Pickleback
Ingredients
- 1 oz Bushmills Black Bush
- 1 oz Pickle juice/brine/vinegar from pickled cucumber/gherkin chilled
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Shot glass
Prepare:
- Select a SHOT GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of 3 skewered green olives.
Method:
- POUR whiskey into one glass.
- POUR pickle brine into other glass.
Garnish:
- Garnish with skewered olives.
Nutrition:
One serving of Pickleback contains 74 calories
History:
Created in 2006 at Brooklyn's Bushwick Country Club after the neighbouring business, McClure's Pickles, stored some of their pickles in the bar's basement.
Apparently, this inspired bartender Reggie Cunningham to serve Old Crow Bourbon with a shot of McClure's spicy pickle brine. The Ruotolo brothers, who owned the bar Whiskey Town in Manhattan's East Village, discovered the drink and began serving it there, but with Irish whiskey in place of bourbon.
Review:
Now, we do like a juicy wally (gherkin) with our cod 'n' chips, but necking the brine they are packed in is another thing. Our American cousins have some strange habits – driving on the right, carrying the ball when playing "football", and bowling underarm. So, these eccentricities should be remembered when I tell you that the drinking of pickle brine, as one-half of a Pickleback, is popular in New York City.
