Pickleback
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
"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.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From pickle + back (“mild drink, chaser”). Coined 2006 by Reggie Cunningham of The Bushwick Country Club bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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