No. 2Pickle Beers & Beer Cocktails
Spicy Pickle Beer
Hot-dill brine and fresh jalapeño. Cold beer, warm finish.
A Spicy Pickle Beer is a light lager mixed with brine from hot dill pickles, a couple of dashes of hot sauce and fresh jalapeño slices. Compared with the Classic, it adds a slow, building heat that the cold beer keeps in check. Expect salt and tang up front and a peppery finish.
21+Updated
Brine3/53 of 5
Heat3/53 of 5
StrengthLow
- Glass
- pint glass
- Method
- Built in the glass
- Time
- 3 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 12 oz light lager (ice cold)
- 1½ oz spicy dill pickle brine (from a jar of hot dills)
- 2 dashes hot sauce (vinegar-based, Louisiana style)
- 3 slices jalapeño (seeds in for more heat)
- 1 spicy dill pickle spear (for garnish)
- Glass
- pint glass
- Garnish
- pickle spear and jalapeño
How to make it
- Drop the jalapeño slices into a chilled pint glass.
- Add the spicy pickle brine and hot sauce.
- Tilt the glass and slowly pour in the lager.
- Garnish with a spicy pickle spear.
Bar tips
- No spicy pickles on hand? Steep 3 jalapeño slices in regular dill brine in the fridge for an hour.
- The heat builds as you drink, so add a third dash of hot sauce halfway down only if you still want more.
Make it your own
- Swap the fresh jalapeño for a pinch of red pepper flakes stirred into the brine.
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/spicy-pickle-beer
