It's sour. It's briny. For some, it's nauseating. For others, a godsend. It's the pickleback shot, an unusual combination of drinking whiskey and pickle brine that has quickly become a bartending ...

No cocktail raises more eyebrows and yields more skepticism than the pickleback. Like most things hip, innovative and out of the ordinary, the pickleback, which is a shot of whiskey chased immediately ...

There is always room for innovation in the wide world of libations, even if it's fleeting. But for every flash in the pan, like the dirty pasta water martini, there's a one-time novelty that enters ...

For those who may not know what this strong and savory drink is composed of, please read on. The libation was supposedly invented in Brooklyn in 2006. Consisting of a shot of Jameson Irish Whiskey, ...

The Pickleback, which is not a Nickleback tribute band, is a relatively new drink combo that pairs up a shot of whiskey with a pickle brine chaser. OnMilwaukee recently took the "Pickleback Challenge" ...

Shot glasses of whiskey and pickle juice with pickles become a pickleback shot - 5PH/Shutterstock The epitome of an "If you know, you know"-type drink, the famed pickleback comes as two separate ...

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