
The Detroit Athletic Club's 1916 cocktail. Faccia Brutto Centerbe swaps in for green Chartreuse — wormwood, mint, hyssop, and 30 more herbs at bottle-strength proof. Equal parts is non-negotiable; the geometry is the recipe.