Empirical Spirits

Fuck Trump and his Stupid Fucking Wall Blend

As big fans of Noma, we’re interested in everything connected to them. So when we found out about Empirical Spirits it didn’t took long before the first bottles arrived in Amsterdam.
Empirical Spirits is a flavor company founded in 2017 by Restaurant noma alumni Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen.

Inspired by the Empirical method: the belief that knowledge is gained from experiences; gathered using the senses. Focusing on flavor and detail, Empirical Spirits blends low temperature distillation techniques, fermentation, and unique, high-quality ingredients sourced carefully by hand all over the world to create spirits through the eyes of a chef. Combined with a bold stance, and the desire to find a way to protest the continued infuriating immigration policies of the current US administration, they created the Fuck Trump and his Stupid Fucking Wall Blend.

From this blend a portion of proceeds from the sales will go to benefit RAICES, a nonprofit that promotes justice by providing legal services to immigrants and refugees in Texas. As for the spirit itself, it’s a refreshingly smooth, warm, vegetal tasting habanero spirit made from a base of naked and pearled barley, Belgian saison yeast, and koji.

Empirical Spirits is a flavor company founded by noma alums Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen in 2017. Focusing on spirits as a vehicle for flavor, Empirical uses a blend of low temperature distillation techniques, fermentation, and unique, high-quality ingredients from all over the world to create new discoveries through the eyes of a chef. The result of this exploration is an entirely new product that upends the usual classifications applied to spirits, and endeavors to capture a specific time and place.

Williams, who hails from Brooklyn, NY, and the team are rereleasing their Fuck Trump and his Stupid Fucking Wall blend, which was born out of a desire to find a way to protest the continued infuriating immigration policies of the current US administration. A portion of proceeds from the sales will go to benefit RAICES, a nonprofit that promotes justice by providing legal services to immigrants and refugees in Texas. As for the spirit itself, it’s a refreshingly smooth, warm, vegetal tasting habanero spirit made from a base of naked and pearled barley, Belgian saison yeast, and koji.

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