No. 13Pickle Beers & Beer Cocktails
Pickle IPA
Hops meet brine. The salt smooths out the bitter edges.
A Pickle IPA is a hazy or citrusy India pale ale with a splash of dill pickle brine and a lemon twist. Salt softens hop bitterness, so the brine makes the IPA taste rounder and juicier while the dill picks up its citrusy, herbal hop notes. It is the hoppiest and strongest straight beer in this section.
21+Updated
Brine2/52 of 5
HeatNonenone
StrengthMedium
- Glass
- pint glass
- Method
- Built in the glass
- Time
- 2 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 12 oz IPA (hazy or citrus-forward, cold)
- 1 oz dill pickle brine (chilled)
- lemon peel (one wide strip, for the twist)
- 1 dill pickle spear (for garnish)
- Glass
- pint glass
- Garnish
- lemon twist and pickle spear
How to make it
- Pour the pickle brine into a chilled pint glass.
- Tilt the glass and slowly pour in the IPA.
- Twist the lemon peel over the glass to release its oils.
- Garnish with the lemon twist and a pickle spear.
Bar tips
- Juicy, hazy IPAs pair best with brine; save the piney double IPAs for another day.
- IPAs often run 6 to 7 percent alcohol, so this one is a sipper.
Drink responsibly. This one is for adults of legal drinking age. Want it without the booze? The zero-proof drinks are just as briny.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/pickle-ipa
