A Very Good Bloody Mary

Ingredients

• 3 cups (24 ounces) tomato juice
  
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  
• 3 tablespoons dill pickle juice
  
• 1 tablespoon horseradish
  
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  
• 2 cups (16 ounces) vodka
  
• Garnishes, including dill pickles, pickled okra, cornichon, celery, lemon, parsley, radish, bacon, or hard-boiled egg—or none of the above, or others.
  
• Ice, to serve
  

Directions

1. In a pitcher, mix tomato juice through the vodka. Taste and adjust as you wish.
2. Pour into glasses that have ice. Garnish as you wish (more is more, in this case).