Okay, I'm back and I tried a Pickleback. And it's......not bad. In fact it's actually almost...pretty darn good and really surprisingly (if oddly) refreshing. I tried first the way it was invented as a shot bourbon with a shot of pickle juice as a chaser (also known as a "back", hence the name). Now normally when I drink whiskey neat I do not bother with chasers, first I tend to avoid what is know as "rot gut" so I don't want to obscure the flavors of good spirits and second, I am also quite good at drinking "rot gut" so the whole chaser thing is unnecessary (What can I say? Practice makes perfect). But in the cause of science I changed my normal pattern.
The pickle juice was surprisingly enjoyable, and the salt and herbs of the juice complemented the wood flavors of the bourbon very well. And if I found myself in funky bar in Brooklyn (where it seems to have been invented) I could see myself having quite a few of these. But as I said I'm not much on chasers but, like Max Watman, I do like the occasional cocktail and that's what I was interested in. Max calls it Bourbon and Brine but quite frankly I think Pickleback is such a cool name that I'm just going to keep using it to refer to the mixed drink too (Max is not the boss of me!).
So, here's my recipe:
two parts...bourbon
one part..pickle juice
on the rocks
fantastic
Okay, it's not going to be my new favorite cocktail. But it sure as heck is not going to be my last one either. Try it. You will be surprised how much you like it. And how refreshing it is. This is definitely going into my Summer cocktail rotation.
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