Pickleback Love Letter

If you love bourbon and if you love pickles, this cocktail with smoky salt on the rim will not disappoint. Photo by Nick Hogan.

Makes 1 cocktail

About this recipe

As the name suggests, this cocktail is my love letter to the standard pickleback shot, which is simply 1 shooter of whiskey followed by a swig of pickle juice. This highball captures the flavor profile of the traditional pickleback, complemented by herbal green Chartreuse and saline-forward Manzanilla sherry. It also features locally-made Livebrine probiotic pickle juice from Olive MyPickle.

Ingredients

Smoked salt

1-1/2 ounces Evan Williams Bottled-In-Bond bourbon

1 ounce Manzanilla sherry

3/4 ounce green Chartreuse

3/4 ounce lime juice

3/4 ounce Olive My Pickle Livebrine pickle juice

About 2 ounces cold club soda

Garlic pickle slice from Olive My Pickle, for garnish

Instructions

Coat rim of a highball glass with smoked salt.

Add all ingredients except club soda and pickle slice into a shaking tin. Shake for 5 to 10 seconds until the tin just becomes chilled. Add ice to a highball glass and then strain the cocktail into the glass. Insert a spiral bar spoon into glass and pour club soda down the spiral of the spoon (this helps to carbonate the entire drink).

Garnish with a garlic pickle slice.