No. 21Vodka & Gin Pickle Cocktails
Spicy Pickletini
Ice-cold sip. Slow chili burn.
A Spicy Pickletini is a vodka pickle martini with real heat: dill pickle brine, a splash of pickled jalapeño brine and fresh jalapeño slices shaken together and strained up. It opens cold and salty, then a chili burn builds, where the Classic Pickletini stays cool and clean.
21+Updated
Brine3/53 of 5
Heat3/53 of 5
StrengthHigh
- Glass
- martini glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Time
- 4 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 2 oz vodka
- ½ oz dill pickle brine (spicy dill brine if you have it)
- ¼ oz pickled jalapeño brine (from a jar of pickled jalapeños)
- 2 slices jalapeño (plus 1 for garnish)
- 1 dill pickle spear (for garnish)
- Glass
- martini glass
- Garnish
- pickle spear and jalapeño
How to make it
- Chill a martini glass in the freezer or with ice water.
- Add the jalapeño slices, vodka, pickle brine and jalapeño brine to a shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 15 seconds.
- Double-strain into the chilled glass.
- Garnish with a pickle spear and a jalapeño slice.
Bar tips
- Leave the jalapeño seeds out for a gentler burn, or keep them in for more.
- Strain right after shaking; the heat keeps climbing the longer the slices sit.
Make it your own
- Add a half rim of chili-lime salt for an extra kick.
- Use a few dashes of green hot sauce if you have no pickled jalapeños.
Drink responsibly. This one is for adults of legal drinking age. Want it without the booze? The zero-proof drinks are just as briny.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/spicy-pickletini
