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How to Make a Pickleback (and the Truth Behind its Origins)

Name: How to Make a Pickleback (and the Truth Behind its Origins)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 fluid ounces (44ml) whiskey of your choosing; 1 1/2 fluid ounces (44ml) chilled, strained pickle brine of your choosing

A staple of dive bars around the world, the pickleback is a simple shot combo that sees whiskey (these days typically Jameson) followed immediately by pickle brine. It's a salty, vinegary, palate cleansing combo invented at the Bushwick Country Club and we spoke with the folks who were there when it was invented.

5 min total 5 min prep 1 134 cal

Ingredients

1 serv.

1 1/2 fluid ounces (44ml) whiskey of your choosing
1 1/2 fluid ounces (44ml) chilled, strained pickle brine of your choosing

Instructions

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1 Pour whiskey into a small serving vessel such as a shot glass, and pour pickle brine into an identical glass. Drink whiskey as a shot followed immediately by pickle brine.

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How to Make a Pickleback (and the Truth Behind its Origins)

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