If I were a mixed drink...

If I were a mixed drink
- a haiku by me -

Me as a mixed drink?
A pickletini of course.
Make me dill, not sweet.
Last night Bea and I went out to Twenty-One for the first time, a somewhat classy bar & grill in Keene for dinner and a drink. They had quite the extensive mixed drink list which consisted mostly of specialty martinis. Although there were pages and pages of drinks I lost focus after the bottom of the first one where the Dirty Pickle Martini was listed - with pickles being my favorite thing and all, I couldn't pass the opportunity up.

I couldn't have been more satisfied! This is my new favorite mixed drink, although I'm not sure what my favorite mixed drink might have been before. The drink:
* vodka - I'm not sure what brand, but if I were to make it perhaps I would use that cucumber vodka or gin
* pickle brine - the olive brine of a regular dirty martini is replaced by pickle brine, good clear pickle brine, not that sickening green generic stuff
* dill pickle spear - a premium pickle was used, not a Shaws-brand-limp-green47-excuse for a pickle, I'm talking about a real crisp spear that you wouldn't be ashamed to eat in front of your closest friends

I thought the it was the perfect blend of pickle and martini, enough pickle to satisfy my pickle tastes without overdoing it, well, is it possible to overdo it with pickles? I doubt it.

My dad makes a swell dirty martini (with garlic stuffed olives), so I'm going to see if he can work his magic and maybe produce a couple nice pickletinis for us sometime in the near future.