5 Ingredients or Fewer

Picklebacks

August 14, 2013
5
1 Ratings
Photo by James Ransom
  • Serves one
Author Notes

The first time I took a pickleback shot, the brine came from a Costco-sized jar of generic brine and the whiskey was one step up from a plastic bottle. You could make this classier by using artisanal pickles and small-batch whiskey. Or you could not. —Marian Bull

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 ounce whiskey
  • 1 ounce pickle juice
Directions
  1. Pour whiskey into a shot glass.
  2. Pour pickle juice into a shot glass.
  3. Take a shot of whiskey. Chase with pickle juice. Repeat as necessary.

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Recipe by: Marian Bull

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8 Reviews

Barbara R. February 16, 2014
Tried this tonight with my homemade pickles and like them better with vodka-I also reuse my pickle juice per Food52 and add red onion, red/yellow pepper strips and Romaine "stalks"-so good. However, I had made pickled cherries last summer and I liked that very much with the bourbon-but I will buy more pickles to try it again!
 
Alexandra G. July 28, 2014
Mommy pickled cherries & bourbon... MUST try that!
 
Alexandra G. July 28, 2014
*mmmm... Oh autocorrect
 
Kevin F. February 15, 2014
Sooooo good (if you love pickles, which I do)!
 
Barbara R. February 13, 2014
"Repeat as necessary"!
 
Sarah M. August 19, 2013
I've never heard of this but am looking forward to giving it a "shot" ;)
 
Rhett August 18, 2013
Bourbon with a Homemade Caraway Pickle juice chaser. Delicious, and I don't usually like bourbon!
 
Casey T. August 17, 2013
Tequila works well too 8)