Two Noma Alums Are Opening a Distillery and Tasting Room in N.Y.C.

[Erik Owens]

By TORI LATHAM https://robbreport.com/food-drink/spirits/empirical-nyc-distillery-tasting-room-1235477981/

It may still be dry January—or, as some have unfortunately rebranded it, “damp” January—but New York City is about to become a little boozier.

Empirical, the spirits company founded by two Noma alums, is set to open a distillery and tasting room in Brooklyn this year, Eater NY reported on Wednesday. The brand shut down its Copenhagen location in 2023 and filed for bankruptcy in that country, but that hasn’t stopped it from relocating to the states and further expanding its reach.