Let me apologize by saying this review is a touch premature. Normally, I like to sample a couple of varaties of a brand of pickles before I write a review to make sure my opinion of the brand is not shaped by one type of pickle. This did not happen with my latest pickle, Brooklyn Brine's NY Deli Pickles.
Brooklyn Brine is a company that was started by two metal band mates who found a mutual love of pickling. Brooklyn Brine's mission is to make "a damn fine pickle" and I think they have succeeded in doing so. In addition to cucumbers, they pickle other things, such as fennel beets and asparagus. The cucumber varaties include, a damn spicy pickle, whiskey sour pickles and the NY Deli style pickles. As I mentioned before, I had the NY Deli Style pickles.
I bought these at Williams and Sonoma, while looking for the always sold-out McClure's. I had read about these pickles on the Pickle Freak blog and thought I should give them a try. I liked the label and that they are hand packed. When I read the ingredients, two stuck out that made me immediately think I was not going to like them, sugar cane and apple cider vinegar. I was wrong. These pickles were not too sweet at all. There was a hint of sugar but the apple cider vinegar made the pickles sour in a good way. There is red pepper and other spices that made these pickles not only sour but a touch tangy. Delicious! I can't wait to try the other cucumbers and vegetable varieties they offer!!!
In other news, I want to give a shout out to super pickle. As you may remember super pickle is my mascot. He is stuffed pickle I have sitting on my desk at work. Well this week my daughter went to a dance intensive and I thought she might need super pickle for luck, so I let her take him to New Mexico. Well, I miss super pickle. I hope he is enjoying Santa Fe and I hope Claire is treating him right. I will see you soon Super Pickle!
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