No. 54Whiskey, Bourbon & Shots
Sweet & Sour Pickle Shot
Bread-and-butter sweet, lemon sour, sugar on the rim.
The Sweet & Sour Pickle Shot is vodka shaken with sweet bread-and-butter pickle brine, a little lemon and simple syrup, served in a sugar-rimmed shot glass. It tastes like sweet-tart candy with a tangy pickle finish, which makes it the friendliest pick for pickle skeptics. The sweet brine is what sets it apart from the dill shots.
21+Updated
Brine3/53 of 5
HeatNonenone
StrengthMedium
- Glass
- shot glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Time
- 3 min
- Makes
- 2 shots
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 2, in ounces.
- 1½ oz vodka (citrus vodka works well)
- ¾ oz bread-and-butter pickle brine (the sweet kind)
- ¼ oz fresh lemon juice
- ¼ oz simple syrup (1:1 sugar and water)
- 1 tbsp sugar (for the rim)
- 1 lemon wedge (for the rim)
- 2 bread-and-butter pickle chips (for garnish) optional
- Glass
- shot glass
- Rim
- sugar
- Garnish
- pickle chip
How to make it
- Run the lemon wedge around the rims of two shot glasses.
- Dip the rims in sugar.
- Shake the vodka, sweet pickle brine, lemon juice and syrup with ice for about 10 seconds.
- Strain into the shot glasses.
- Garnish each with a pickle chip.
Bar tips
- Sweetness varies by brand: taste the brine, and skip the syrup if your jar is already candy-sweet.
- For more pucker, swap a quarter ounce of the sweet brine for dill brine.
- Superfine sugar clings to the rim better than granulated.
Make it your own
- Swap half the vodka for sour apple schnapps for a greener, candy-sour shot.
- Use bourbon for a mini sweet-and-sour whiskey shot.
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/sweet-and-sour-pickle-shot
