Ingredients
- 2 oz
- Isolation Proof Mushroom Gin
- 0.5 oz
- Dry vermouth
- 4 bar spoons
- Pickle brine (kosher dill)
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Cocktail onion or cornichon
Build
- Combine gin, dry vermouth, and pickle brine in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir 20 seconds.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish 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.