Why pickle juice is a trending cocktail ingredient, from margaritas to martinis
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Pickles and pickle brine have been ingredients that mixologists – and chefs – have played with for a long time, but they are finally getting a star turn in drinks menus around the world.
Pickle juice is salty, tangy, acidic and sometimes a little spicy. It adds zing to all kinds of cocktails.
'Pickles are a great gateway into savoury cocktails,' says Camille Goldstein, managing partner of Muddling Memories, a hospitality company based in Brooklyn, in New York, that promotes drinks as an experience.
'The sweet-salty brine of a pickle really creates an interesting depth of flavour for your margarita, martini or even a highball,' she says.
A pickleback is basically a shot of whiskey with a pickle brine chaser. Photo: Shutterstock
A drink called the pickleback has been popular for years. Said to have originated at a Brooklyn bar called Bushwick Country Club, it consists of a shot of whiskey followed by a shot of pickle brine. Word spread.
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