Empirical Olive

Pour and serve for the ultimate elegant martini, or wash with a 1/4 oz of dry vermouth. For a more floral take try 2:1 with a floral gin or switch it up altogether with a Basil & Olive Margarita.

Nose: Clean and bright with pronounced green olive brine, like cracking open a fresh jar of Spanish olives.

Palate: Savory and round with the olives taking center stage.

Finish: Medium length with lingering olive salinity and a soft, nutty fade.

Empirical Olive is crafted using the Copenhagen-based distillery's proprietary low-temperature vacuum distillation process, which gently extracts the fresh, green, almost raw character of Spanish Gordal and Manzanilla olives along with their oils at temperatures far below traditional distillation—preserving delicate aromatic compounds that would otherwise be lost to heat and creating an exceptionally pure, savory expression that tastes more like biting into a briny olive than sipping a botanical infusion.

• Empirical Olive uses two different Spanish olive varieties Gordal and Manzanilla to build complexity in a single bottle. Gordal olives bring meaty, substantial character, while Manzanilla contributes that classic briny, herbaceous bite you crave in a proper martini. It's like having the olive bar at your favorite tapas spot distilled into spirit form.
• The bottle includes actual olive oils in its botanical blend, which helps create that silky, coating mouthfeel that makes this spirit shine straight from the freezer. This fat content gives you the richness of a dirty martini without any of the cloudy brine.
• Empirical recommends keeping this in your freezer, not your bar cart. At freezer temperature, the spirit becomes viscous and luxurious, pouring like liquid velvet.