Ingredients

2 oz

Isolation Proof Mushroom Gin

0.5 oz

Dry vermouth

4 bar spoons

Pickle brine (kosher dill)

Build

1. 1Combine gin, dry vermouth, and pickle brine in a mixing glass with ice.
2. 2Stir 20 seconds.
3. 3Strain into a chilled coupe.
4. 4Garnish with a pickled cocktail onion or a small cornichon on a pick.

Trade spec, named after a forgotten night. IP Mushroom Gin stirred down with dry vermouth and four bar spoons of pickle juice (kosher dill works; brine over vinegar). The pickle reads as savory umami against the mushroom, not sharp. Cocktail onion or a cornichon to drive it home.