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Hoo boy, what a title. And what a unique hybrid Spirit that's made with habanero peppers yet has none of that spice!

Lars Williams & Mark Emil Hermansen are an interesting pair. These guys from Copenhagen, Denmark, are all about capturing precious memories and experiences. As we all know, smell & taste are powerful in that regard. Founded in 2017, Empirical aims to take advantage of that with their unique (and sometimes wacky!) Spirits that are meant to conjure the best of times. They go about it with custom-built machinery as well as unusual fermentation and distillation techniques. And plenty of that good old blood & sweat.

This one's ― well, it's a quirky Spirit that's based on habanero chili peppers, yet it has none of that chili spice. That comes down to the low-temp, low-pressure distillation, which leaves all the capsicum (that's the hot stuff) behind. After a complex process that involves maceration, barley Koji Spirit, Pilsner malt, and habanero vinegar, what's left of the peppers is their juicy fruitiness and a totally unique hybrid 54-proof Spirit.

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