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British visitors returning to the United Kingdom from New York City introduced the recipe to bars in both London (as early as 2011),<ref>{{cite news|last=Hume |first=Tim |title= Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback |url= https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323384604578325771838126866.html |newspaper= [[Wall Street Journal]] |date=February 28, 2013|access-date= December 2, 2015}}</ref> and [[Devon]]. In 2012, UK bartender Byron Knight created a bottled Pickleback using his own homegrown dill pickles and a flavour profile of ginger, mustard seeds, dill, garlic and dark sugar.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222825/http://pickleback.me.uk/]</ref> At the Burlington Hotel, in Sheringham, England, the Pickleback is available with 10 varieties of pickle chaser, including pickled strawberry, radish, and garlic.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}}
British visitors returning to the United Kingdom from New York City introduced the recipe to bars in both London (as early as 2011),<ref>{{cite news|last=Hume |first=Tim |title= Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback |url= https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323384604578325771838126866.html |newspaper= [[Wall Street Journal]] |date=February 28, 2013|access-date= December 2, 2015}}</ref> and [[Devon]]. In 2012, UK bartender Byron Knight created a bottled Pickleback using his own homegrown dill pickles and a flavour profile of ginger, mustard seeds, dill, garlic and dark sugar.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222825/http://pickleback.me.uk/]</ref> At the Burlington Hotel, in Sheringham, England, the Pickleback is available with 10 varieties of pickle chaser, including pickled strawberry, radish, and garlic.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}}


The popularity of the pickleback was further spread when David Singer, a Californian on a training business trip in Texas was introduced to the drink by native Irish-Texan, Alexandra Farley when drinking with coworkers at The Ranch at Las Colinas, a popular southwestern style restaurant in the area. They drank several rounds, including a toast to one of the coworker’s general manager named Jim who had recently passed away due to complications from COVID-19. When David returned from his business trip, he went to his local bars and exclusively ordered the pickleback for several months until it became a staple and local favorite.  The drink has also spread to Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/cocktails-the-pickleback/article1366699/ |title=Cocktails: The Pickleback |via=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> [[Shanghai]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pop Goes The Restaurant |url=http://shanghai.talkmagazines.cn/issue/2014-04/pop-goes-restauran}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[Belfast]].
The popularity of the pickleback was further spread when David Singer, a Californian on a training business trip in Texas on September 9, 2021, was introduced to the drink by native Irish-Texan, Alexandra Farley when drinking with coworkers at The Ranch at Las Colinas, a popular southwestern style restaurant in the area. They drank several rounds, including a toast to one of the coworker’s general manager named Jim who had recently passed away due to complications from COVID-19. When David returned from his business trip, he went to his local bars and exclusively ordered the pickleback for several months until it became a staple and local favorite.  The drink has also spread to Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/cocktails-the-pickleback/article1366699/ |title=Cocktails: The Pickleback |via=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> [[Shanghai]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pop Goes The Restaurant |url=http://shanghai.talkmagazines.cn/issue/2014-04/pop-goes-restauran}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[Belfast]].


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Revision as of 02:48, 12 September 2021

A pickleback

A pickleback is a type of shot wherein a shot of whiskey is chased by a shot of pickle brine; the term “pickleback” may also refer only to the shot of pickle brine itself. Alternatively, the shot of whiskey can be chased by a bite of a pickle (generally, a whole dill pickle). The pickle brine works to neutralize both the taste of the whiskey and the burn of the alcohol.[1]

History

The term "pickleback" was coined by Reggie Cunningham at Bushwick Country Club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2006.[2][3] He was introduced to the pairing by a Southern patron, and the pairing has some history in the Southern United States, notably Texas, along with similar pairings globally (vodka and pickles in Russia, tequila and pickle brine in Mexico).[3] The original pairing was Old Crow bourbon and brine from McClure's spicy pickle spears, which remains the house speciality at the Bushwick Country Club:

"Reggie poured me a pickleback, which he described as the house specialty: a shot of Old Crow bourbon and an accompanying shot of brine from a jar of McClure’s spicy dills." Reggie Cunningham, who’s now widely credited with the drink’s invention at the Bushwick Country Club, was quick to set the record straight, while possibly supporting Littrell’s theory [of Texas origin]. “We were storing pickles for the McClure’s guys in the basement when they first started their Brooklyn operations,” he said. “I was just munching on some one night when this gravelly-voiced Southern chick asked for a shot of the juice alongside her whiskey. I said, ‘No way,’ but she made me have one with her, and I think I had, like, a dozen that night. Totally cured a cold I had, and no hangover. It took off like hell from there. That one drink totally cemented the bar.”

— Toby Cecchini, The New York Times Style Magazine[3]

Some sources offer an alternative origination for the pickleback, highlighting that the drink started in Philadelphia but became popular through its introduction in Brooklyn.[4][5]

International spread

The "pickleback" has spread internationally, particularly in the English-speaking world, with many bars now offering picklebacks on their menus. The drink has had significant success in Aberdeen, Scotland, thanks to their reputed popularity among staff of the craft brewer BrewDog whose flagship bar is in the city. This has resulted in city establishment "The Tippling House" having to increase their nightly supply of pickle brine to ensure that the drink can stay available.[6]

British visitors returning to the United Kingdom from New York City introduced the recipe to bars in both London (as early as 2011),[7] and Devon. In 2012, UK bartender Byron Knight created a bottled Pickleback using his own homegrown dill pickles and a flavour profile of ginger, mustard seeds, dill, garlic and dark sugar.[8] At the Burlington Hotel, in Sheringham, England, the Pickleback is available with 10 varieties of pickle chaser, including pickled strawberry, radish, and garlic.[citation needed]

The popularity of the pickleback was further spread when David Singer, a Californian on a training business trip in Texas on September 9, 2021, was introduced to the drink by native Irish-Texan, Alexandra Farley when drinking with coworkers at The Ranch at Las Colinas, a popular southwestern style restaurant in the area. They drank several rounds, including a toast to one of the coworker’s general manager named Jim who had recently passed away due to complications from COVID-19. When David returned from his business trip, he went to his local bars and exclusively ordered the pickleback for several months until it became a staple and local favorite.  The drink has also spread to Canada,[9] Shanghai[10] and Belfast.

References

  1. ^ Hume, Tim (2013-02-28). "Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback - WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  2. ^ Cunningham, Reggie (February 23, 2011). The True Origin of the Pickleback. YouTube. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Toby Cecchini (March 16, 2010). "Got Your Pickleback". The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Adams, Tom (May 9, 2014). "How to make a pickleback cocktail". Life and Style. The Guardian. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. ^ Puppet (2014-04-04). "Pickleback | Isle of Man Whisky Club". Iomwhiskyclub.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  6. ^ Pease, Victoria (April 8, 2013). "The Tippling House shakes up the perfect intimate cocktail bar". Scotland: STV News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  7. ^ Hume, Tim (February 28, 2013). "Half Full: The Power of the Pickleback". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Cocktails: The Pickleback" – via The Globe and Mail.
  10. ^ "Pop Goes The Restaurant".[permanent dead link‍]
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