How to: make a Pickleback Cocktail

It’s World Cocktail Day! And we’re back with Store Supervisor Elysia for a fun and fresh take on classic bar snacks… Swapping a sweet spritz for a tangy take on a classic whiskey sour, Team Tatty’s resident mixologist is whipping up a Pickleback Cocktail inspired by a savoury shot. Not yet au fait with our new favourite tipple? Allow us to fill you in: a pickleback is a shot of bourbon or whiskey, followed by a shot of brine. So tell us, Elysia - what’s the big dill?

Look no further! Here’s my alternative easy cocktail recipe, just pop on our best-selling playful gherkin jewellery, and let’s get making…

🧊 You’ll need:

• 50 ml pickle juice - we like Opies Cocktail Gherkins for this!
• 50 ml whiskey or bourbon
• 50 ml simple sugar syrup - Miriam Nice’s failsafe guide is your friend, here!
• Fresh lime juice
• Ice

🌿 For garnish:

• Sprig of fresh dill
• Mini gherkins

🍹Method:

• Cool your cocktail shaker with ice
• Add your pickle juice 
• Pour in whiskey and simple syrup
• Squeeze in the juice of half a lime
• Shake your mix up
• Pour over ice
• Add a dill and gherkin garnish
• Enjoy

Perfect for pickle lovers, we recommend drinking this controversial cocktail in style: just add our In A Pickle Necklace and matching gherkin earrings.

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