Here's a selection of our favourite recipes you can follow to make delicious classic cocktails, with a pickle twist. If you like what you make and want to experiment with more recipes, check out The Pickle House recipe book: Pickle Juice, available on Amazon. Happy mixing!
Recipes
In a Pickle
The original Pickle Juice cocktail which inspired so many others. This simple classic has been a hit since its inception!
Ingredients
30ml vodka
15ml Pickle Juice
100ml ginger ale
squeeze of lime
ice cubes, to serve
rosemary and red chilli to garnish
Build all the ingredients over ice in rocks glass and garnish with a sprig of rosemary and a red chilli if you like it spicy.
Pickleback
The legend that is, the infamous Pickleback. Love it or hate it, you've got to try it at least twice in your life.
Ingredients
30ml Bourbon whiskey
30ml Pickle Juice
Pour a shot of whiskey into a shot glass then a shot of pickle juice in the other. Knock back the whiskey immediately followed by the shot of Pickle Juice.
Also try switching the whiskey for tequila, mezcal or vodka.
Bloody Mary, make mine dirty.
Ah, the beloved Bloody Mary. So revered a cocktail it is that people still argue about who really invented it. But whether or not it was first concocted by Fernand Petiot in 1921 is a discussion for after a cocktail!
Ingredients
30ml Vodka
200ml The Pickle House Spiced Tomato Mix
Crushed salted pringles, a stick of celery, grilled cheese toasty and a cornichon to garnish.
Run a wedge of lemon around the rim and down the edge of the glass. Then sprinkle your crushed pringles over so they stick to the bits with lemon juice. Mix the vodka and Spiced Tomato Mix into your glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a stick of celery, a mini grilled cheese toasty and a cornichon.
La Soirée
This is a unique concoction, combining the light sweetness of elderflower with the umami goodness of Pickle Juice.
Ingredients:
35ml Hendrick's Gin
15ml St Germain Elderflower liqueur
10ml Pickle Juice
7.5 ml egg white (or substitute with chickpea water to make it vegan)
1 teaspoon lime juice
ice cubes, for shaking
8 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig to garnish
Muddle all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, top with ice, then seal and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a mint sprig.
Michelada
This light and refreshing version of a Bloody Mary is great all year round but make the perfect accompaniment to a summer barbecue.
Ingredients:
100ml The Pickle House Spiced Tomato Mix
330ml bottle of light Mexican beer (we like to use Modelo)
juice of ½ lime
ice cubes, to serve
chilli lime salt, for rim (see below)
lime wedge, to garnish
Chilli Lime Salt:
zest of ½half lime
1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning or mild chilli powder
To make the chilli lime salt, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. Build the ingredients over ice in a rocks glass rimmed with chilli lime salt. Garnish with a lime wedge. Serve any leftover beer alongside the cocktail for topping up.
Pickled Vesper
Another classic cocktail with a little nudge in the pickle direction.
Ingredients
50ml vodka
10ml dry vermouth
5ml Pickle Juice
ice cubes, for shaking
lemon rind twist, to garnish
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, top with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Kimchi Bloody Mary
Florence first made this for her friend’s supper club, Ling Ling's. The kimchi juice and sesame oil really make this Mary.
Ingredients
50ml vodka
75ml The Pickle House Spiced Tomato Mix
30ml kimchi juice (blend some kimchi up or use the leftover juice in the kimchi jar)
juice of half 1/2 lime
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Sriracha
Kimchi on a toothpick and a piece of nori, to garnish
Stir together the tomato juice, kimchi juice, lime juice, sesame oil and Sriracha, then build over ice with the vodka in a highball glass. Garnish with kimchi on a toothpick and a piece of nori.