If you’ve been anywhere (and I mean anywhere) in the past six months you’ll be aware of how trendy hard seltzer is at the moment. Ever since White Claw clawed its way across the Atlantic, supermarkets have been racing to develop their own alcoholic fizzy waters.
However, one company has really pushed the boat out and turned what was merely an April Fool’s joke into a real product! Back in April, drinkware brand BrüMate teased a dill pickle flavoured seltzer on their Instagram page and people went WILD. The exotic flavour sparked such an outcry in BrüMate’s followers that on the 25th June 2021 they launched a limited edition ‘Hard Pickle Seltzer - Afternoon Dillight’, teaming up with seltzer company Crook + Marker to create what seems to be a pretty revolutionary drink.
Crook’dBru, as they’ve called themselves, have not disappointed in any part of this launch - with their incredible website sprinkled with pickle puns (which we respect greatly) and even an online minigame! This isn’t the last we’ll see of Crook’dBru either, as they’ve promised multiple more collaborations, tweeting ‘wait til you see what we have in the works’... How ominous and exciting! Perhaps we’ll see a pickled onion hard seltzer this autumn?! But back to the dill pickles at hand...
Coming in at 5% ABV, Hard Pickle Seltzer has around about an average alcohol percentage for a seltzer. However, if you’re alcohol-free - popping some pickle juice in a SodaStream will probably do the trick! (Though don’t blame us if your SodaStream breaks or it tasted horrible - that’s on you buddy!)
Hold up a second, we’re hearing live from the studio that this isn’t even the first pickle seltzer on the scene! Deep Ellum Brewing Company has put out Blind Pickle Seltzer, Wild Acre Brewing Company has created Magic Brine Pickle Hard Seltzer, UpCountry Brewing has Dill Pickle Gose and (get this) Rio Fresco have a Dill Pickle Hard Seltzer with agave???!!! Is there some underground pickle club we don’t know about?
Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to try Crook’dBru’s seltzer because CLEARLY we’re not cool enough to be in the SPS (Secret Pickle Society), but Jus Dil’Witit (Crook’dBru’s cowboy mascot) describes the taste as ‘tasty, tangy and downright zany’. Yee haw! Just the kind of thing we like over at The Three Drinkers!
You can still pick up some Hard Pickle Seltzer over on Crook’dBru’s punny site - but it’s currently only shipping to the US (rest in peace our pickle dreams). If you’ve given this alcoholic carbonated pickle juice a go, PLEASE let us know what it tastes like via our social platforms @thethreedrinkers.
Also, if you know the password to the Secret Pickle Society DM us ASAP. Yes, right now. Don’t ask questions.
Size: 330ml
ABV: 5%
Find here: $22 for a 12 pack