Pickleback

Alcohol drink involving pickle brine

A pickleback is a type of shot wherein a shot of liquor is chased by a shot of pickle brine; the term "pickleback" may also refer only to the shot of pickle brine itself. Alternatively, the shot can be chased by a bite of a pickle (generally, a whole dill pickle). The pickle brine works to neutralize both the taste of the liquor and the burn of the alcohol.^[1]

International spread

British visitors returning to the United Kingdom from New York City introduced the recipe to bars in both London (as early as 2011),^[2] and Devon. In 2012, UK bartender Byron Knight created a bottled pickleback using his own homegrown dill pickles and a flavour profile of ginger, mustard seeds, dill, garlic and dark sugar.^[3]

The drink has also spread to Canada,^[4] Shanghai,^[5] Belfast and New Zealand.^[6]

References

^ Hume, Tim (2013-02-28). "Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback - WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
^ Hume, Tim (February 28, 2013). "Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
^ "Pickleback". pickleback.me.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ Johns, Chris (9 April 2010). "Cocktails: The Pickleback". The Globe and Mail.
^ "Pop Goes The Restaurant".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "It's Kind of a Big Dill". Good Magazine. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.