Dirty Sue Picks Up Ralphs: Bartender-Created Cocktail Brines and Garnishes Launch at Select Stores Across California

SKUs include Dirty Sue Premium Olive Juice and Dirty Sue Blue Cheese Olives

LOS ANGELES, CA (MAY 6, 2026) - Dirty Sue, the original bartender-built brand of premium cocktail brines and garnishes and the people’s choice #1 mixer in America, today announces that its products will be available on select shelves at Ralphs Grocery Company stores throughout California beginning at the end of April.

Dirty Sue changed how bars and restaurants think about the olive brine they use to make dirty martinis. In the old days, “pack brine” - the juice in the olive jar - was used as an ingredient in dirty martinis. This low-quality brine was never meant to be a cocktail ingredient. Rather, it was just there to keep jarred olives fresh.

Then, in 2004, along came Dirty Sue.

The brand began behind the bar at famed Jones Hollywood - just two blocks south of the famed “Rock N’ Roll Ralphs” on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles - where founder Eric “ET” Tecosky worked as the restaurant’s bar manager. Having made hundreds of dirty martinis each month, he repeatedly ran out of olive juice well before running out of olives, leaving the fruit to dry out in the jar. This cost the restaurant money through dried-out, rotten olives, and cost ET money every time he had to leave his post behind the bar to run to storage for a new jar of olives. “Why doesn’t anyone bottle this stuff?” he thought.

A brand was born. Dirty Sue Premium Olive Juice is blended specifically for use in cocktails, using juice from only the highest-quality olives.

Said Tecosky, “For years, I shopped at Ralphs when I lived in California. So the idea of Dirty Sue being on those shelves is a pretty cool full-circle moment. I can’t wait to see it in person — and I will also look forward to paying retail for a bottle of Dirty Sue when I do!”

Initially, select Ralphs locations will carry Dirty Sue Premium Olive Juice and/or Dirty Sue Blue Cheese Olives. Ralphs is proud to support local products and entrepreneurs, and to collaborate with talented mixologists to bring high-quality, bar-worthy offerings to customers - making it easy to create memorable cocktail moments at home.

Dirty Sue products are now available at thousands of on- and off-premise locations across the United States.