Today’s Monday Munchie comes from Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Beer Making Book: 52 Recipes for Small Batches. You can read our review here.
These pickles are super simple to make and the cold process keeps them extra crispy. The flavor is slightly reminiscent of bread & butter pickles.
8 Kirby cucumbers (also known as pickling cucumbers)
1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
5 tablespoons sugar
1 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup Bel-Gin Strong (p. 88 of book), or any Belgian ale
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1/2 tablespoon juniper berries
Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, then in half again to get four spears per cucumber. In a medium bowl, whisk together the salt, sugar and vinegar until the sugar has dissolved. Add the beer, coriander seeds, and juniper berries to the mixture. Pack the cucumbers into a glass container with a tight-fitting lid (a clean reused pickle jar would be great) and pour the mixture over the cucumbers. Top off with cold water until the cucumbers are submerged. Refrigerate for 3 days before eating. These will last for 3 weeks in your fridge.
I used a wide-mouthed quart jar, but was not able to get all the cucumbers (or liquid) into the jar. You either need a really large jar, or divide it into two jars. I would also recommend pouring a bit of the liquid and spices in the bottom of the jar before packing the cucumbers, otherwise you end up with all of the spices on top of your pickles.
Enjoy!
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Interesting…I think my husband would love these! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your pickles.
This is interesting. I’ve never canned anything before… I really want to try this, because I LOVE PICKLES! And my husband LOVES BEER! lol
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I would think that you could really change up the flavor of these by changing not just the spices, but the beer as well. Fun experiments!
Perfect! We have cucumbers coming on right now, and I know I’ll be looking for ideas for them, thank you!
This recipe should be easy to double/triple/etc… hope you get lots of cukes to work with!
I love the look of these! They must be delicious with some cold meats and a good chunk of bread!
I have never heard of beer pickles…..I’m clipping this one….I’d love for you to share this at my Link & Greet Party this weekend @CountryMommaCooks!