No. 58Briny Without Booze
Pickle Ginger Fizz
Ginger bite, lime zip and a briny fizz on top.
The Pickle Ginger Fizz is lime juice, ginger syrup and dill pickle brine shaken together, then topped with club soda in a tall glass. Fresh ginger brings gentle warmth, lime keeps it bright and the brine adds a salty edge under the bubbles. It is drier and zippier than the Pickle Lemonade, like a briny ginger ale made from scratch.
Zero proofUpdated
Brine2/52 of 5
Heat1/51 of 5
StrengthZero proof
- Glass
- highball glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Time
- 3 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- ¾ oz fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
- 1 oz ginger syrup (homemade, see tips)
- ¾ oz dill pickle brine (chilled, from the jar)
- 4 oz club soda (chilled)
- 1 slice lime (cut into a wheel, for garnish)
- 1 slice dill pickle (for garnish)
- candied ginger (for garnish) optional
- Glass
- highball glass
- Garnish
- candied ginger, lime wheel and pickle chip
How to make it
- Add the lime juice, ginger syrup and pickle brine to a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard for about 10 seconds.
- Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
- Top with the club soda.
- Give it one gentle stir.
- Garnish with candied ginger, the lime wheel and the pickle chip.
Bar tips
- Ginger syrup: simmer ½ cup thinly sliced fresh ginger with ½ cup sugar and ½ cup water for 15 minutes, let it cool, then strain. It keeps about two weeks in the fridge.
- Pour the soda down the inside of the glass and stir only once. Every extra stir knocks out bubbles.
- For more ginger heat, leave the sliced ginger steeping in the cooled syrup overnight before you strain it.
Make it your own
- No ginger syrup? Skip it and the club soda: pour the lime and brine straight over ice and top with 5 oz of ginger beer.
- Use lemon instead of lime for a softer, rounder fizz.
Zero proof, full brine. No spirits, wine or beer in this one. If you need 0.0%, check the labels on any non-alcoholic bottles you use.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/pickle-ginger-fizz
