We all know potato chips are a popular snack after a night out of drinking. Among other snacks one can find at the all-night convenience store down from your local bar. Among those snacks, Doritos brand are usually at the top of the list. Well, why wait till after you’ve thrown back a few drinks at the pub to have your Doritos, when now you can have them both at once? Thanks to Foodbeast, we’ve learned that the Doritos brand is collaborating with Empirical for its Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit. Yes folks, soon you can drink liquor with some Doritos flair. It sounds like a good time.
Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit will be a limited edition release liquor. It will offer consumers “a spicy take on both Doritos and alcohol.” As a way of creating the flavors of corn tostada and umami, they extract the essence of Doritos Nacho Cheese through Empirical’s production process. They use real chips and retain their essence through vacuum distillation. According to Empirical, unlike the traditional methods of distillation, vacuum distillation operates at lower temperatures. This preserves the full spectrum of flavor.
According to Frito Lay (Doritos’ parent company), “we’re always pushing our fans to try new things, so we figure it is time we disrupt the spirits category by offering our iconic nacho cheese flavor in a bottle.” Of course, you can make cocktails with this new brand of drink. Empirical has released the recipes for three, “Double Triangle Margarita,” “Mary Mary,” and “the Doritos Bangarang.” The limited-edition bottles of Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit will hit in January, and set you back $65.00. It’ll be available online and in select New York and California markets only.
Pre-orders are already up for this unique concoction. Now, if only someone could see about making some Pringles flavored beer.
