Pickleback
{{Short description|Alcohol drink involving pickle brine}}
A pickleback is a type of shot wherein a shot of liquor 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 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 liquor and the burn of the alcohol.{{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}}
International spread
The first time the Pickleback shot was created and tested in a bar was in Bethlehem, PA in 2005 at Tally Ho. It was first made by Erin McCarthy, who is a certified mixologist. British visitors returning to the United Kingdom from New York City introduced the recipe to bars in both London (as early as 2011), 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.{{cite web |url=http://pickleback.me.uk/ |title=Pickleback |website=pickleback.me.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222825/http://pickleback.me.uk/ |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}
The drink has also spread to Canada,{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/cocktails-the-pickleback/article1366699/ |title=Cocktails: The Pickleback |newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=9 April 2010 |last1=Johns |first1=Chris }} Shanghai,{{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 }} Belfast, New Zealand and South Australia.{{cite web |title=It's Kind of a Big Dill |url=https://goodmagazine.co.nz/its-kind-of-a-big-dill-nz-eateries-embrace-international-pickle-day/ |website=Good Magazine |date=13 November 2021 |access-date=28 October 2022}}
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- {{cite news |last=Pogash |first=Jonathan |date=March 9, 2012 |title=NYC's 5 Best Bars For 'Pickleback' Shots |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/nycs-5-best-bars-for-pickleback-shots/|publisher=CBS New York|department=Latest Best of NY|access-date=December 2, 2015}}
- https://archive.nytimes.com/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/case-study-got-your-pickleback/