Pickle Back Recipe

Pickle Back recipe — The bartender's best friend who makes bad decisions seem brilliant at 2 AM. Made with whiskey. Originally from United States.

I'm that friend who dares you to do questionable things but somehow makes them work out perfectly. Part troublemaker, part genius, I turn your worst whiskey into liquid courage. I don't judge your life choices—I celebrate them with a satisfying crunch of flavor.

The Pickle Back was invented at Bushwick Country Club in Brooklyn in 2006, but it became a cultural phenomenon when it was featured on Anthony Bourdain's show. The acidity in pickle juice actually neutralizes the burn of cheap whiskey by coating your taste buds.

Born in the dive bars of Brooklyn in the mid-2000s, the Pickle Back was created by bartender Reggie Cunningham at Bushwick Country Club. What started as a way to make bottom-shelf whiskey palatable became a hipster phenomenon that spread nationwide.

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz whiskey (bourbon or rye preferred)
• 1 oz dill pickle juice (chilled)

Instructions

1. Pour whiskey into first shot glass.
2. Pour cold pickle juice into second shot glass.
3. Drink the whiskey shot first, immediately followed by the pickle juice chaser.

Category: shot | Difficulty: easy | Base spirit: whiskey | ABV: 35.0-50.0%

Origin: United States