Dirty Sue
Looking for olive brine for dirty martinis that tastes clean instead of like the bottom of a jar? Dirty Sue is the original bottled olive juice, created by a bartender in 2004 and blended specifically for cocktails. It is made from premium Spanish olives and double filtered, so you get a clear, perfectly salted brine with none of the pulp or olive bits that cloud a drink when you pour straight from the garnish tray.
The 375mL bottle holds significantly more brine than a standard jar of olives and pours enough for roughly 25 dirty martinis at a half ounce each. The flavor is concentrated, so start with 1/2 oz per cocktail and adjust from there. It stocks neatly alongside your other bottled mixers and keeps in the fridge after opening.
Dirty Sue is served at thousands of bars and restaurants across the country and is the brine behind the dirty martini at some of the most respected cocktail programs in America. We stock it because it is the same bottle our bar accounts keep asking for.
Built for Cocktails: Blended for dirty martinis, not for packing olives. Clean, bright, and salted to season a premium gin or vodka without burying it.
Double Filtered: Crystal clear brine with no sediment, pulp, or floating olive fragments in the glass.
Concentrated Flavor: Use less per drink than jar brine, which keeps the cocktail spirit-forward and avoids over-dilution.
Beyond the Martini: Works in a Dirty Gibson, Bloody Mary, Mexican Martini, or anywhere a recipe calls for olive brine.
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Start with 1/2 oz of Dirty Sue per 2.5 to 3 oz of gin or vodka for a standard dirty martini, and go to 3/4 oz or a full ounce for extra dirty. Dirty Sue is more concentrated than the brine in a jar of olives, so you will use less than you are used to. Stir or shake with ice, strain into a chilled glass, and garnish with olives.
Jar brine is packing liquid made to preserve olives, not to drink. It carries pulp and cloudiness, varies from jar to jar, and you run out of it long before you run out of olives. Dirty Sue is blended specifically for cocktails from premium Spanish olives and filtered twice, so it pours clear, tastes clean, and is the same from the first bottle to the next. One 375mL bottle also holds far more brine than any jar of olives.
Unopened it is shelf stable for about 12 months, so it sits fine on a back bar or in a pantry. Refrigerate after opening. Cold brine also makes a better martini, since it does not warm the drink the way room temperature brine does.
Yes. A Dirty Gibson swaps the olive garnish for a cocktail onion and keeps the brine. A Bloody Mary takes 1/4 to 1/2 oz for a savory, salty edge. A Mexican Martini is tequila, orange liqueur, lime, and a splash of olive brine served up with a salt rim. Bartenders also pour it as an olive back alongside a shot of vodka. In the kitchen it works as a quick brine for chicken or in a salad dressing.
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