pickleback

pickleback

English

Etymology

pickle +‎ back (“mild drink, chaser”). Coined 2006 by Reggie Cunningham of The Bushwick Country Club bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[1][2][3]

Noun

pickleback (plural picklebacks)

1. A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
   • 2010, Toby Cecchini, “Got Your Pickleback”, The New York Times Style Magazine, 2010-03-16:[2]

     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.

2. The shot of pickle brine itself as a chaser.
   • 2010, New York, Volume 43, Issues ? (14–21), p. ??:

     There are drink deals to match, like the Recession Special, which nets you a PBR tall boy, a shot of whiskey. and a shot of spicy pickleback for a modest $6.

References

1. The True Origin of the Pickleback, Feb 23, 2011
2. Toby Cecchini (2010-03-16), “Got Your Pickleback”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎, retrieved 2012-03-16
3. “Reggie Cunningham, who’s now widely credited with the drink’s invention at the Bushwick Country Club,”

• Pickleback (whiskey and pickle brine), January 10, 2014, Barry Popik, The Big Apple

Further reading

• pickleback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia