Empirical The Plum, I Suppose 500ml

Empirical Spirits is back at it, making marvellous tipples with its own in-house koji spirit. The Plum, I Suppose features plum kernel and marigold as its botanicals - it's a lot more nutty than you might expect, with the kernels imparting fragrant sweet almond notes alongside hints of fresh plum fruitiness. The name comes from a Robert Frost poem 'The Rose Family', which brings to mind ideas of beauty, and also makes us think that more drinks need commas in their names. In fact, just more punctuation overall, really.

Dry flaked almond with a hint of cherry Bakewell, soft cardamom spiciness, a whiff of fresh spring blossom.

-- Masters of Malt